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Kirsti Voldnes
Osborne announces list
of '83 football walk-ons
The list of walk-ons for the 1983 Nebraska football
recruiting class was announced Monday by Coach Tom
Osborne.
The list includes the names of 46 players. They will
join the 23 players who received scholarships and signed
national letters of intent Feb. 9.
"We are really pleased with the players who have
decided to walk on," Osborne said in a release from the
UNL Sports Information Office. "We think that these
are some of the state's finest athletes and we are pleased
that many of them passed up scholarships to walk on.
We are really finished with our recruiting, with the excep
tion of four or five players who are still deciding about
walking on."
The walk-ons and their home towns:
Dan Bailey, Gibbon; Bruce Bombeck, Shelton; Jeff
Boydstun, Huntington Beach, Calif.; Todd Bresee, York;
Ron Carson, Tekamah; Kim Colburn, Sandy Creek; Todd
Cope, Kearney; Dave Cuddeford, Lincoln; Eric Erickson,
Central City; Richard Fish, Superior; Todd Gilliland,
Mitchell; Derrick Green, Los Angeles, Calif.; Danny
Groskurth, Beemer; Kelly Haecker, Odell; Michael Hall,
Omaha; John Hansen, Wahoo; Mike Hedlund, O'Neill;
Blake Henning, Crete; Jim Holscher, Cook; Matt Holt,
Lincoln; Randy Houser, Lincoln; Bill Hudson, Belvidere;
Jeff Jamrog, Omaha; Kurt Janke, Winside;Mike Keeney,
Lincoln; Scott King, Stromsburg; Rich Larson, Norfolk;
Dave Lowe, Lincoln; Jeff Magsamen, Lincoln; Tom
Mattingly, Grand Island; Tony Palmer, Omaha; Lawrence
Quadrio, Reno, Nev.; Wade Reeves, Peru; Mike Reuss,
Grand Island; Tim Rother, Bellevue; Jim Schaaf, Superior;
Shawn Sinner, Aurora; Craig Schnitzler, Battle Creek;
Lance Storer, Arthur; Bill Swope, Lincoln; James Teich
mier, Ravenna; Paul Tewes, Kaukauna, Wis.; Doug Wel
niak, Ord; Kurk Wiedel, Hebron; Darren Wolfe, Macy;
Scott Yost, Grand Island.
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03 a strong runner, leads by example
By Jack Dcnker
One year ago, Kirsti Voldnes of Kristiansand, Nor
way, didn't even know Nebraska had a women's track
program. In fact, she hadn't even heard of Nebraska
before.
But pood news travels fast, as today, ironically enough,
she is a member of the Cornhusker women's track team
and is in the process of learning all about Nebraska.
Voldnes, a 19-year-old freshman, said she never even
considered going to college in the United Slates until
Nebraska coach Gary Pepin contacted her in the summer
of 1981.
"They (Nebraska coaches) talked to me all year and
sent me information," Voldnes said. "I found out they
really had a good team -and it seemed to be a good op
portunity to continue practicing."
Pepin said he started recruitng Voldnes after seeing a
foreign track publication that listed results from the 1980
Junior European National Championships, where Voldnes
placed third in the 1500-meter run.
"We liked her because she is very talented and has a
good background in middle distance running," Pepin
said. "Track is extremely important to her and she works
hard to achieve high goals in track."
Although running track was the main reason Voldnes
chose Nebraska, she said other factors contributed to
her decision.
"I felt it would also be good for me to go to the
United States and learn another language," she said. "I
came here not only for the track, but also for my edu
cation. If I like it here I might stay."
There was, however, one problem that forced Voldnes
to postpone her decision until the last minute. Torn
fibers in the arch of her foot hampered her running
during the summer. But when the foot began feeling
better two weeks before classes started, she made up
her mind to accept a scholarship to Nebraska.
The only other school to recruit Voldnes for track
was the University of Texas-El Paso. However, she already
had signed with the Huskers.
By recruiting Voldnes, Pepin hoped to fill a team
weakness in the middle distance events with a proven
runner. So far this season things have been up and down
in that respect. But Pepin said that is due to the fact
that they have been gearing Voldnes's training so that
she will run faster later in the year, in order to avoid
injuries.
"I had a hard time with injuries when I first came
here," Voldnes said. 'I didn't run as fast as I wanted, but
it's getting better. I'm not really in shape yet, but I hope
to get better later."
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The brightest moment of the season for Voldnes came
two weeks ago at the Husker Invitational, where she
played first in the mile run with a time of 4:46.63. That
time was good enough to break both the Bob Dcvaney
Sports Center and meet records. Voldnes also placed third
in the 1000-yard run that same day.
"In addition to being such a strong runner, I think she
(Voldnes) has helped some of the younger athletes see
what it takes to be a good athlete," Pepin said. "She
leads by example."
Despite having turned in her best performances in the
mile so far, Voldnes still claims the bOO- and the 1500
picter runs as her best and favorite events.
Voldnes began her running career at the age of 10
with the Kristiansand Track Club. She continued running
vith private clubs because her high school didn't parti
cipate in organized spoils. During the next few years,
she became a Norwegian champion in the 800, 1 ,500
;j:id cross country events. At age 16, Voldnes used those
credentials to earn a spot on the Norwegian National
team that competed internationally.
Track almost became a lifestyle for Voldnes during
that time in her life, she said. And if she had stayed in
Norway to go to college, she would have been forced to
practice on her own because Norwegian colleges don't
participate in school sports.
Therefore, Nebraska was the only logical choice for
Voldnes if she wanted to improve her track career with
the proper coaching. Since then, Voldnes said that she
has learned tilings here that she never would have back
home, such as running properly and lifting weights.
"But Nebraskans are famous for their weightlifting,"
Voldnes said.
Voldnes also said that her goal for the season is to
learn as much about track as she possibly can so that
if she doesn't come back next year she can try to improve
by coaching herself back home.
Going home is something that Voldnes hasn't done
since August, and she said she is very homesick.
"I should have gone home for Christmas, but I'm
getting used to it here, in a way," Voldnes said.
Voldnes didn't go home for Christmas because she
ran in a track meet in Saskatchewan, Canada Dec. 29.
She placed fourth in the 1 ,500 against a very strong field
at that meet.
"I was real pleased," she said.
When Voldnes is not running track or studying, she
said she enjoys cross country skiing, sailing, bike racing
and watching basketball.
"I like to go out and do what the other people are
doing," Voldnes said. "The things people do in Nebraska
aren't that much different from what people do back
home."
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