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page 14 daily nebraskan monday, march 17, 1980 Emriehs is only diver to qualify Regents give Iba raise, new job title The NU Board of Regents voted Saturday to change Assistant Men's Basketball Coach Moe Iba's title to Assistant Head Coach, and to give him a special three year appointment and a $6,900 raise effective July 1. Iba, who has been filling in as the Huskers' head coach while Joe Cipriano undergoes chemotherapy treatments for cancer, was named Associated Press' Big Eight Coach of the Year, and co-coach of the year with Cipriano by United Press International. Iba led the Huskers to a second place tie with Kansas State. The Huskers advanced to the semifinals of the post season tournament, where they lost to eventual champion Kansas State, 60-59. The Huskers were selected to the National Invitational Tournament and were beaten by Michigan 76-69 in the first round in Ann Arbor. Iba had been considered for the head coachirrg position at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, but said he has withdrawn his name from the list because of the regents' decision. In a separate resolution passed Saturday, the regents commended and congratulated Cipriano, Iba and the Husker men's basketball team for their efforts this year. The resolution, sponsored by ASUN president and student regent Bud Cuca, stated the Huskers' honors "bestow great honor and recognition on the University of Nebraska." Effective today, Iba's salary will be boosted from $22,100 to $26,100 annually. It will increase to $29,000 annually July 1 . Poehling finalist at indoor nationals DETROIT, Mich. (AP) - Suleiman Nyambui, running smoothly and confidently, won the mile and the two-mile in the NCAA Hdoor Track and Field Championships for the second year in a row Saturday, leading Texas-El Paso to its fifth team title in the past seven years. Scott Poehling, Nebraska's lone finalist in the meet at Joe Louis Arena Saturday, finished fourth in the 1,000 yard run after posting the fastest qualifying time (2:09.71) Friday. He ran 2:09.59 Saturday. Poehling, a senior co-captain from Fremont Bergan, came in behind three-time indoor 1 ,000 champion and world record holder Don Paige of Villanova, Iona's Bill Martin, the national AAU champ in the event, and Big Eight rival David Korir from Iowa State. "The only thing I should' have done differently was beat Korir," Poehling said. Nebraska's Everton DaCosta won his heat of the 600 yard dash in Friday's preliminaries, but failed to make the finals because his time was not of the eight best. Randy Brooks finished sixth in his heat of the 60-yard high hurdles. Pole vaulter Randy Raymond failed to advance beyond the second height, 16-8. Raymond cleared 170 at the Big Eight meet in Lincoln two weeks ago. Teammate Mark Newton didn't clear 16-2, where the bar began. The Corn husker distance medley relay team ran fifth in its pre liminary heat in 9:58.17. The Huskers begin their outdoor season March 29 at Arizona State in Tempe. Volleyball team takes Midwest Invitational The Husker women's volleyball team defeated Oklahoma, 15-11, 15-7 Saturday for the AA division title of the Midwest Women's Volleyball Invitational at the UNL Coliseum. The Huskers, led in the final game by junior Maria Lichty, will compete next weekend in Boulder, Colo, in the Colorado Open. Lichty blocked six shots and ace-spiked four shots in the finals. The win boosted the Huskers' United States Volleyball Association season record to 15-3. Lincoln's Kraus Korner was defeated in the finals of the A division, 15-9, 15-6 by Freds of Kansas City, while Salina of Salina, Kan., defeated Lincoln's Roberts' Dairy 152, 15-7 in the finals and defeated Owens Mobile of Lincoln, who were undefeated in pool play in the semifinals. Nebraska's Scott Hinrichs was the Huskers' only diver to qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving meet scheduled March 27-29 at Harvard University. Hinrichs placed sixth in the three-meter event Saturday in an Austin, Texas, national qualifying meet. Hinrichs, who won the Big Eight title in the one-meter event and placed second in the three-meter last weekend in Lincoln, edged teammate Steve Elliott, Big Eight three meter champion, Saturday for the national championship berth. Elliott also finished seventh in the one-meter event Friday, and Hinrichs finished eighth. However, only the top six advance to nationals. Controversy arose Friday morning as meet officials, coaches and athletes were under the impression that the top eight finishers would qualify as stated in the NCAA qualifying rule book. Upon conferring with NCAA officials, they learned that only the top six would advance. 