B—The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1979 Injury forces grad to racewaik By MIKE POORMAN Daily Collegian Sports Writer It is 12:30 Wednesday afternoon and Leonard Jansen is going to do something irrational and a bit crazy. Just like mad dogs and Englishmen, he is going out in the noonday sun to walk. Jansen is a racewalker and is on the road twice a day, everyday, with knees stiff, hips swiveling and arms flailing heel to toe over 85 miles a week. "The time spent," he says, "is one half to two times more than what it would take to cover the same distance running." Psychologically, he finds it no problem. "But physically," the 24- year-old grad student says, "it's difficult to just get out and walk. There's the time element involved ( it takes nearly four hours to complete a 25-mile walk), and now there's the heat. Trying to walk in 85-degree weather with 80 percent humidity is the toughest thing a human body can endure short of childbirth." Jansen began racewalking seriously five months ago when a tendon injury ended his 10-year running career, which included two years of cross country running at Colby College in Maine and the 1976 New Jersey AAU 20 kilometer title. Having dabbled with the walk since eighth grade, Jansen pursued his closet passion openly, becoming one of only 200 competitive walkers in the United States. Told by some running companions that former Penn State cross country coach John Lucas had experience in coaching walkers, Jansen went to him for guidance. "He came by and told me he'd like to be a walker and asked for my advice," Lucas said. "I had seen his sort before so I told him to stop by in a week or two and tell me how many miles he had walked. 'He'll never be back,' I thought. And so. I forgot him." Lucas, it should be noted, is a very respected authority on the subject and history of racewalking. He took Steve Hayden, a former Penn State cross country runner, and together they formulated a program that culminated with Hayden finishing second in the 50-kilometer walk for the U.S. team in the 1972 Olym pics. Lucas knew the tedious hours involved in walking and therefore was greatly surprised when Jansen returned to - his office, two weeks later, having racewalked 75 miles in the interim. "I liked him," Lucas recalls. "I could see he was serious about walking, but he didn't walk too good." Walking is a highly technical sport where the entire body must work in continuous synchronization. One foot must be in contact with the ground at all times; the forward heel must come down before the trailing toe comes up, and the forward knee must be momentarily straight and the body erect. The first violation of these rules brings a warning, the second disqualification. Without technique a walker is doomed. Together Jansen and Lucas for mulated a program to improve both the qiiality and quantity of Jansen's racewalking. "I'd go to him (Lucas) with my schedule (for walking) for a month," Jansen explains, "and together we'd refine it, switching workouts around and such." Once a week Lucas will follow his walker to the track and give him advice and encouragement. Lucas is quick to point that "Larry is his own; coach. I'm just his ad visor," while Jansen counters with "he calls himself my advisor, but I call him my coach." Why did Jansen turn back to walking, a sport that steals over 25, hours a week from a busy math grad's schedule of six credits and two teaching sections? , - "I was never a very competitive person," Jansen says. "I'd do the work needed .to get by. However, in running and now walking, Fm a very competitive person. At times, I think I'm actually bloodlust." And'walking, he adds, "gives me time to think and let my mind wander." He has racewalked in a race only once this summer, a 20-kilometer race where he finished a respectable 39th out of 105 walkers. His next race will be in November, an AAU title contest where "anybody who is anybody in the world of walking will be there," Lucas says. Although he would like to do well there, Jansen's long range goal is " to go as far as I can. I'm definitely thinking of qualifying for the 1984 Olympic trials in the 50-kilometer walk." Lucas hesitates to comment on Jansen's future. "Well, he's made remarkable progress in six months, greater progress than Steve Hayden did at this point. But he would have to cover 4000 miles a year just to be Continued on Page 9: Leonard Jansen • I Id& PI 4s get F b Loc 7Ha Despite the 9-0 win\ the Lady Lions did not play well in the singles matches. "We played all right today," Royei• said. "It was not the best tennis that we have played. The pace was so different. "Lock Haven