The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 09, 1975, Page page 16, Image 16
Female weiohflifter no joke By Becky Morgan What started out as a joke may end in national recognition for UNL junior Becky Chapman. Chapman is a weightlifter who recently won the 114 lb. weight class in the university intramural weight lifting tourney on March 15. The day before the meet, Chapman and a friend (Ann Rains) decided to report for weigh-ins "just to see what would happen," ' Chapman said. UNL weightlifting coach Boyd Epley took the women seriously and showed them how to lift weights correctly. (In power weightlifting there are three lifts: the dead lift, bench press and squat.) 'To be different' "We decided to go through with it and participate in the contest," Chapman said, "just to be different." Just being different won Chapman the honor of being the first female - intramural power weightlifting champion in Nebraska. Rains was third in the 132 lb. class. Chapman lifted a total of 380 lbs. in the contest. (Dead lift 225 lbs., squat 100 lbs. and bench press 55 lbs.) 1 Hans are being made for Chapman to participate in the state weightlifting meet in Omaha April 26, Epley said. "She may be the only registered female power lifter in the nation," Epley said. "There are three registered female Olympic weightlifters," he added. Olympic weightlifting involves two lifts instead of three. Chapman will train three days a week for the next three weeks preparing for the meet. Help from men "I though it would be neat to be in something different," she said. "The guys laughed at first, but halfway through the meet they realized I was serious and started helping me." Chapman is planning on joining the UNL weightlifting club. She will be its first female member. . "The weightlifting club is open to ,all students," Epley said. "Lifting weights can be usePas a tool to improve one's figure as well as building a good physique. Individuals follow a program that suits them specifically." Membership fees are $10 per year. The weightlifting room is in the North stadium fieldhouse. It is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p jn. j - ,9 A: Iff i K v 1 j - v i t 'J r photo by Kevin Hsy Becky Chapman, UNL's first woman weightlifter, recently won the 114 lb. weight class in the University intramural weightlifting tourney. She hopes to participate in the state meet April 26. Despite wet, muddy ground Intramural soccer play starts By Pete Wegman Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor dead of night will keep the mailman from his appointed rounds, or so the saying goes. Apparently the same holds true for UNL's intramural soccer teams, according to Gail Wiedow, intrumural director. The intramural soccer season begins tonight at Cather-Pound field, despite possible wet and muddy playing conditions, Wiedow said. "If it were up to me, I'd rather not have the guys slipping and sliding around out there," Wiedow said. "But we're so short on time, we'll probably have to push the soccer schedule a little." The program ha3 attracted 24 teams with 360 players this year, compared to eight teams last year. Six four-team leagues have formed for the season, according to Wiedow. Each team will play the others in its league once for a three-game regular season schedule. The six league champions then will advance to a single elimination tournament to be held during the week of April 29 to determine the all-university champion. Wiedow said that since soccer was added during the year because of student interest, it wasn't included in the Office of Recreation's budget. He said trophies and T-shirts will be awarded to the top teams, if there is enough money. Games will be played Sunday, Monday and Wednesday nights at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. Consisting of two 25,-minute halves, the games will be played on a field marked out at the Cather-Pound recreational complex. "We're hampered because the lights are so close there. We had to reduce the length and wiuiii of the field from the official size," Wiedow said. Each team is allowed eight players on the field at a time. However, only two players from the University of Nebraska soccer team will be allowed on any team. Wiedow, in his first year at UNL, said "to the best of my knowledge, last year was the first time recently that soccer has been an intramural sport." He added that records show soccer was an intramural sport through part of the 1 960s. "I guess it's a case of something phased out and then put back in again," he said. Wiedow said he has been" assisted in the planning by soccer club president Jim Fullerton. Schedule for Wednesday, April 9 6:00-Ag Men v. Sigma Nu 7 : GG-Cor n h us k s r Co-OO V. Heponer Hall 8:00-Shct Kickeri.v. Chi Phi 9:00-lntero8t1onal House Vi. Theta Xi '( Schedule for Sunday, April 13 6 00-Delta Upsilon vs. Acacia 7:00-Harper 2 vi. Totally Lacking 8:00-Rugby Club v. Phi Gamma Delta "B" 9:00-A!pha Tau Omega v. Beta Theta Pi 40 4Bk 4i':;t fH There are openings for secretary and treasurer for the Women's Athletic Association Board. Pick up applications at Gail Whitaker's office, 127 WPE. Deadline for applying is Monday April 14. For further information contact Tam Thietje, 477-61 11. The UNL ski club will hold its last meeting for the semester at the Chateau Le Fleur clubhouse tonight at 6 p.m. Officers will be elected. For further information call 423-6181. The UNL baseball team had to cancel two doubleheaders with Buena Vista College because of weather. The football team also had to limit practice because of wet grounds. The scrimmage scheduled for Monday will be today. It's rodeo time again in Lincoln! On April 1 1 & 12 it's our 8th annual NIRA approved rodeo in the Coliseum at the State Fairgrounds. The evening performances begin at 8:00 and the Saturday afternoon rodeo begins at 1:30. Come join the fun! UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA RODEO CLUB a Btsf CELEBRATES WILLIAM ( HIS FEIEKSS ) SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY WITH 39 BUD GAIIS TODAY EDS OIL 9TI Y.f- SUMMER CURRICULUM (June Understanding Art Photography I & II Pottery, Glass Blowing, Painting Design Metal, Design Fabric Mexican Civilization Folklore of Mexico Indian Cultures Comparative Law 17 -August 15,1975) Peasant Societies Mesoamerican Pre-History Comparative Cultures Guitar Instruction 1st & 2nd Year Spanish Intensive Spanish I & II Sp. Am. Lit. 19th & 20th Century taught in Spanish Workshop on Mexican Culture (July 18-August 15)--series of lectures by experts on Mexican society & culture, current & past. Participants, with students in the . Mesoamerican Pre-History course, will take a 2-week field trip to the Yucatan to visit the archaelogical sites of Teotihuacan, Tres Zapotes, Palenque, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Monte Alban, Mitla, and will also visit the Musuem of Anthropology in Mexico City. COST: Non-Resident Tuition & Fees: Summer $189; Fall & Spring $473; Winter $493; Housing wfami!y $lG0month; other cost extra. CONTACT: International Programs, Central Washington State College, Eliensburg, WA 98926. Phone (509) 963-3612. TH ATKf? fif&J KJm. jJjlJL joLiimJ I -A L: WENTSf Dishes Glasses Banquet Tables Silverware Tables - ail types Card Tables Silver Services Coffee Makers Chairs Table Linen Portable Bars Dance Floor Champagne Fountains Send for Free pries list 4820 Rent-Worth Drive (So. 48th & Highway 2) 432-2277 page 18 daily nebraskan Wednesday, april 9, 1975