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UNL's gymnastics team will close out
the regular season Saturday with the Husk
ers' biggest meet of the season, accord
ing to coach Francis Allen.
The Husker gymnasts will face Louis
iana State University (LSU) and the Uni
versity of Oklahoma (OU) in the indoor
track area of the UNL Sports Complex.
The meet is scheduled to start at 7:30 pjn.
"This is the biggest meet of the year tor
us," Allen said. "Oklahoma and LSU are
two of the finest in the . nation. And
Oklahoma looks to be a little bit of a favor
ite going into Saturday's meet."
Allen said the performance" of Husker
all-arounder Larry Gerard will be the key
to the meet for the Huskers.
"The whole thing depends on Gerard,
Allen said. "If he performs like he did last
Saturday (againsf the University of Kan-"
sas) well lose the meet. I'm still kind of
waiting on him right now. He may crack,
but I know we're going to need, those few
extra points he's capable of picking up for
us Saturday night.
"If he stumbles on his floor exercise
routine then everybody looks at each other
and says 'uh-oh.' It messes everyone up.
It's like a quarterback who can't hit a
wide-open split end," he said.
Gerard will be just one of five gym
nasts in the meet who has competed on
the international level in the LSU-OU
meet.
"LSU has two excellent gymnasts in
Ron Galimore and Mike Godawa," Allen
said. "Galimore is a former national floor
exercise champion and Godawa was in the
, Olympic trials. Oklahoma also has two in
Bart Connor who was an Olympian and
Mike Wilson who was a former national age
group champion."
Alien said he expects a close meet.
"I think we Improbably see some broken
routines and tense performances," he
said, "but our guys know what to expect.
Well go into the meet knowing our rou
tines. We still havent performed within
the realm of our capability."
Saturday's meet will be the last home
meet for all-arounder Duane West and high
bar specialists Gary Jeurink and Kurt
Mackie.
The gymnasts will have three weeks of
'hibernation training" following the LSU
OU meet, Allen said.
"We need the long layoff before the Big
8 meet," Allen said. "It's paid off before so
I know we need that time to train."
thursday, february 17, 1977
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