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By Petty Prycr
Nebraska's men's gymnastics team boasts a re
cord five consecutive national championships, but
it's a string that has to be broken sometime, says
Coach Francis Allen.
I think anyone in sports realizes you cant win all
the time he said. "If you think you can, that's a real
unhealthy attitude."
The Huskers' chances at nationals, to be held
April 12 to 14 at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion, are not as
bright this year, Allen said, but they're not out ofthe
picture by any means.
"We can still win, but it aint gonna' be easy," he
said. "We're not in the driver's seat this year. If we
win, we're going to come from behind."
The Huskers are ranked second behind the UCLA
Bruins, 281 to 278.5. Following are Southern Illinois
at 277, Penn State and Ohio State at 276.5 and
Oklahoma and Illinois-Urbana at 276.
Top-ranked the past several years, Nebraska has
suffered through one of their shakier seasons this
year. They've lost four times at home, against Iowa
State Jan. 22, in the UCLA Invitational Feb. 10, at
Iowa State against the Cyclones and Oklahoma Feb.
18 and at Southern Illinois last weekend.
Allen s'sud some ofthe defeats could be considered
flukes, particularly the third place finish at ISU,
where Oklahoma was first with a 280.
- "(Oklahoma) hit unbelievably well," Allen said,
"but I saw them last weekend and they only did Hi.
I think they peaked too early.
"I don't like to have my teams be that hot so soon,"
he added. "It's nice to knock on the door, but you
don't want to blow it open".
Even so, the Huskers havent progressed as well
this season as they have in the past.
"We havent been able to hit 100 percent yet, we
havent had a total team," Allen said. "We've always
had more to play with, but now we're down to the
old skeleton system. WeVe got to get this team
pieced back together."
Allen said the biggest setback was the departure
of junior all-arounder Mike Bowers, who was put in
a body cast over semester break. ,vrtu
He sees the setback as only temporary, althougn
he doesn't plan on Bowers rejoining the team.
"He's been nothing but problems since he's been
here," Men said, "and I don't see any future for him
at all. I'm not going to go out of my way to get him
back." .
Still Bowers sudden absence left a void, PfJticu
larirohS bar, which Allen has had to fill with
inexperienced freshmen performers.
He said he would rather have had time to develop
these freshmen further before putting them under
competitive pressure, but theyVe all responded well.
"Eric Lambert has picked up the slack for us in the
floor that we really needed and John Chmelka's
doing the best he can on high bar," he said.
Nebraska also has national all-around contend
ers in Allen's "bona fide" stars, senior Jim Mikus and
sophomores Chris Riegel and Wes Suter.
"Suter is one of the best sophomore gymnasts
we've had here in a long time" Allen said. "He's better
than Scott (Johnson) was as a sophomore."
Overall, the task of rebuilding a national cham
pionship team is good for Nebraska gymnastics,
Allen said.
"It's a lot more exciting, and more fun for me," he
said. "I'm a coach at heart, and I feel like I'm coach
ing again."
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