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For most people Ln Nebraska, the
only chance to brimming U in the
summer. Dut for people like Emily
Rickctts, a swimmir.3 pool serves aa
second home all year.
Rickctts is training for the 1934
Olympic t rhl ; at the end of June in
Indianapolis, In. '-'he will try for one
of two spots on the U.S. team in both
the 200 and 400-meter freestyle.
"I have about as good a chance as
anybody else," the sophomore from
California said.
Has it been her dream to compete
in the Olympics?
"Yeah, it has, I think every athlete
has it in the back of their mind if not
in the front," Ricketts said.
Rickctts will be taking some
impressive credential to the trials
after helping the Huskers to second
place in the Big Eiht. She won the
Big Eight 200 freestyle, finished
second in the 1650 freestyle, fourth
in the 500 freestyle and seventh in
the 200 individual medley.
She didn't fair as well in the NCAA
championships. She explained her
loss as the result of a long taper
(giving the body a chance to store
energy). As a distance swimmer, she
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said she doesn't need as much of a
taper as she had before the NCAA
tournament.
Rickctts is in post-season training
with her other teammates. She and
teammate Dana Powers, another
qualifier, are working on a more
intense training program consisting
of weight-lifting and a lot of
swimming.
After final exams, Rickctts will
return to California and train with
the Irvine Novaquatics, a club she
has been associated with since the
age of 12. Rickctts will be swimming
for her club during the trials.
Ricketts has been swimming since
he was 10 years old. When she
graduated from high school, colleges
and universities from all over the
country recruited her, including
UCLA.
"I like the program, the people I
meet, and the support athletes get
here," Ricketts said about Nebraska
"The people are a lot different and
the pace is a lot different. At UCLA,
you are just a number.
"In California, the competition is
really great and the times are so
fast," Ricketts said. "I may not have
been able to swim my best events and
get some competition."
.Nebraska's women's swimming
coach Ray Huppert said the level of
competition in the Midwest is as good
as anywhere else. He said the
difference is in the number of good
swimmers.
By competing in both California
and Nebraska, Ricketts has been able
to swim against most of her
competition at one time or another.
Huppert said Ricketts'
disadvantage in swimming in
Nebraska right now is that she is
unable to swim and train in a 50
meter facility. ' "
"Right now we are getting her in a
conditioning phase," he said. "She will
have a month and a half to swim (in "
the proper facilities)."
"If I were to put odds on it, they
would probably be a 100 to 1,"
Huppert said. "But every now and
then those horses come in. The long
shots have just as great a chance as
everybody else."
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Nebraska's men's tennis
team won its first Big Ei.I it
conference match of the
scacon Wednesday and
now looks to improve its
1 -3 conference record this
weekend against Kansas
State and Kansas in
Lincoln.
The Huskers whipped
Iowa State in Ames Wed
nesday, 8-1.
No. 1 singles player
Craig Johnson raised his
season record to 10-9 with
6-3, 6-2 victory against
Rick Ambrosini.
Ridge Smidt, Brian Ed
wards and Jim Carson
also won singles matches
for the Huskers. Smidt is
now 13-8 and Carson is
12-8 for the season.
Kansas State enters the
Friday match against the
Huskers with a 3-13
record. The Wildcats are
0-3 in the Big Eight and
have lost 9-0 to Colorado,
Kansas and Oklahoma.
Kansas is 11-8 overall
and 3-1 in the conference.
The Jayhawks lost a nar
row 5-4 decision to na
tionally fifth-ranked
Wichita State This past
week.
Junior captain Charles
Stearns and Freshman
Mike Wolf lead the Jay
hawks. Stearns is 16-4 in
singles play this season
while Wolf is 16-3.
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UNL's softball team,
fresh off a double-header
sweep of Kearney State
Wednesday, will be in
Manhattan, Kan., this
weekend to play Oklaho-
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tied for the league lead relays in Lawrence Fri-
with Oklahoma State at day and Saturday. Locnt-
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