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Three seniors will finish four years of
gymnastics competition at UNL March
18 and 19 at the Eig 8 Conference Gym
nastics Championship in Lawrence, Kan.
Lincolnites Duane West and Gary Jeu
rink and Omahan Kurt Mackie all are three
year lcttermen under gymnastics coach
Francis Allen.
All three expressed optimism about the
Huskers' chances of defending the Big 8
crown, and West, an all-around perform
er, said the chances are good.
' "I think that the Dig 8 is the toughest
conference in the country in gymnastics
and we are potentially the best team in the
conference" West said. "My feeling is that
the team that wins the Big 8 will win the
national title as well."
West said he has personal goals of finish
ing high in the floor exercise and high bar
events in the Big 8 meet.
"I'd like to win the floor exercises. I
finished second last year and I'm shooting
for first this year. TTiere are three or four
guys I'll have to beat, but I've beaten them
before so I know I'm capable," he said.
Still rings specialist Mackie also said he
has a few personal goals left this season.
Team victory important
"I'd really like to win rings this year,
but a team victory would be just as impor
tant to me. We've worked the whole year
for Big 8 and nationals."
Mackie said the 1976 Big 8 champion
ship for UNL was his biggest thrill in
gymnastics.
"We work to a peak for the Big 8
meet," he said, "and this long layoff be
tween meets is helping us."
Mackie is the only senior among the
three giving up gymnastics after graduation.
"I'm hanging it up. I'm going on to den
tal school, hopefully. After eight years,
111 probably miss it."
Jeurink, whose previous best finishes
have been a first in high bar and a second
in vault at the pre-Big 8 meet, said he just
wants "to do my part for the team.
"We've got the potential to go one-two-three
on the high bar," Jeurink said. "With
everyone helping everybody else, we've
got a good chance to win.
"This is the toughest conference in the
nation. We've had no easy meets this year.
No sluff meets at all except maybe Kan
sas." College coach
He would like to stay in gymnastics as
a coach on the college level if the oppor
tunity opens, Jeurink said.
Allen said a great asset is each gymnast's
ability to score..
"When you get down to brass tacks in
clutch situations, I had no worries about
these guys," Allen said. "They show
real leadership in a gymnastics sense. They
are going to be hard to replace,"
West, a physical education major, said
he would compete unattached for two
more years after graduation.
"I'll compete at the AAU nationals in
June," he said. "When you go four years
on this level it's kind of hard to quit."
He added that the team is looking for
ward to defending its Big 8 championship
title against Iowa State University and the
University of Oklahoma.
"Our practices really started picking up
after Christmas," West said, We worked
on things we really needed to work on."
"Iowa State may have beaten us a
couple of times during the season but well
be ready at the Big 8 meet. Well just get
our heads together and go after it. Win
ning the Big 8 is the ultimate."
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