monday, february 25, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 15
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awks wrap up women's s wimming title
By Ron Powell
With 14 Big, Eight records broken at the-Big Eight
Women s Swimming Championships at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center last weekend, the record book looks quite a
bit different than it did in 1979. M
But one thing that did not change was the team champ
ion. - , v
For the sixth consecutive year, Kansas won the team
title. The Jayhawks, who scored 905 'i points, accounted
for 10 of those Big Eight records and won 14 events. Iowa
State was second with 791 points while the UNL swim
mers finished third with 663 points. It was the third con
secutive year the Huskers have finished third.
Husker swimmers broke 13 school records in the meet
and qualified two individuals in three events and two relay
teams for the AIAW (Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics for Women) National Meet March 19-22 in Las
Vegas, both of which pleased Husker Swimming Coach
Ray Huppert.
"These kids have done a real good job," Huppert said.
MI am proud of all our girls. They've battled adversity all
year, but they never quit'. This was the first time all year
out entire team has been healthy and I think it showed."
Spectacular win
Although the Huskers had only one winner, freshman
Sheri Hayward in the. 200-yard backstroke, it was specta
cular. Hay ward's winning time of 2:04.79 was a school
record and shattered the previous Big Eight mark by more
than 3.5 seconds. The time also qualified Hayward for the
national meet and the Olympic trials.
"That swim was unbelievable," Huppert said about
Hayward's performance. "To me, that was one of the
most impressive swims I've ever been associated with."
"I wanted a 2:05 to make the Olympic trials," Hay.
ward said. "But when I got inside that, I was really sur
prised." Huppert said he thinks Hayward can get her time down
to a 2:02 at nationals, which, he said, could place her in
the top eight there ,
"It will take a lot of work to do that," Hayward said.
"But I realized Thursday (the day of the 200 backstroke)
that nothing is impossible."
Another Husker swimmer to qualify for nationals was
sophomore Rene Sullivan. Sullivan qualified in the 50 and
100 yard freestyle events, and finished second in both to
KU's Tammy Thomas. Sullivan's :24.08 in the 50 and
: 52.66 in the 100 also were school records. She set a
school record in the 200 freestyle preliminaries.
Improvement
Huppert said Sullivan has improved tremendously since
last year when sickness and an injured shoulder held her
back.
"She (Sullivan) could barely break :55 last year in the
100 (freestyle)," Huppert said. "This year, she has put
forth a great deal of pride and has stayed healthy."
The 200 and 400-yard freestyle relays also qualified for
nationals. The 200 freestyle team of Ann Kennedy, Maria
Thompson, Carol Hall and Sullivan finished third in a
school record time of 1:38.26. Hall, Hayward, Kennedy
and Sullivan combined for a second place finish in the 400
free relay and a school record as well with a 3:34.06
timing.
Another top performer for the Huskers was sophomore
diver Carol Berger. Berger finished second in the one and
three-meter events.
Twenty-nine individuals and teams qualified for
nationals at the Big Eight meet, and Huppert said Ne
braska and the Big Eight will be recognized at nationals.
'The Big Eight will be heard at nationals," Huppert
said. "If KU swims as well as they're capable of, they
could place in the top 15.
"We've never scored at nationals, but this year we will.
I don't mean to sound cocky but these girls know where
they re at and what they can do.
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Photo by Mitch Hrdlkka
Husker swimmer Ann Kennedy swims the first leg of Nebraska's 200-yard freestyle relay team. The team
finished third, set a school record of 1:38.26, and qualified for nationals.
Female cagers win, lose
: The UNL women's basketball team split
a pair of games last weekend, winning 59
55 Thursday at Northwest Missouri State,
and losing to Kansas 71-57 at Lawrence
Friday. . . i .
The Huskers trailed Northwest Missouri
State 33-28 at halftime, but superior re
bounding by Nebraska paid off in the
second half, and the Huskers claimed their
19th win of the season.
Kathy ' Hagerstrom paced the Huskers
with 21 points, and Diane DelVigna and
Carol Carey each added 14. Patty Painter
had 27 for NWMS.
The Huskers were never in the Kansas
game. The Jayhawks rushed to an 11-0
lead, led 33-20 at halftime and were never'
threatened. Nebraska shot only 27 percent
from the field.
Diane DelVigna and Chris Leigh led the
Huskers with 10 points apiece, while
Lynette Woodward had 25 points for Kan
sas. '
The Huskers finish the regular season
with a record of 19 wins and 17 losses, and
will compete in the AIAW Sub-Regional VI
tournament, scheduled for Thursday
through Saturday at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center,
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Male gymnasts lose to SCS
The Husker men's gymnastics team,
ranked number one in the country,
dropped a dual meet to Southern Connecti
cut State Friday, 279 .7-278 3, '
We didn't expect them to do as well as
they did," Husker Head Coach Francis
Allen said. "They packed the house with
3,500 fans and put a lot of pressure on us
and we didn't handle it well."
iJC's .Mario McCutcheon won the
all-around with a 5830 score, Husker Jim
Hartung was second with 58J05, followed
by teammate Phil Cahoy with 57J85.
Hartung won the floor exercise, rings
and vaulting events, while McCutcheon
won the pommel horse, parallel bars and
horizontal bars.
The meet was the first in a'home-and-home
series between the two national
powers. SC, which is rated number five
nationally, is to compete in Lincoln next
year. Hie Huskers travel to Baton Rouge
Sunday to meet Louisiana State University.
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