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Daily Nebraskan
Monday, September 16, 1985
Sporty
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Nebraska cross country runner Gerard O'Callaghan watches as Kansas States Ron Stahl
crosses the finish at the Husker Invitational at Pioneers Park. O'Callaghan had to pull out of the
race with an injured Achilles tendon.
NU women nip KSU for invite title
By Tom Kisicki
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska women's cross coun
try team began the 1985 season by
accomplishing something it never has
before.
The Cornhuskers defeated Kansas
State for the first time when they won
the Husker Invitational at Pioneers
Park on Saturday.
"Beating Kansas State was our goal
going into the meet," Coach Jay Dirksen
said.
The meet ended up a two-team bat
tle as Nebraska and Kansas State had
nine of the top 1 1 finishers. The Huskers
were led by Laura Wight (second), Jill
Noel (third), Mary Amen (seventh),
Karlene Erickson (10th) and Sammie
Resh (11th). Dirksen said he was pleas
ed with the close finish of his top five
runners.
"Our spread between the first and
fifth runner was about fifty-two sec
onds," Dirksen said. "That is the best
we've ever had. To me that is really
encouraging."
Noel also said she was satisfied with
the team's high finish.
"We all stayed together so well," she
said. "We were clumped together at the
beginning and we held it to the end."
Dirksen said the team's future looks
promising.
"The younger runners ran really
well, particularly Allison Laack and ,
Lori Henning," he said. "We're making
good progress. If we stay healthy, we'll
be a contender at any meet."
The winner of the meet was Chris
Vanatta, who" ran unattached. Vanatta
attends Kansas State but was ineligi
ble to represent the team after she
transferred from Southeast Missouri
State. Var.atta said she was surprised
by her success.
"This was my first meet with big
schools, and I didn't know what to
expect," she said. "I was a little shaky
the first thousand meters, but by the
time I settled with the leaders, I was
pretty confident."
In the men's race, the absence of4
Jean Verster and an injury to Gerard
O'Callaghan hindered the Huskers
chance of bettering their third place
finish, Dirksen said.
"Obviously, we're a much better
team than today indicated," he said.
"When you don't have your full team
out, it's hard to tell a lot about the
team's performance."
O'Callaghan was in second place
when he was injured midway through
the race.
"At the bottom of the hill, I twisted
my ankle," O'Callaghan said. "I dropped
out when I got to the top because I
didn't want to jeopardize the whole
season. It (the injury) was a recurrence
of an achilles tendon problem I've
had."
Nebraska's top finisher was Bryan
Clark, who finished fourth.
"Bryan had a great race today,"
Dirksen said. "He's off to a very good
start."
Clark was not as pleased with his
performance as was Dirksen.
"It went OK for the first race of the
year," Clark said, "but I wish I could
have taken a few more of the Kansas
State runners."
Kansas State coach Steve Miller said
his runners had something very impor
tant going for them in the meet.
"We're a veteran team, very mature,"
Miller said, "and cross country is a
sport of maturity."
Junior Ron Stahl, one of the Kansas
State veteran's, won the race.
"I felt good, really relaxed," Stahl
said. "As a team, we're pulling together
well. We had a really positive attitude
going in."
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Nebraska's Jill Noel (left) and Laura Wight head toward the
finish at the Husker Invitational Saturday. Wight finished
second and Noel third as Nebraska won the women's team
title.
Illinois 'treats' home crowd
to 'quiet' three-point win
By Terry Hackett
Daily lllini Associate Sports Editor
CHAMPAIGN, 111. Illinois nar
rowly escaped defeat Saturday as an
inspired Southern Illinois team
fought to the final minute of the
game, only to fall four points short
of victory, 28-25.
For Illinois' fans, it was an em
barrassment. The victory was sour
as 76,000 people watched their team
walk off the field quietly.
"It was probably the quietest win
I've ever been associated with,"
said Illinois linebacker Bob Seb
ring. "But down the road it will just
be marked as a win in the books."
Illinois' win can be attributed
almost entirely to the third quarter,
in which the team scored 22 points
in less than 12 minutes.
Fullback Thomas Rooks rushed
for 89 of his game-high 137 yards in
the third quarter. In the other three
quarters, particularly the first half,
the lllini were stopped by Southern
Illinois. Illinois quarterback Jack
Trudeau was unable to move the
offense and most drives ended in
punts or turnovers.
"They played well, what can I say,
they almost beat us," Trudeau said.
"Obviously, I'm not happy with the
way I played, but the quarterback
isn't the whole story. The only way
to correct it is to practice. I don't
know the answer, it can't get worse.
For some reason things weren't,
clicking."
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