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This Saturday the UNL women's
swimming team opens its season with a
home meet against Kansas in the
Women's P.E. Building.
One of coach Pat Suliivan's swimmers
who is eager to hit the water is freshman
Mikki Crosby.
The 18-year-old physical education
major foresees a successful season for
both herself and the team this year.
"I think we have a good chance to
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meet this season,
I'm one of them."
she said. "I hope
Mfkke Crosby is a mtmbsr of the women's
swimming team which will meet Kansas Saturday.
Crosby is one of the few scholarship
athletes on this year's squad. However,
the financial boost was not the primary
reason she came to UNL since she didn't
get the scholarship until after she had
enrolled.
"I narrowed my choices down to
Kearney State and UNL," she said.
"But I have always wanted to go to
Nebraska."
Crosby, who is from Omaha, has been
swimming competitively since her fresh
man year in high school. She said an
exciting event in her underwater career
was at a Thanksgiving meet last year
when she set a state record in the
200-yard breast stroke. Her time was
2:40.4.
Crosby said the team is hoping for a
good turnout Saturday because crowd
noise and encouragement inspire a
swimmer.
Though it is a lofty goal for a
freshman, Crosby's fervent desire is to
make it to the nationals.
Beyond that, her long range goal is to
become the first woman, garbage
collector in Colorado. u;;
Obviously, Crosby isn't serious but
you can bet sne will be when she joins
her teammates in challenging Kansas
Saturday.
Stardom
not part of
Reckeway
career
A time came during Kent Reckeway's basket
ball career at UNL when he had to decide if he
needed to change his attitude.
Earning the reputation of being one of the most
prolific scoring threats in high school, Reckeway
came to Nebraska as a two-time all-state
basketball star from Lincoln East. He lead the
Spartans to a Class A basketball title in 1972 while
setting three scoring records in the state tourney.
' In his freshmen season, he lead the frosh unit
with a 19.8 scoring average. Then, during the next
two seasons on the varsity, Reckeway saw limited
action, averaging oniy 4.5 points in the games he
played.
"Not playing is a tough situation," Reckeway
said. "Somebody has to make an adjustment to
not playing, readjusting his goals because not
everybody can be a star. I decided I was one of
those people."
Reckeway, a 6 ft. 1 in. senior guard, saw
considerable action in the Huskers' 87-72 opening
victory over South Dakota State, scoring 12 points,
while coach Joe Cipriano cited
defensive piay.
him for his
Emphasis on defense
"There's no way I could have battled it unless I
changed my attitude," Reckeway said. "Sure I'd
like to score 25 points a game, but I had to be
realistic. If I'm going to play I've got to do things
exactly as the coaches tell me."
Defense seems to be Reckeway's biggest
Improvement. It had to be to play at Nebraska
where the emphasis is on defense, Reckeway said.
"Because we're smallc than most schools we
have to work as a team both on defense and
offense," he said. "Defense is 95 per cent
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attributes, with these plus a little desire and
aggressiveness one can learn to play good
defense."
Offensively. Reckeway said the biggest problem
Is adjusting team's pattern.
Tough weekend
"It involves finesse, unselfishness and team
work," he continued. "One has to recognize that
others may get more shots during the game."
Reckeway said he has been working on his
shooting and his aggressiveness on defense.
Reckeway, who has 3.9 grade average, says he
hopes to enroll in medical school next year. This
weekend's trip to Arizona for the Sun Devil Classic
in Phoenix and a game Tuesdy at North Texas
State University was termed "a' bummer" by
Reckeway because it's so close to finals.
"In Phoenix there'll be more to do than just
study," he said. "We'll just have to find time
when we can, even though it will be hard to nail
yourself to a book. But everybody on the team this
yea- is pretty study-minded and may get good
grades."
In regard to the Sun Devil Classic, Reckeway.
said it will tough weekend.
"We couid have a real good team," he added. :
"We'll find out a lot of things about ourselves this I
weekend. We may even surprise a few people."
Turn-over in football
coach staff possible
Every time the unpredictable Cornhuskers
botched a game this season, all loyal and diehard
Nebraska fans screamed for UNL defensive
coordinator Monte Kiffin to take the head
coaching duties off the hands of Tom Osborne
before he did any more damage.
f Kiffin may not be around much longer to hear
f their pleas. Neither may wingback-tight end coach
John Melton, defensive backfield coach Warren
Powers or offensive backfield coach Mike Corgan.
These men are being considered for head coaching
positions throughout the Big 8 and at other
nonconference schools.
Kiffin is being eyed by three major colleges.
Sources say Kansas athletic director Clyde Walker
has contacted Tom Osborne for permission to
negotiate with Kiffin about the Jayhawk job
following the resignation of their head coach Don
Fambrough.
Kiffin also is being pressured by two other
notable football powers. South Carolina and the
University of Washington are without head
coaches for next season. Athletic directors at both
schools have placed Kiffin high on their prospect
lists.
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jock talk
Wingback coach John Melton's written applica
tion is among the 50 received by the University of
Wyoming in response to their search for a new
head man.
Mike Corgan has not applied formally with
Wyoming but he also is being considered for the
job.
"We are still in search stage right now. We
haven't asked anyone for interviews. But we have
had a great number of telephone calls from some,
of our people about Melton and Mike Corgan from
your Nebraska staff and about Jimmy Walden who
played for us and was a coach at Nebraska for a
while," George McCorty, Wyoming athletic
director said.
Corgan said he was contacted the week of the
Nebraska-Oklahoma contest by Wyoming
acquaintances involved in landing a new head
coach.
Warren Powers, defensive backfield coach also
Is on the list of schools needing a new head coach.
If Oklahoma's Barry Switzer, Big 8 coach of the
year, takes over the head duties of the Atlantic
Falcons and OU defensive coordinator Larry
Lacewell goes to K-State, Powers may end up a
Big Red coach further south.
A lot of ifs are involved in the selecting of new
head coaches, but, if only 50 per cent of them
become realities, Nebraska's coaching staff could
be picked pretty clean.
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