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pi3 10 daily ncbrsskan monday, february 28, 1977 Jayhawks sprint to first place; UNL comes in third f( -J 1 ft J k ' 1 ,W if r r ' 1 Si 0 Photo by Tad Kiric Stan Vernon cf the University of Oklahoma receives support from George Mason cf the UrJversity of Kansas and others Saturday after setting a record in the two mile run. Vernon ran a 8:43.4 two mile and knocked seven seconds off the old re . cord. : sports UNO cinches AIAW spot By Rob Barney Omaha-UNL's women's basketball sea son came to an end here Saturday after noon as the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) downed the Huskers, 74 54 before 450 fans at the UNO field house. The victory cinched a best of three series for UNO over the Huskers, and earned the Mavericks a spot in AIAW (Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for' Women) regional play March 10 through 12 in Decor ah, Iowa. The game was close throughout the first half . There were six ties before UNO's Niece Jochims put in a 20-footer with 10 seconds to go in the half to give UNO the lead for good at half-time 27-25. UNL was plagued by foul trouble and by poor shooting in the second half. The Huskers connected on only 28 per cent of their shots in the second half compared to 49 per cent for UNO. It was a combination of things that cost us the game, UNO coach George Nicodemus said. "We had a poor shooting effort today and they (UNO) had a lot of free throws." . UNO was 24 of 42 from the free throw line for the game while UNL was 14 of 24. After trading baskets at the beginning of the second half UNO jumped out to a 37-27 lead with 16. "03 to play, holding UNL scoreless for 3:35. Fouls then put the Huskers deeper in trouble. Senior guard Kathy Hawkins fouled out with 9:14 to go in the game. Fresh man, 6-foot-3 center Jeanne Boiler follow ed Hawkins to the Husker bench just more than a minute later. In the next two minutes, UNO stretch ed its lead from 44-33 to 56-37. "I knew we were in trouble when we lost Jeanne," Nicodemus said. Wc didn't m have any rebounders in there. (UNO 6 " foct-4 center Jolene Class was just too big for us to stop." X Blass had 21 rebounds for the game, just five less than the entire Husker team. UNO outrebounded the Huskers 54-26. Saturday's game was the sixth played between the two schools. UNL won the . series four games to two. "The best team won today," Nicodemus said. "They (UNO) played. the better game. They were patient on offense." Besides her 35 points Jochims added 1 1 rebounds and Class had 13 points to go along with her 21 rebounds to pace UNO. Junior Sherry Brink led UNL with 17 points. Freshman Linda Janssen came off the bench to contribute a season high 15 points. The Mavericks, coached by Cberri Mankenberg, go on to regional play with a 16-10 record. UNL finished at 21-16. It was a lousy season," Nicodemus said. "Going into it I thought we would have no more than nine losses but he had 16. "There were a number of reasons why, I guess. We had some important kids hurt, we didn't shoot as well as we should have, we probably played too tough a schedule and I suppose we had some bad coaching too," Nicodemus said. By Jim Hunt The University of Kansas (KU) sprinted its 12th championship at the 49th Annual Big 8 Conference Track and Field, Championships held at the UNL Sports Complex Friday and Saturday. KU with 76 points, romped past the University of Oklahoma (OU) with 62 points and UNL with 43. The 60-yard dash final was an important event for the Jayhawks said Bob Timmons, KU track coach. The race, which featured three runners from KU and three from OU, was dominat ed by the Jayhawks. The Jayhawks finish ed first, third and fourth in the event and gained 11 points to OlPs five with Jay hawk Kevin Newell capturing first "My reaction all season out of the blocks has been good," Newell said. "I'd be good for about 45-yards and then tense up. On top "Cliff Wiley (KU trackman) told me to just get out there, relax and focus on the finish line. It feels good, to be on top," he said. Even though the 60-yard dash was an important race for the Jayhawks, Timmons said it was not the turning point of the meet. MI dont think there really was any turn ing point in the meet," Timmons said. "We were just barely leading all along." Husker Jeff Lee was the meet's only double winner, finishing first in both the 60-yard high and low hurdle events. Lee ran a :O7.20 to win the high hurdles and then ran a :06.78 to nip defending champion John Garrison of OU to capture the low hurdle championship. "I just wanted to stay in the blocks until the gun went off," Lee said. MI knew I could run my race." Lee said he will concentrate on the high hurdles the next two. weeks since the low hurdles are not run at the NCAA National Meet. "Natsosssls "I just want to go to nationals thinking that I can compete," Lee said. "I waU to go into nationals thinking I can win, but so so do a lot of other people." Lee, a wide receiver on the football team, said he still has not made a decision whether to compete in outdoor track or spring football. Another exciting race for the sellout crowd of 5,185 was the 600-yard run finals. Jay Wagner of KU ran a 1:09.4 to defeat Husker freshman Scott Poehling and junior Tom Dovel by less than two sec onds. I made some freshman mistakes," Poehling, who ran 1:10.4 said, "but they were still mistakes. I don't have any excuses, he