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Injury sidelines Mike Bowers
Frosli gymnasts vault into Mien
By Patty Prjcr
With the absence of junior all-around-er
Mike Bowers, who's out for the sea
son with a back injury, NU's three
freshmen gymnasts have seen more
action than most freshmen do in their
first season.
All-arounder Neil Palmer and spe
cialists Eric Lambert and John Chmelka
all competed in the Huskers' last home
meet against Penn State, Ohio .State
and Louisiana State.
Palmer, this year's only recruit, has
performed in every Nebraska competi
tion so far this year, scoring a 9.4 twice
on high bar and once in floor exercise
and vault. '
In last week's quadrangular, Lam
bert hit a 9.2 on vault and Chmelka
scored a 9. 1 5 on pommel horse.
. Chmelka also stepped in at the last
minute on high bar because fellow
freshman Dan Culliver was questiona
ble for competition.
"I just picked up a routine the Friday
before," Chmelka said. "(Graduate Assist
ant Jim) Hartung helped me out a lot
with it."
Former stars encouraging
All three gymnasts talked about the
advantages of working with former NU
standouts Hartung, Phil Cahoy and
Scott Johnson.
The advantages far outweigh any.
disadvantages in being eclipsed by the
Huskers' past performances, they said.
"There's a lot more advantages,"
Chmelka said. "The gr ad assistants are
very good coaches and they're good
just to be around. They're not up on a
pedestal at all" '
Chmelka saidhes also learning from
Husker horse specialist Frank Hibbitts.
"We work out a lei together, coach
ing each other and criticizing each other,"
Chmelka said. "I need to learn a lot
more tricks and he knows practically
every move there is to be performed."
The caliber of current Jlusker gym
nasts is a source of motivation, even
though it means the freshmen may not
share the spotlight as much as they
would elsewhere.
"I don't feel like I'm being oversha
dowed at all," Palmer said. "And I don't
mind going up first, anyway."
that's why I didn't do all-around," he
said. "But I've really been working hard
on it lately "
Chmelka comes from Omaha South
High School and the Sokol Hall gymn
stics club, where Hartung, Cahoy and
Bowers all started out.
He placed second in the all-around
and first in horse and rings at the state
two years in Shaumburg, 111., where he
placed ninth in vault at the state
meet his senior year.
Lambert started out as a diver in
high school and didn't move into gym
nastics until he was 15.
"I had a friend on the diving team
who was a gymnast," he said, "and he
told me to come to practice to see if I'd
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Nebraska's freshman gymnasts
(from left) Eric Lambert, John
Chmelka and Neil Palmer.
UNL Sports Information
Lambert agreed. "I wouldn't want to
be top dog," he said. "Then everyone
would be depending on me and I'd
really have no room to grow."
Chmelka follows sibling
Chmelka may be more familiar with
the Huskers' winning legacy than are
his counterparts. .
His older sister Carol competed for
the Huskers and his older brother
Chuck competed on three of Nebras
ka's five national championship teams.
"It really hasn't been, too hard to live
up to, though," the younger Chmelka
said. "I try not to look at it that way."-
Chmelka said he hadn't intended to
seriously pursue gymnastics in college.
"I didn't really plan on doing a lot of
gymnastics once I was down here;
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meet his senior year.
Lambert competed in Papiilion his
sophomore year, but competed his last
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like it."
Lambert said he was nervous about
his first competition as a Husker.
"I was real nervous," he said, "but I
actually felt pretty relaxed once the
meet started."
Palmer, from Addison Trail High
School in Addison, 111., was second in
the all-around and first on parallel
bars in the state meet his senior year.
His high school team won the state
championship three out of his four
years of competition.
Palmer said he also considered Ari
zona State, Iowa State and the Univer
sity of Minnesota before signing with
Nebraska.
"I knew it was going to better for my
gymnastics here," he said. "Being a
Husker means a lot."
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Shorts low ; ;. ' Scoreboard
The Office of Campus Recreation announced
deadlines for a number of coming events.
Men's, women's and co-rec three-on-three bas
ketball will begin Feb. 28. The deadline for register
ing is 5 p.m. Feb. 21. There is no fee to enter. Teams
are allowed to have five players, but no more than
three are allowed to play at any one time.
The games will be played at the Coliseum and the
Men's Physical Education Building. .
There will be a meeting of managers of co-rec
indoor wiffleball teams 6 p.m. Feb. 22 in room 7 in
the Coliseum. Failure to report will result in the loss
of $5 of the team's forfeit fee and a loss on the team's
record.
Entries are due prior to 5 p.m. Feb. 21 for teams to
compete in co-rec indoor wiffleball.
Play will begin Feb. 26 at Mabel Lee Hall or the
Men's PE Building.
The play will be a round-robin schedule con
cluded with a post-session single-elimination tour
nament. ,
A free throw contest for individuals and teams
will take place Feb. 22 and 23 in Mabel Lee Hall. The
contest is open to men, women and co-rec teams. No
prior registration is required. - ,
Men's, women's and co-rec basketball Gold will take
place Feb. 22 and 23 at Mabel Lee Hall. No prior
registration is needed.
