that Held with all those young athletes   their language so how could you Hnd
  was awesome,” he says. out what was called when they blew the
6o|g| In swimming I That feeling of awe, that crystal whistle? Sometimes we never did know.
  awareness that you are representing "And, our team that year," he contin-
:‘Ql·lx"_k' T"9 _H°9"° w¤lk$ l your country, is common among partic-   ues “ was a real good mixture of this melt-
ozaezé? G; cgjslrcilgzlibi l ipants. While UK will have no other   ing pot called the United States ofAmer-
abcui who i;ln ch¤;e_ (She l alumni other than Newton in the sum- l ica. We had a Baptist preacher R.]ackie
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shut t ° °°r ' Hugue aw"- l Olympic effort. It also spurred the shar— dale and the Hungry Hungarian Alex l i A
geously came back for her last l . .  
dive, but finished fourth in the mg of some good St01`1€S. Groza. I can’t describe the thrill when a l T
sfqndings - wifhguf o ,nedo|_ l Ralph Beard recalls the Olympic Tri- stadium with I don’t know how many,    
Four years later in Mpnich, she als Tournament. "The AAU-Phillips many thousands sat very quiet and I l  
d°'“':°'°d :3* “fmP§l"l'L°“ gndl l Oilers team beat us in the finals 53-49. l heard the national anthem played. It was Q
“(°n er g° ’ usmg °r er mu 1 That didn’t sit too well with coach l tremendousllthought, ‘Letyour light so A  {
dive the same one that snatched 1 _ . _ , _ g . _ l  
uwuy her dream in Mexico ciiy_   Rupp. He sa1d, My gawd, I 11 never even · shine befoie men that they may see your l iw
”You mgkg your Iggk/’ Hqgug   forgive you SOB’s for making me an good works and glorify Him in heaven."’ Q 0
said. "ltlwas a long, hard four   assistant coach for the first time in my Barker, Groza and jones each recall   W
Y°¤I;`f· ll $_° l°* ‘;'“°:’“l b°:‘9d¤   career!’ And I don’t think he ever did.” that “medal" moment as well. “Of all   61
$?l:,:g';2l::n ;°cm;°:;?n; Y ’ The most stirring eventwhich to this the honors I’ve received,” says Barker,  
the gal to had for four years day defines the Olympics for Beard "the best was playing in the Olympics. ’ if
*1i| 1912, qnd hglding your spog occurred as he watched the 10,000 Winning a gold medal for UK and my l H
as opposed to chipping away l meters race. The Czech contingent was country, for a country boy like me, it’s b`
¤”:l;’;'l;:9h‘;;l:‘°:;;;fer°nl   represented by Emil Zatopek. "He was something you only dream about and   3*
umiude   exhausted and ll looked like he was yet 1t happened. i R
III lmiw ¤ medal for the f done, but from the stands began this Groza, the all-American center on   E
Olympic; ond rho; njqkgs ir   low rumble ‘zat-o-pek, zat-o-pek’ until it the Fabulous Five, said, "\/Ve could not “i
incredlhlyllnemcarable and   _just resounded throughout the stadium. have represented a greater university, a · I`
specia ”s esai .”Bu|’myl1e¤r|‘ ` VV 1],Zzt kl k 1· f . d my [ . · . . .i _I ._ * U-
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when people aslc where your 1 ` g' ` P I y _   _ g g A `
memories ¤..e_ And frankly, ilu,   everyone and won the race and that to the fine education that 1t dtd. I thank l
fir;} Qlympigg - rho pqggqnfry,   me epitomizes the Olympic spirit.” coach Rupp for letting me play and be ° Fl
the ¢¤l¤l’{ the Gclventure, the i Kenny Rollins says "1magine a 16 year part of this great tradition." i S6
grim excitement ef thcrt Qrsf I old Sonior ih a small, small school in jones sums itup saying, "The Olympic O
duiwggg   lust can l ever Wyckliffe — a graduating class of12, 9 games were the highlight, just to be IK
c°l_ Hogue ls lhs only curreni boys and 3 girls. Imagine that same boy there and represent the United States. { 16
faculty member who hq; won playing in the Olympics. That thrill I The gold medal beats it a1l," I c<
a gold medal in Olympic compe- c;m’t describe. l The next UK Olympic medalist from I C<
m'°“• "The ofHciating,” says Rollins, "got to l UK was Billy Evans who played in the KC
` " ' `‘`` ‘ ‘°‘‘‘ ` ‘ii‘ “ M“’ be ( uite funnv at times We mi tht be l 1956 ames in Melbo 1*1 A t" l` <
Mike Embry works for the Associ-   I ° _ ` ' _ $0   g‘ ` L H €’ Us la m` » y
and press in Lexlngiom This gory playing the Egypuans, one ref would be   Evans was the starting guard on the ’53-   KC
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