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At a time when most major college athletic depart
ments arc slicll-shoeked by the passage of National Col
legiate Athletic Association Pioposal No. 48, which
strengthens freshman eligibility requirements, Nebras
ka's athletic staff should not be overly concerned with
the proposal's approval.
For one thing, the new NCAA icgulations arc along
the same lines as those established by the NU Board of
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Regents. While both take effect in the fall of 1986 and
both will utilize high school courses and test scores,
there is a major difference because of two little words:
"and" and "or."
The NCAA rules require that an incoming athlete
have a C average in a high school core cuiriculum which
includes three years of English, two years of math, two
years of social sciences, and two years of natural or
physical science.
Ncbiaska's rules differ in that UNL freshmen need
only a D average in a high school core curriculum which
are equivalent with NCAA requirements, except a fourth
year of English is needed.
Nebraska women's g mnastics Coach Judy SJialk
was surpiiscd by the maigin of the Comhuskers vistoiy
over Oklahoma Slate Sunday, but she wasn't misled by
the 178.75 to 175,05 scoie.
Asked if she expected a three-point margin, SJialk
said, "No, I sure didn't. 1 expected a very close meet."
In spite of the win. she said she was not altogether
pleased with her 1 cam's, performance.
"We missed two events," she said. "1 was disappointed
in our (uneven) bars and (balance) beam peifoimanee.
Wc should not be misMng on bats at this point in the sea
son." Schalk also felt that Oklahoma State's performance
was not up to par.
"They did very pooih on iheir beam peiformance,"
Schalk said. "And their vault just isn't up to ours, lliose
two areas were the difference."
Schalk also noted that Oklahoma Stale did not field
their strongest team, injuries having forced freshmen Cheri
DeLuca and Linda Elstun out of the lineup.
But Schalk added, " still think we would have won
even if they had competed."
The Huskcrs were led by Kim Crabowski who won
both the floor exercise and the balance beam with scores
of 9.5 and 9.1 respectively. She also finished second in
the vault and uneven bars.
Crabowski's score of 37.30 in the all-around was good
enough for first place and also was a new school record.
"Jt was the most outstanding performance of her
career." Schalk said. "1 belivc she's the first person ever
to break 37 on our team. Her peiformance was definitely
the highlight of the meet."
Schalk said the Huskcrs' victory would also give them
a psychological edge.
"Jt (the victory) will help," she said. "Now we know
Freshmen highlight!: track triangular
By Jack Dcnkcr
A relatively young Nebraska women's track team
demonstrated to their home crowd Saturday at the Bob
Devaney Spoits Center, that their future looks bright.
Nine freshmen scored points for "the Comhuskers en
route to an easy triangular victory over Iowa and Iowa
State.
Of those freshmen, Angie Thacker of St. Louis was
the most productive runner as he emerged as Nebras
ka's only double winner of the day.
"It was fun to be in from of the home crowd and
show them what kind of team we have," Thacker said.
Thacker, who ran the first 300-yard race of her life,
said she "felt pretty good" about her time of 34.59,
which is the fastest time ever registered by a Cornhusker
other than Merlene Ottey.
To go along with her 300 victory, Thacker also won
the long jump with a leap of 19-'i. She also placed se
cond to Janet Burke in the 60-yard dash.
Burke, who won the race with a time of :06.86,
competed on just two hours of sleep after finishing
second in the 60-yard dash at the Mil rose games on
Friday night. Both Burke and Thacker 's time of :06.89,
were national qualifying times.
Other national qualifying times were turned in by
junior Jennie Gorham, :55.59 in the 440-yard dash, and
freshman Nicole Ali, 1:21.65 in the 600-yard run. Gor
ham and AH also teamed up with Burke and sophomore
Marcia Tate to win first place in the mile relay with a
time of 3:48.68.
In the long jump, Thacker said she wasn't "satis
fied" with her jump. Nebraska coach Gary Pepin said
Thacker has gone 20 feet in practice, but due to the
scheduling of events Saturday, they were unable to
experiment with her m that event.
"The long jump is going to be an outstanding event
for her," Pepin said.
This was the first meet of the indoor season for the
Huskcrs and Pepin said he was pleased with his team's
effort. Nebraska finished the day with 81 total team
points, while Iowa accumulated 37 and Iowa State 20.
"We had a good first meet," Pepin said. "We had some
outstanding performances and we came away with no
injuries."
Gorham, who is one of the few veterans on the Hus
ker team this season, said she was encouraged by her per
formance Saturday, as well as the team's.
"Em getting back into it," Gorham said. "And Em
proud of the team, too. It's a different group of girls
this year. They work out harder and I think we can go
a lot farther than last year."
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