Wednesday, January 14, 1987
Daily Nebraskan
Page 7
Coach calls comeback
'one of most dramatic'
By Jeff Apel
Staff Reporter
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Faced with a career-threatening
injury, Nebraska's Shauna Gilmore had
a swimmer's determination by recover
ing from a torn rotator cuff in one year.
Just before the start of her sophomore
season at Nebraska, Gilmore began to
suffer pain in her right shoulder.
When the pain increased to the
point that she was unable to lift her
right arm above her head, Gilmore said,
she knew it was time to consult a
shoulder specialist.
The strategy paid off, as Gilmore
recovered from an injury which Nebraska
women's swimming coach Ray Huppert
said ends the careers of many swimmers.
"I was in constant pain for almost a
month so it was very difficult, " Gilmore
said. "It was a tough time for me."
Gilmore said the most difficult part
of the injury was watching her team
mates perform while she was unable to
contribute.
A high school Ail-American, Gilmore
had been counted on heavily by
Nebraska to contribute with former
Cornhuskers Emily Ricketts and Linda
Sebesta both of whom arrived with
her recruiting class.
But with her injury, Gilmore said she
was forced to watch Nebraska compile
a second-place finish in the Big Eight
from the pool deck.
"Seeing an athlete with her ability
watch from the pool deck was difficult
on me," Huppert said. "I didn't think
she would come back."
Huppert credits both Gilmore's
determination and her patience for her
ability to recover from her injury.
During the course of her redshirt
season, Gilmorfe was forced to go
through a period of time in which her
injured shoulder was entirely immobil
ized, Huppert said.
Then, after nearly three months of
not even being able to move her arm,
Gilmore was allowed to slowly begin
working her shoulder back into shape.
"I started out swimming until my
shoulder ached, whether it was after 30
or 500 yards," Gilmore said. "The danger
of reinjuring my shoulder was still
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Finally, after a year of slowly building
her shoulder back up to full strength,
Gilmore was given permission to test
her shoulder full speed in the water.
That test proved to be a positive one,
as Gilmore went on to score 37 points
during Nebraska's upset victory over
Kansas in the 1985 Big Eight Champion
ships. Huppert said he considers Gilmore's
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Paul VonderlageDaily Nebraskan
Nebraska defensive end Tony Holloway (91) and cornerback Brian Davis (32) celebrate the
Cornhuskers' 30-15 Sugar Bowl win over LSU as fullback Barry Kitrell (36) congratulates them.
The game was the last of Holloway's and Davis' college careers.
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