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Daily Nebraskan
Friday, February 27, 1987
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By Jeff Korbelik
Editor
His teammates call him Spee
dy. . .Speedy Gonzales, and he just
may be faster than the famous ani
mated mouse.
At least Robert Gonzales showed
his speed at the Frank Sevigne
Husker Invitational two weeks ago.
He was named the meet's outstand
ing men's performer.
- Gonzales ran the second leg of
the Huskers' 880-yard relay that won
a gold medal, qualfied for nationals
and set a new school, invitational
and Bob Devaney Sports Center
record. Gonzales also won the G00
yard run and ran the second leg of
Nebraska's fourth-place 440-yard
relay team.
After winning the 600, Gonzales
said he was happy to "pop" a good
time. He said he was in a slump
early in the season.
"I saw everybody else doing it all
year long and I was getting really
depressed and really down," Gon
zales said. "I told myself I would use
this week and last week to pick
myself up and it happened."
Gonzales, ajunior-college transfer
from Long Beach, Calif., Community
College, is one of several new addi
tions to Nebraska that have placed
the men's team as the pre-meet
favorite to win the Big Eight indoor
track meet Friday and Saturday at
. the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Dave Harris, the Husker assistant
coach who recruited Gonzales, said
Gonzales is part of the best men's
recruiting class ever at Nebraska.
"We brought in a few very tal
ented junior-college people that we
knew would be good scorers," Har
ris said. "Our freshman recruits
Gonzales
have come along much quicker than
we expected."
Other newcomers who have con
tributed include junior-college trans
fers Bill Trott and Terry Goods and
freshmen Bob Jelks, Terry Rodgers,
Dwight Mitchell and James Morris.
Trott broke the school record in the
60-yard dash. Jelks broke the school
and Husker Invitational record in
the 300-yard dash, and Goods has
helped in the middle-distance events,
Rodgers in the sprints; and Mitchell
and Morris in the jumps. -
Gonzales acknowledged Harris's
assessment and said Nebraska has a
chance to win this year's Big Eight
meet. The men finished third last
year behind Iowa State and Okla
homa. "Iowa State won last year, and
it's time for us to challenge," Gon
zales said. "Guys like Regis Humph
rey, John Hastings, (Jean) Verster
and (Anthony) Small, they haven't
had help over the years. I'm not
saying the Nebraska team hasn't
been good, because they have, but
this year we have people who want
to win, who are not used to losing."
The Nebraska women's team is
again favored to win the indoor t itle.
The team has won the Big Eight
meet the last seven years. Harris
said the women are favored because
of their reputation.
"The other schools get up for this
meet and they have that feeling in
the backs of their minds because we
have won so many times," he said.
The makeup of the women's team
is little different than in years past.
Gone are the superstars like Mer
lene Ottey, Angela Thacker and
Rhonda Blanford. But, Harris said,
this year Nebraska has a conference
level scorer in every event.
"We have a national scorer in
Linetta Wilson, but it's too early to
say if we have any superstars," he
said.
On Friday, women's preliminar
ies will begin at 9 a.m. The only final
events on Friday for the men and the
women are the long jump and the
3-mile run. The men's running events
begin about 5 p.m. Saturday field
events begin at noon, and the final
running events are scheduled for 1
p.m.
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KU from Page 7
and senior guard Cedric Hunter will be
difficult for the Huskers.
"We don't want to let Danny Man
ning get going," he said. "They have an
inside-outside game with him and Ced
ric Hunter, and if they can't go to one,
they'll go to another. They're like Okla
homa in that regard."
Reid said Nebraska will have to keep
Kansas off the offensive boards and
stay in its offensive flow against Kan
sas' pressure defense. He said the
crowd also could help Nebraska.
"We're hoping the students get out
here," he said. "When we went to Kan
sas their students were really into it
and they came out very aggressive. We
would like to come out with that same
enthusiasm and aggressiveness."
The game is almost a sellout, with
just standing-room tickets remaining.
Tipoff is scheduled for 3:08 p.m. at the
sports center.
Kansas has been led all season by
Manning, an Ail-American and Player-of-the-Year
candidate. Manning is aver
aging 23 points and nearly 10 rebounds
a game. He has led the Jayhawks in
scoring in 24 or their 29 games.
Hunter is the only other Kansas
player averaging more than 10 points a
game, scoring 12.4 per contest.
Take pride in UNL,
not just Huskers
GREEN from Page 7
"We do have a nice indoor practice
facility, though," the Nebraska re
cruiters tell the player.
"Oh, that's OK," the player replies.
"I'll just go someplace that has a
dentistry college and warm weather."
So the kid goes to Oklahoma and
beats Nebraska for four years. Starting
to get the picture?
For years, the university and, indeed,
the state, has had a football team they
could be proud of. Maybe now it's time
to give the football team a university it
can be proud of.
Green is a junior news-editorial and
criminal justice major from Lincoln and
Is the Daiiy Nebraskan sports editor.