doesn't play consistent,4e well-paced games. They are hustlers and dig the balls out. Many of the errors were because my players weren't used to those kind of players." "Lock HaVen was probably the most dangerous team for us to play," she said. "I expected them to hustle, and it's hard * for my team to get up for the match. They had nothing to lose and everything to gain." By GLENN KAUP Daily Collegian Sports Writer Lock Haven's inconsistent.volleys and pace threw off the women's tennis team yesterday, but it was not enough to beat the• Lady Lions as they gained their second straight shutout of the season. "The doubles looked much better today than against Syracuse," women's tennis coach Candy Royer said. "When we play a team that's not quite on the leyel of play that we are, it's really good to see the players put pressure on the opponents. The women were com municating with each other and we will need to win doubles to win a couple of our tougher matches." Lady Lions Carol Daniels and Gail Ramsay defeated Cathy Peterman and Janine Hild in the first seeded doubles 6- 2, 6-1. "In the doubles, Gail was a real saver," Daniels said. "When we play a team with players like this (Lock Haven), it's not easy to get up. They don't play with'any consistent pace or rhythm. • "They al'e probably the weakest team In the third seeded singles, Beasley on our schedule. They hit a bloop shot beat Hild 6-2, 6-3. and then a hard shot. Thei•e's no timing or balance in their game and its hard to play " In the second seeded doubles; Lady Lions Sue Whiteside and Cherie Dow defeated Kelly Gohn and Lori Emich 6-1, 6-2. Valentina Garcia and Anne Beasley had little problem in the third seed with Lock Haven's Amydo Wolfold and Pam Dunley, winning two 6-0 sets. Daniels had a little problem getting by Peterman in the top-seeded spot. She eventually pulled a 6-2, 6-4 victory. "I mentally wasn't in today's match," , 1 Daniels said. "I can't take anythinej away from my opponent, but the in consistent shots made my tennis hurt. She wasn't that bad of a player. When I made mistakes, I didn't take it to my head and get mad." Lady Lion Cherie Dow easily downed GOhn as she . won 6-1, 6-0 in the second , seeded match. Captain Ramsay easily defeated Lori . Emich 6-0, 6-1, while Whiteside and Garcia both defeated their opponents ing, 6-0 matches. "I thought that my, team, played well against a superb, first class team," Lock Haven coach Kyle Cornelius said. "I was really pleased with everyone. A lot of players played better than they thought they were capable. It was our goal to be*, stronger than last year." collegian . the sb core , , daily PIRATES Montreal St. Louis PIIII.I.IES Chicago New York WEST *Cincinnati . louston Los Angeles :inn Francisco ' San Diego :11Ianta Late games not included Yesterday's Games ORATES 2, Montreal I PHILLIES7.SI.Louis 5 Houston al on Diego, Atlanta at Los Angeles, i 01 Cincinnati at San Francisco, Only games scheduled Golfers tie for third place ' History has a way of repeating itself and that's exactly what happened to the men's golf team last weekend. Army captured, its second consecutive West Point Invitational, besting 19 other teams to lay claim to the team title. -Penn State finished in a deadlock with *Temple for third place in the tour nament, one shot behind second place Ramapo University. Nittany Lion head coach Joe Boyle was not surprised by his squad's strong showing "I thought we'd place up in there pretty good," Boyle said. "The only problem we have is that we're not ex- Pct. GB .605 .600 1 .531 11 .517 13 503 15 .386 32 W I. 89 58 87 58 78 69 77 72 74 73 56 89 Cleveland Toronto .570 - .654 . 2 1 2 .477 14 .440 19 1 2 .416 23 .401 25 85 64 82 66 71 78 66 84 62 87 59 88 California Kansas City Minnesota Texas Chicago Seattle Oakland Late games not Included perienced enough to putt on different surfaces when we go away." Bob Phillips was the low scorer for Penn State, firing scores of 77 and 74 for a 151 total in the two-day event. Mike Boyle and Bob Holdcroft provided strong support for the Lions, turning in scores of 153. • In last year's tournament, a tricky course with short driving distances plagued Penn State as the team struggled to a fifth-place finish. "The course wasn't that bad (this year)," Boyle said. "The course and the greens were in excellent shape." —by Ron Gardner Baltimore Milwaukee Boston New York Detroit Yesterday's Games Toronto 541. Boston 4-5 Cleveland 5 1 6, New York 1-5 Baltimore 2, Detroit 1 Minnesota 10, Chicago 3 Kansas City 16. California 4 w I. 68 50 87 62 83 65 80 68 80 70 76 74 50 100 Gil 662 - .564 11 .561 15 .541 18 533 19 .507 23 .333 49 EAGLES Washington