The office's outdoor photography contest will be
March 13 through 16 at the Nebraska Union.
Entries will be accepted at the Office of Campus
Recreation March 5.
(Oprtsmsr.sI;ip retir e in parenthese)
Fratemiti-3A - -Sigma
Chi 2 (3.4) 62, Phi Delta Theta (3.0) 0
Theta Xi (3.3) 65, Phi Kappa Psi (2.3) 37
Alpha Tau Omega 2 (2.7) 55. Sigma chi 1 (2.7) 54 20T
Sigma Phi Epsilon (3.0) 44, Farmhouse (3.7) 30 '
Beta Theta Pi (4.4) 70, Alpha Tau Omega (3.8) 40
Beta Sigma Psi (4.0) 60 Kappa Sigma (4.3) 34
Delta Tau Delta (4.3) CO, Acacia (2.3) 23
Tau Kappa Epsilon dzt. Chi Phi by forfeit
Phi Gamma Delta def. Lambda Chi Alpha by forfeit
Alpha Gamma Rho (4.0) 43, Delta Siama Phi (4.3) 18
Phi Gamma Delta 2 (3.3) 43, Alha Gamma Rho (2.6) 52
Acacia (4.2) 39, Lambda Chi Aloha (4.2) 37
Women gymnasts win
contest at Iowa State
UNL gymnast Annette Madigan scored the most
points of her career in the all-around competition
Saturday as she led the women's team to victory in
Ames, Iowa.
The Huskers scored 177.65 points in their victory.
Minnesota finished second with 174.85 and Iowa
State finished third with 170.95. Wisconsin and
Illinois-Chicago rounded out the field.
Madigan's career-high 38.4 brought her first place.
Teammate Renee Gould came in second place with a
score 3f 35.85. Huskers Terri Furman and Kim Gra
bowski tied for fifth in the all-around competition
with scores of 35.35.
Madigan scored second in the parallel bars com
. petition with a score of 9.4. Grabowski won the
event with a 9.45.
Madigan's 9.1 in the balance beam competition
also brought her a second-place finish.
In floor exercise competition, Furman finished
second with a 9.1.,
Gould's 9.25 in the vault competition gave the
Huskers a second-place finish in the event.
Data Theta Pi 1 (4.0) 43, Sigma Phi epsilon 1 (3.3) 44
Phi Gamma Delta 1 (4.0) 43, Siqma Chi (3.6) 23
Delta Sigma Phi (4.0) 53. Alpha Gamma'Siama (4.0) 40
- Beta Sigma Psi (4.0) 43. Not Ready for C3 Players (4.C) 45
Acacia def. Phi Kappa Psi by forfait
Sigma Phi Epsilon (4.5) 55, Temporary Heroes (4.7) S3
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Hamilton Lunatics (2.6) 52. Aggies (2.3) 41
Forestry (4.5) 53, Hamilton animals (4.5) 23
Animal Science (4 0) 32, CBA Two (4.0) 23
Umm (3.3) 58. Don Ho's (3.0) 50
Hennig (3.4) 3S, Math (3.4) 33
ITcaea's Essictbsll
Hooper Poopers (3.8) 34, Abel Thirteen (3.6) 15
Gators def. Pound Eight by forfeit
Sandoz Six def. Smith Seven by forfeit '
Basket Cases (4.0) 33, Chi Omega (4.0) 32
Hotshots II (5,0) 30. Alpha Xi Delta (5.0) 0
Hurtin" Units def. Good "Buds" by forfeit
Burr Three East (4.6) 30, Jesus is Lord (4.3) 24
Scrappers (3.8) 50, Kappa Delta (3.6) 32
Free Agents (4.0) 47,Sandoz Four (3.7) 20
NPI Grads def. Abel Ten by forfeit
Mixed Nuts (4.3) 34, Smith Eight (4.3) 3
The Team def. Love Memorial Hall by forfeit
Rebels (4.0) 39, Sandoz Nine (4.2) 9
Animals (3.3) 51, Smith Six (3.6) 20
Bruins (3.6) 35, Rodeoettes (4.0) 27
Co-Eec Vollsybsll PktyofTs
Clzss B
Beginners Luck def. harper SixSmith Six by forfeit
ZZ Tops (4.2) def. Abel 10 (4.2) 15-4, 15-2
Barely Legal (4.0) def. Raymond Two (4.0) 15-5, 15-12
Kings Kids def. Kappy Alpha ThetaDelta Tau Delta by forfeit
Quotation Marks (4.6) def. Furman's Palace (4.2) 15-4, 15-7
Triangle (4.2) def. Guppies (4.0) 15-7, 15-7
Holysmokers (4.2) def. Theta XiSandoz Nine (2.7) 15-3. 15-4
High-Five Brox. (3.6) def. Food Science (3.6) 15-8. 15-8
Dirty Diggers def. Neihardt Staff by forfeit
Beta Sig's Plusi3.8) def. Hammeren V-Ballers (4.2) 15-13. 15-4
CIZZ3 A -
Leftovers (4.0) def. Ag Econ (4.2) 15-1,15-4