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Wednesday, March 3, 1948 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Page 3 Tank Meet To Feature Free Stylers By a comparison of times posted this season, the feature events of the Big Seven Swim ming championships, which will be held Friday and Saturday, in the Coliseum pool will be the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events. Marvin Grimm of Nebraska is the defending champion in the 50-yard event. Last year he set a new conference record when he swam the 60-yard freestyle in a times of 29.1. The record for the 50-yard event is 24.1, set by Adams of Iowa State in 1939. Grimm has been under that time this year. Free Style Contenders. The Husker tank star will re ceive plenty of competition in the 50-yard race. Smith and Dicker son of Iowa State have posted times of 24.6 and 24.8 respec tively, and John Leit of Kansas State has pulled in a time of 24.2. Perry Branch of Nebraska is also in the top bracket with a time of 24.5. This event prom ises (o be one of the meet's closest races. Grimm is also the defending champion in the 100 yard freestyle event. The confer ence record for this event is 54.8, set by Adams of Iowa State in 1941. Marv has been under that time also, this year. Cyclone Swimmer Improves Dick Kullman of Iowa State has been steadily improving nil season and has also performed under the present record of 54.8. Russ Smith of Iowa State, has had a time of 55.6, which marks him as a probable place winner. Harry Hill of Oklahoma is close behind him with a time of 56.0. John Leit of Kansas State and Perry Branch of Nebraska round out the top seven men with times of 56.5. Preliminaries for the meet will be held in the Coliseum pool at 7:30 Friday night. Ad mission for each meet, prelims and finals, is $1.00 for adults and 50 cents for students. Nebraska Mat Lineup Revised Coach B. R. Patterson was forced to revise his University of Nebraska wrestling team for the Big Seven conference champion ships Friday and Saturday at Boulder, Colo. Jack Barrett, regular 136 pounder, was injured in a match at Michigtan State. Andy Marin kovich and Jerry Calhoun will compete in either the 165 or 175 pound class. Bob Yambor, 121 pounder, is leading the Husker point-makers in the ten dual meets with 25 loints. Newt Copple is second with 14 and Ed Copple is third with 12. The Copple brothers have competed in only six of the ten matches. Frosli Jumpers Show Promise Three freshman broad jumpers -.i,, I ji i ij iwjijii uiiTWTTTTBrrmiTririTrriwwiwwriTiTTOini mriTn n m nj..!.! i .1. i mi i i n '1 0 i TTm n I n mTT I I n NEBRASKA BREAST STROKER Nebraska's t0D hones in the Biff championships Friday and Saturday in the Coliseum. The Husker breast stroke ace has been one of the leading point winners for Coach Ilollie Lepley's tankmen this season. have indicated a brighter future in this event for Coach Ed Weir of the University of Nebraska. 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