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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1972
Page
6
After compulsory routines this afternoon, Big Eight gymnasts return to Allen Fieldhouse Saturday for the ninth annual conference championships. Preliminaries in optional events begin at noon, with finals at 7 30 p.m. Defending champion Iowa State is heavily favored to repeat.
Jim Ryun to compete for Club West of Santa Barbara in Florida Relays. He will run an 880 in the 2 mile relay open event on Friday and likely the three quarter mile leg in the distance medley on Saturday. Ryun previously faced a one year layoff before returning at age 25.
Three Kansas University gymnasts Joanie Smith Cindy Price and Sue Tagg earned qualifying marks at the Brookings regional. The Jayhawks placed third as a team and will compete next weekend at Des Moines for the national women's championship.
Wyandotte crushed Lawrence High 115 to 34 in a dual junior track and field meet. LHS winners included Gary Keefer 11-0 in pole vault and Mike Bowline 117 feet in discus.
Lawrence, Kansas gymnast Marc Joseph competes in all six events at the Big Eight championships. His calloused hands resemble the moon’s surface from magnesium powder and palm pads. After meets, he soothes them in ice water and tightens them under a pillow to sleep.
The piece profiles Marc Joseph a 5 8 junior weighing 150 pounds who excels in gymnastics. It notes his 50 point all around plateau and weak events especially floor due to bad knees. It also mentions his calloused hands a broken hand past cortisone use and a hypersensitive girlfriend allergic to magnesium carbonate.
LSU in Baton Rouge hires Dale Brown, former assistant at Washington State and Utah State, as head basketball coach. He succeeds Press Maravich who was fired earlier this month.
The Associated Press notes no games were scheduled locally. Floridians defeated Pittsburgh 126 to 115 while Utah topped Memphis 137 to 117 in the highlighted matchup slate.
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