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LAL crew team revels in regatta finish
By Michael Whye
On Boston's Charles River, the loudspeakers on a
boathouse boomed out orders to sixty boats as they gathered
into a long line. They were preparing to race in another event
in the Head of the Charles River Regatta.
"Come up 77, come up 77. Go 76. Come up 78. Go 77. Go
78. Come up 79...."
Within a few hundred yards of the start, the boats passed
under a low-hanging bridge where there were some spectators
under the steel piers.
Usually the only words heard were those of the coxswains.
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UNL crew team on the Charles River
As No. 78 slid under the bridge, the air reverberated with yells
of, "Go Nebraska, -braska, -braska, -ka, -ka...."
Nebraska on the Charles River? In the world's largest
regatta? It seemed the unlikeliest of places to find a bunch of
Nebraskans, but there they were, taking on 107 other schools
and clubs in a race against time.
Three miles and 19 minutes and 20 seconds later, the
Nebraskans pulled across the finish line to hear the announcer
say, "... and here comes Nebraska, using old goal posts as
oars...."
It was in jest, but the Nebraskans had not come 1,500
miles to laugh. They were beating the big names of rowing
such as Rutgers, Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Quebec's
International Team, Virginia and many others.
Finishing 12th out of 39 may not seem much to a football
statistician, but when Nebraska is compared to some of the
teams it rowed against, the crew did well despite heavy odds
against it.
They had traveled in an overloaded station wagon for 30
hours to reach Boston, were given oars they were not
accustomed to handling and were lent a four-man shell used in
the 1964 Olympics by Harvard. That still was two years newer
than anything the Nebraskans had back home.
Opinion
Harvard has a boathouse with 40 to 50 shells of all shapes
and sizes worth at least $1,000 apiece, their oars are nearly
$800 for a set of ten. Nebraska is afraid to tie its shoestring
budget of $300 for fear it might break.
Eastern schools have alumni who love rowing, and they
donate thousands of dollars for new boats to use in America's
oldest intercollegiate sport.
Nebraska scours the country, traveling anywhere to pick up
free equipment. Its first piece of equipment was a broken oar
given by Kansas State. In the three years since its beginning,
Nebraska has fought the odds and has been invited to national
regattas across the country.
Recently, Wisconsin had enough respect for Nebraska as a
competitor to invite the women's crew for a meet, although
the women's team is less than a year old.
The other schools aren't laughing anymore. They know
what Nebraska could do if there was more money. Nebraska
coach Peter Zandbergen said if his crew had had new
equipment of their own, they could have placed sixth or
seventh in the regatta. He also said Nebraska possibly could be
a national champion; he has the men, but not the equipment.
While other schools aren't laughing, not too many people
at UNL and in the state understand the crew. They sometimes
think the Nebraska crew is a prison work release program and
has nothing to do with rowing. Although the crew went to
Boston, were eagerly greeted by supporters there and said they
represented UNL, jt is disheartening to think that some people.
in the state didn t care if UNL was represented at all.
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