just beat me. "I made my first mistake not taking the lead at the start of the race. My second mistake was not waiting until the gun Up to take him. He slowed it down and made me run his race." Career best Yet for Dovel; his 1:10.8 performance was the best of his career and the biggest surprise of the meet for the Huskers. Dovel said he was pleased with his time. "I've been having trouble finishing my races because I've been psyching myself out, Dovel said. "I didn't get excited when I didn't get the lead today. I usually get the lead right away. Today I didn't and I didn't worry about it." v Others placing for the Huskers included Matt Reckmeyer with a second place finish in the 1,000 yard run and Neville Murray with a second place finishing in the triple jump. Fourth place finishers for the Huskers include Keith Whitaker in the mile run, Steve Millard in the shot put, Pat McKenzie in the 440-yard dash and a tie between Doug Phelps and Dean Herzog in the high jump. Rex Davies in the long jump, Ron Hoagland in the 300-yard dash and Ron Fisher in the 880-yard run each captured fifth place for the Huskers. Relay 2nd The Huskers mile relay team finished second in the record breaking performance of the Jayhawk winning mile relay team. Two other meet records were set Satur day, Bob Prince in the 880-yard run and Stan Vernon in the two-mile run. The Huskers, who were picked to finish seventh in a preseason poll of coaches, drew nothing but praise from Timmons. "Nebraska is the most improved team indoor in one year that I have ever seen," he said. It also was announced at the meet Saturday that UNL will host the 1978 Bag 8 Indoor Track and Ffr!f Champion ships. , sports shorts Carol Frost's women's track team won the 11 -team University of Missouri Invita tional track meet in Columbia, Mo., Satur day. The Huskers scored 94 points, outdis tancing second place Missouri by 18 points. Nebraska won three of the 13 events. Cindy Dixon won the 1000-yard run, Cindy Vlckers set a meet record with a 1:265 time in the 600-yard run and the Huskers mile relay team edged Missouri for the top spot in that event. Other performers placing for the Husk ers included Para Baker second in both the 60-yard hurdles and 300 yard run, Dixon second in the mile run, Toni Midder second in the 60-yard dash, Deb Raddatz second in the shotput, Kelly FEatt third in the two-mile run and Cindy Pearson third in the 8S0-yard run. UNL's wor.jen's gymnastics team won the Nebraska Women's Gymnastics meet Thursday and Friday in Mabel Lee Hall. The gymnastics team, coached by Judy Schalk, tallied 13028 , points. Chadron State College, the only other collegiate team, totaled 3738 points. The Nebraska School of Gymnastics , Club, classes I and II, coached by Schalk and Francis Allen also competed in the two day meet. Schalk said the meet was used for qualification for the United States Gymnastics Federation state meet. The entire Class I team qualified for the meet. The entire Husker collegiate team also qualified for the Association of Intercol legiate Athletics for Women regional competition, as all six team members totaled more than 60 points in compul sories and optionals to qualify. Freshman Crissy Robertson had the highest score, 66.67. Tammy DriscoU was second with a score of 6633. The women's team also accumulabd its highest score of the season in the meet. ' The Huskers close out their dual season Friday with a match against South Dakota State University at 7 pm. in Mabel Lee y Hall. New UNL crew coach does not plan radical changes Bylimllunt Frank Sands, a Pennsylvania native, has been named head crew coach at UNL "From what they have told me, the program is about to blossom," Sands said in a telephone interview Sunday. "I reaOy have to wait and see how things are going to work out. I dont plan to change things radically," he said. Sands will replace interim coach Mark Stormberg. But Stormberg win continue as assistant crew coach until the esd of the season. Sands said the equipment and indoor rowing tank at UNL pve the Husker rowers an advantage over the rowers at VxtcyhzZl College in Erie, Pa, where he wis the freshman crew coach from 1974 to 1976. The 22-year-oli Philadelphia received his bachelor of arts degree in history from Mercyhurst in 1976 and had started to work on his masters deg.ee at Edinboro State College before taking the job at UNL Sands has eight years of rowing experience and four years of rigging experience. He rowed four years at West Catholic High Schools in Philadelphia and the Vespers Boat Club and four years at Mercyhurst. He coxed sersral national championship boats at Vespers Best Club between 1970 and 1973. Vespers Boat Club is one of the top three boat clubs on the east cca3, S&uis said, lis said the Vespers Boat dub provides many of the VS. Olympians. Sands also coxed the VS. Youth Eight in Milan, Italy, in 1972. That team finished tenth out of 25 nations in the international competition. The cox steers the boat and directs the oarsman. Stormberg rowed for the Huskers for four years, serv ing as captain for two years. He coached the team for two years. Stormberg said he will move to Philadelphia this summer to. continue his personal rowing and career in architecture. "Ill be rowing with the Undine Barge Club in Philadelphia" Stormberg said. "The main thrust of the club is towards Olympic and international rowing. They had a couple of rowers in the last Olympics.
