Tuesday, November 13, 1934
Daily Nebraskan
Page 9
UNL cross country team qualifies
for women's NCAA championship
By Hich Cooper
Djsly Nbrsk&a Stiff Eejsortar
After an up and down season,
the UNL women's cross country
team ts going to the NCAA Cross
Country Championships for the
first time.
The women finished third at
the district meet Saturday, the
highest a Nebraska women's team
has ever finished. Laura Wight
led the team with a seventh place
finish. The sophomore from
Letchworth, England, covered the
5,000-meter course in 16:59.
Coach Jay Dirksen said the key
to the third place finish was the
strong running of Karlene Erick
son, Mary Amen, and Jill NoeL
Erickson took 10th with a time of
17:13:4, Amen finished 11th with
a time of 17:15:4 and Noel came
in 15th with a time of 17:26:3.
"Lam so excited," Dirksen said.
"I knew that our women would
rise to the occasion and run a
great race."
Dirksen said the team race was
close. Kansas State won the over
all team title with 53 points. Mis
souri finished second behind the
strong running of Andrea Fisher
and Sabrina Dornhoefer. Fisher
won the individual title with a
time of 16:14:3, and Dornhoefer
placed fourth.
The reason Kansas State beat
us is because they have a better
fiilh man, and Missouri beat us
because they have three outstand
ing front runners," Dirksen said.
The meet marked the first time
the Husker3 have ever defeated
Iowa State. Iowa State women's
coach Ron Renko said hb team
had too many things to overcome.
Margaret Davis and Bonnie Sons,
Iowa State's best runners, were
hampered by injuries, Renko said.
Their number four runner, Sheryl
Maahs, suffered from an unusual
toenail infection.
"It is really frustrating when we
cannot do anything about injur
ies," Renko said.
For the second consecutive year,
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the men's cross country team will
have an individual runner going
to the NCAA Championships,
Kurt Russel placed fourth in
the district meet. Russel covered
the 10,000-meter course in 30:39:6.
Yobes Ondieki won the men's in
dividual title by covering the
course in 30:1 3: 1 but Erent Stciner
of Kansas gave Ondieki a run for
his money, finishing only four
seconds behind.
Dirksen was happy with Rus
ssls performance. He said Russel
improves in every race he runs.
the men's team finished fifth
overall.
Dirksen said hb team ran a
good race, but he said he thought
the team did not have enough
depth to compete with the other
teams in the conference.
Iowa State won the overall team
title, but the team was closer
than expected. Colorado finished
l. 1 n t l! I T lli.l.
Those two teams will go the NCAA
Championships Nov. 19 at Uni
versity, Penn.
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IVe been involved with athlet
ics since I entered my first foot
race at age five. IVe played all
sorts of sports from lacrosse to
ice hockey. Some I play well, eth
ers I wish not to discuss. Along
the way, IVe picked up the rules
and learned to live with them. IVe
played organized football since I
was 10. So through the years, the
rules have been safely tucked
away in the back of my mine.
Every once in a while, my curios
ity catches up with me and I
question a call. The off dab in the
NFL and NCAA are professionals,
they very rarely make mistakes,
although it may seem as though
they make millions. But, in the
NCAA and NFL there is no pro
test of calls procedure which we
do have in the intramural system
of UNL
Of course, I do not expect a
$3.45 per hour official to be at the
caliber of a real professional, but
obvious fouls or infractions of the
rules need to be mastered before
a rec official takes the field. I real
ize that the. ofSeiaLs do 'get the
chance to test their skills and
knowledge of the game before the
season ever begins. The rec office
holds pre-se&son games in which
they invite students to partici
pate in games so that the officials
can practice.
Through co-rec and men's flag
football, my curiosity hasnt been
at rest Not only in my games, but
in games IVe watched IVe seen
Rowing team
starts training
The UNL rowing team starts
winter training today, trading
oars for running shoes and bar
bells. Off-the-water workouts, prim
arily wdghtlifting and running,
will .be supplemented with row
ing at the team's indoor rowing
facility at 1000 N. 16th St. The
indoor tank, a concrete reservoir
with a custom-built 10-station
rowing platform, allows rowers
to sharpen their technique long
after the lakes are frozen over.
I At least once each week,
j weather - permitting rowers will
run stairs at Memorial Stadium.
j The team will hold an organi
zational meeting tonight at 5 p.m.
I at the crew bc&thouse 1000 N,
1 16th St. Rowing coach Chip Pur-
d anyone interested in
s joining the crew is welcome 'to
s attend-
some of the worst officiating.
Granted, IVe seen some great
performances by certain officials
and they are a credit to their job.
The game seems to flow so much
easier when you know you have a
good team of officials. My ques
tion b why, by the time the playcCs
roll around, that the less knowl-
edgsabkj officials aren't weeded
out? In the NFL and NCAA, offi
cials do the playofSj and bowl
games are rewarded with these
post-season jobs because of their
regular season performances. Why
doesnt a merit system occur in
intramurals? I'm sure that by the
time the playoffs roll around, the
rec office has a good idea who the
less knowledgeable officials are.
Besides, by the time the semiS
nals come around, there should
have been some merit system
established. .
I play for Abel Eight In our two
previous playoff games, the offi
ciating was good and calls were
made quickly and efficiently.
Naturally, when my team entered
the semifinals, I, as well as my
teammates, expected the same
caliber of officiating. .
But, to my surprise, we met up
with three officials who were not
quite adequate to put it nicely.
Time and time again, theycouldnt
make up their minds on what to
call Being that it was a playoff
game and an important game to
my teammates, we protested two
obviously ridiculous calls. Both
occurred on scoring drives, one
keeping our opponent's alive, and
the other killing our chance in
the closing plays to tie the game.
Both involved interpretation of
the rules. One concerning pass
interferences, and the other
involved the forward pass rule.
On fourth and goal, with four
plays lefl in the game, a lateral to
a halfback and then a halfback
pass into the end zone was viewed
as two forward passes. The touch
down was acknowledged by two '
of the three officials. After
screams by the defense, the offi
cials discussed the possibility of
the halfback being past the "bean
bag." They turned that call down
and waited for more Intimidation
by the defense in order to discuss
a two forward pass possibility.
This time the defense won and we
lost the game. On both plays, the
stories changed by the time they
reached the rec office. Our sto
ries didnt change, but those of
the officials did. Why is there an
appeal process if the decision is
based on the word of the official?
An official isnt going to admit he
was wrong in fear of losing their
job (which isnt even jeopardized).
Honesty plays an important role
in the appeal process and we of
Abel Eight held up ourpart of the
bargain. We believe weVe been
treated unjustly and deserve a
chance to play the semifinal over.
William A. Davoson, Jr.
Abel Eight vice president
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