St. Louis N.Y. Giants Tampa Bay Chicago Green Bay Minnesota Detroit 81 69 79 71 78 '72 74 76 65 84 63 87 52 98 Atlanta Los Angeles San Francisco New Orleans New England Buffalo N.Y. Jets Baltimore Cleveland STEELERS Houston Cincinnati San Diego Denver Kansas City Oakland Seattle NFC W L T Pct. PF 3 0 0 1.000 67 2 1 0 .667 59 2 1 0 .667 HI 1 2 0 • .333 69 0 3 0 .000 31 AFC 3 0 0 1.000 90 45 2 1 0 .667 39 30 1 2 0 .353 44 47 I 2 0 .333 44 74 I 2 .333 53 62 Sunday's Games Cleveland 13, Baltimore 10 Denver 20, Atlanta 17, OT New York Jets 31, Detroit 10 New England 20. Cincinnati 14 EAGLES 26, New Orleans 14 Dallas 24, Chicago 20 Seattle 27, Oakland 10 STEELERS 24. St. Louis 21 Los Angeles 27, San Francisco 24 Baseball Roundup Pirates top Expos to regain first MONTREAL ( AP) Dave Parker stroked a pair of run-scoring singles and Don Robinson tossed a six-hitter to pace Pittsburgh to a 2-1 victory over, the Montreal Expos last night and move the Pirates a full game ahead of Montreal in the National League East. The Pirates took a 1-0 lead against Steve Rogers, 13-10, in the third inning as Parker drove in Omar Moreno, who had led off the inning with a single up the middle, stole second and advanced to third on Tim Foli's sacrifice bunt. o 1.000 81 .667 52 0 .333 41 .333 47 0 .000 50 Robinson, 8-6, scored Pittsburgh's second run in the fourth when he reached base on a one-out • single and went to second on a single by Foli before Parker delivered his second RBI hit. 667 71 667 57 000 59 000 67 ST. LOUIS (AP) Manny Trillo raced O 1.000 55 O .667 89 0 .333 77 0 .333 56 O .000 36 1.000 65 0 1.000 78 0 .667 56 0 .000 38 PhiNes 7, Carditials 5 Jansen target of much harassment Continued from Page 8 respectable and then, of course, there's no guarantee ( of success. ) "He's really too inexperienced to think about it now. However, he has three things going for him. He's highly intelligent.. He has the physically strong body needed for walking and he's a bear for training. And most importantly, he's burning with desire. "My secret goal is that in a year Larry can walk as fast as I can jog for two hours, which is about 15 miles. Racewalking, in Jansen's words, " is still too deviant from the normal behavior." He has been spit at, been home from third on third baseman Ken Reitz' error with two out in the ninth inning and Garry Maddox followed with a run-scoring single as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for three runs and a 7-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals last night. Philadelphia's Steve Carlton, 16-11, gained the victory. Tug McGraw pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his 16th save. Indians 5. 6, Yankees 1, 5 CLEVELAND (AP) Mike Hargrove ripped a run-scoring triple with one out in the ninth inning to give the Cleveland Indians a 6-5 victory and a double header sweep of the New York Yankees last night. Rick Waits fired a five-hitter in the first game as the Indians won 5-1. the target of cans and bottles, the subject of verbal abuse "from more women than you'd expect" and run off the road while walking. "Analyzing it psychologically, people do it because they're jealous or envious," Jansen explains. "I can usually tell the type that are going to give me trouble. If two teenagers in a pick-up or a jacked up car come by, I'm ready to dive for the bushes and get their license number." Even though the harassment outnumbers the encouragement, Jansen feels he gets an ample amount of support. "John Lucas is amazing. the rattily rolleoan Tt! , :sday. Sept. lg. Tom Veryzer singled with one out in the ninth inning of the nightcap and Hargrove followed with his deep drive to right center•field off New York reliever Don Hood, 4-1. Reliver Sid Monge, 10-9, got the victory. . • - the dc„,,s orts . quiz • Q: Ten years ago, major league baseball realigned its teams to provide post-season playoffs in both the American and National Leagues. What four teams participated in those first playoff series in 1969? Yesterday's answer: The highest all time winning percentage among college football teams (77.6) belongs to Notre Dame. Jenny, my girlfriend, is a saint and Harry Groves and Gary Schwartz of the cross country teams are very supportive,"he says. Then there are the occasional rounds of applause and words of praise from passers-by. But racewalking is a sport with no finahcial rewards. In fact, Jansen must buy a new pair of walking shoes every three weeks. There's no glory, no headlines. Only aching muscles and missed meals. So why does he do it? "If I knew that," Jansen says with a shrug, "I'd bottle it and become
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