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Top: varying expressions mark the faces
of the U.S. women's team as the opening
ceremonies; center, A backward high
jump style just might be a winner for this
U.S. contestent; bottom left,
pre-competition euphoria may have been
a tension release for this U.S. men's team,
and bottom right, the anguish of defeat
marks any sports competition.
Amid upper 90-degree temperatures Friday and
Saturday, the American junior track team defeated
their Soviet counterparts with a combined men's and
women's score of 2 1 7-1 63.
The annual US-USSR track meet began Friday at
the Ed Weir track on the UN-L campus, as the
thermometer registered 97 degrees. At the end of the
day's events, the U.S. men led 64-53 and the U.S.
women led 67-61. . :'-;',.
On Saturday, while the temperature reached 95
degrees in the stands and 122 degrees on the field, the
American team widened its lead. The final scoring
breakdown was 129-105 for the U.S. men and 88-58
for the U.S. women.
Nebraska's only representative in the meet, Nancy
Kindig of Hastings, won the pentathlon (five-events)
with a score of 3,919 points. The other contestants and
their totals were Galina Zhilo, 3737; Aili Alikso, 3,707;
and Cindy Mitchell, 3,576.
Kindig pulled a leg muscle in the long jump, the
second-to-last event in the pentathlon. She won the
long jump, however, with a leap of 18-feet, 10 and 34
inches. She led her nearest rival, Zhilo, going to the
pentathlon 200 meter sprint.
"I forgot about the pulled muscle during the race,"
she said. "I just wanted to stay close enough (to Zhilo)
to win the penthathlon."
Although Alikso won the pentathlon sprint, Kindig
came within one-tenth of a second of beating the
Russian.
Both US. coach Ernie Bullard and Soviet coach
Viktor Ivanovitch complained that the athlete's
performances would be hurt by the hot weather. The
11,000 fans who watched the meet both days saw 10
meet records fall and four others tied.
Darrell Elder of Marin City, Cal. broke the old
discus record of 182-6, set in 1972 by Nikolay Vichor,
with a toss of 192-8. Elder said after setting the record
that he is not sure that he will try for the Olympics.
"I have to study the Russians' technique," Elder
said. "They have the best technique, like the way they
move across the ring so fiuidly."
The junior meets, in which male athletes are 19 and
under and the female athletes are 18 and under are
regarded as "farm system" for the Olympics.
Another meet record was set by the U.S. Women's
4x400 meter. Relay Team, The U.3. relay team ran the
event in 3:37.9 seconds, lowering the old record of
3:38.4 set last year by a U.S. team.
A member of this year's 4x100 meter relay team,
Brenda Morehead, of Toledo, Ohio, set two other
sprint records. She rah the 100 meter race in 11.4
lowering the old record of 1 1 .54 seconds. The sprinter
ran the 200 meter race in 23.2 seconds, lowering the
old record of 24.34.
The Soviet men also set meet records in the shot
put, javelin, pole vault and high jump. Vladimir Kiselev
raised the shot put record from 60 1014 to 61-1; Ivan
Gromov threw the javelin 254-1 to beat the old record
of 248-10; Vladimir Andreev raised the previous high
jump record from 6-2 to 7-feet, and Alexandr
Vostrikov ploe vaulted 1 7-1 to raise the old standard of
16-8 and 34.
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