Wednesday, december 9, 1981
daily nebraskan
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Men's swim coach credits others for progress
Uy Tom Golden
Despite the success Cal Bent has generated throughout
his coaching career, the lluskcr men's swimming coach
still retains his modesty.
Bcnt.'s accomplishments as a swimming coach never
were displayed more vividly than at Omaha Wcstsidc High
School. During his 15 years as Warrior coach, Bcntz's
teams won 12 state championships and boasted countless
all-Amcricans, including current lluskcrs Dave Keane and
Kick Rhodes.
But perhaps even grater an achievement was his turning
around the UNI. men's swimming program. The year
Detore Ins arrival in l4)78, the lluskcrs finished last in the
Big Bight. Two years later, they finished first.
But Bent, refuses to take all the credit for the team's
successes, lie is quick to acknowledge the people who
worked with him.
"There are many other things that contribute to a win-
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Nebraska men's swimming Coach Cal Bentz.
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ning program," he said. "There is certainly better funding
of our program than there was before. I have excellent ass
istants, wc have done some hard work in recruiting, wc
have gotten more fan support each year and wc have been
able to develop a good schedule so that wc have a chance
to swim against and identify with the best in the country.
I think all of those things contribute, and it hasn't been
just me."
Devancy helps
Bentz said Athletic Director Bob Devancy 's support
helps the swimming program improve and Devancy 's conf
idence in him has cased the pressure, he added.
"The fact that he elected to develop a better swimm
ing and diving program has really helped us turn things
around, " he said. He is an excellent leader in that he is
not going to ask you to do a job if he doesn't think you're
going to get it done."
Despite the progress the lluskcrs have made in the last
lour years, Bent, continues to strive for higher goals.
"I think if wc were satified with our progress so far wc
would tend to shut down a little bit. We're pleased that
we've made the progress that we have, but we want to
make more progress. The ultimate goal would be to have
a team that on a yearly basis figures among the best in
the country."
Bentz admitted the program probably receives less uni
versity support than do programs at universities that arc
successful consistently, such as Tennessee or UCLA. The
opportunity for more support exists because of the suc
cess of the football team, he said.
"1 don't say that grudgingly," he said. "They have the
potential to put 76,000 people in the stands." That aud
ience generates funds necessary to operate all sports.
"One of the things I hope to accomplish here is a pro
gram that has enough interest and support from the peo
ple of the state so that wc can generate some of our own
funds."
Support increased
The team's support is increasing because it has won the
Big Light Championship the last two years, he said.
"Success breeds success. Before people were willing
to support us because they knew what we were trying to
do. Once wc were able to do that, then I think we got
their attention."
The team's growing support and continuing imporve
mcnt have helped increase the number of outstanding re
cruits, he said.
"Lach year we're getting a better level of athlete and
that certainly has helped us progress. We are not a house
hold word among all of the top swimmers in the country,
but I think people are becoming aware of us."
F.vcn with the improved team, the increased support
from the university and the larger number of good re
cruits, Bentz denied he is any better than other coaches.
"I try not to make those kinds of comparisons," he
said. "They do and they arc what they are. 1 am what I
am. Sometimes it seems like I'm having a hard time accom
plishing anything, and I just have to scramble around and
do what I can do to get something done."
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Renee Anthone
Renee Anthone is the Intramural Athlete of the Month for November 1981.
Renee is a junior majoring in Interior Design. She is a member of Kappa Alpha
Theta sorority and is her sorority's intramural chairperson.
During November, Renee won the 123 lb. Olympic weightlifting class and the
women's darts tournament. She also was a semi-finalist in the one-on-one basketball
tournament, played on a women's basketball team that was undefeated during
league play and is now in the playoffs, played on a women's innertube water
basket team, played in the women's singles and doubles table tennis tournaments,
and is now entered in the table soccer (foosball I doubles tournament.
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