'That really put the pressure on us," Hinrichs said. Hinrichs was in eighth place heading into the three dive finals of Saturday's three-meter event. He said his first and second dives "weren't very good" and added that he had slipped to tenth place after the first dive before coming back to eighth. "I was disappointed after not qualifying in the one meter, and I told myself I'd been working all season. It all boiled down to my last dive ;" he said . The last dive was a one-and-a-half flip with a two-and-a-half twist-a 2.7 difficulty (3.0 is the toughest). Hinrichs said he 1iit it right" to score high enough to pull him into sixth place. "We all dove really well-not like at Big Eight (in which they swept first, second and third places in both events), but there was tougher competition here and the judging was more on a national level." ' Hinrichs, a sophomore from Lincoln, who transferred to UNL after a disappointing year at Oklahoma State, said he'll be working out with weights this week and working on basics to prepare for the upcoming nationals. He won't have to work out alone, however. Elliott, Lance Green and Todd Bendowski will be there too, preparing for the pre -qualifying round of the AAU Championships to be held one week after the NCAA championships. Track success dull By Joni Kramer For Jamaican Charles Lawrence of the UNL track team, the twinges of homesickness have been numbed a bit by his success at UNL. Lawrence, who competes in the mile relay, distance medley and some individual races, has already set a record in the 300-yard dash this season. Despite his success, Lawrence had problems getting to the national meet. He qualified for the NCAA meet last weekend but injured his leg at the Big Eight meet and was forced to pull out. In addition, the 300-yard dash is not included in the nationals. "I was disappointed about my injury," Lawrence said. "But I'm still a freshman and looking forward to next year. I have high hopes." Lawrence has run track for the past four years. Olympic goal "My times are consistently going' down," Lawrence said. "I've set a goal for the 1984 Olympics. I'm really hoping for a spot on the team." Lawrence also threw the shot put in high school, but now has returned to specializing in running events. 'Throwing shot put was a change from running, but I realized I liked to run better, so I concentrated on that," said Lawrence. Lawrence said he went through many changes when he came to Lincoln from Jamaica. "I had no real problems adjusting, but I was a bit homesickness homesick," Lawrence said. Having a bit of home carried to Nebraska has helped Lawrence to adjust, he said. His roommate and Husker sprinter Everton DaCosta are both from his home town. He ran with both of them in high school. "I would have felt alone if it hadn't hrve been for those two," Lawrence said. Friendly team The team's friendliness makes competing in Nebraska more enjoyable," Lawrence said. "Everyone on the team is nice and friendly, and they all help each other out a lot," Lawrence said. When he started training for the Huskers, Lawrence said he found a few differences between Nebraskan and Jamaican track. Lawrence said the major difference is in Jamaica's emphasis on quantity work while at Nebraska the strategy seems to be geared toward quality. 4In Jamaica track was much stricter" Lawrence said. "My coach here (Frank Sevigne) is more easygoing, but good." The only thing Lawrence has found he doesn't like about Nebraska is the weather. "This was the first time I'd ever seen snow," said Lawrence, and I didn't like it-it was too cold. Career plans Lawrence is majoring in animal science, but says he's not sure what he'll be doing In the future. Continued on Page IS P 1 " v 1 '"- 1 1 1 ! J f r ; ps j 7 r. Photo by Mark Billingsley Rick Huls, cheers his home town, Filley, to its second straight Class D basketball title. Filley beat Humphrey 48-27 to post its 54th consecutive win in two years, and a 79-1 record over a three-year span.