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I Men’s swim team setting new goals I By Jeff Apel and Kyle Schurman Staff Reporters_ After winning eight consecutive Big Eight titles, the Nebraska men’s swim ming team has set a new goal for the upcoming season, according to Coach Cal Bentz. Bentz said the Cornhuskers want to capture their ninth consecutive con ference championship in the process of finishing among the top 10 teams nationally. Nebraska has the quality and depth to accomplish those goals, he said. "We’re going to be a great team," Bentz said. “We’re going to be strong everywhere. This is going to be our strongest team ever." He said Nebraska will have an easier time winning the Big Eight champion ship than they will capturing a top 10 finish because the University of Kan sas. Iowa State and the University of Missouri don’t have enough depth to compete with the Huskers. Kansas State, Colorado, Oklahoma and Okla homa State don’t field men’s swimming teams. Most of the Huskers’ competition in the Big Eight will come from Kansas, which finished second in last year’s Big Eight race, he said. Both Iowa State and Missouri will have a difficult time competing in the conference because of a lack of qulaity athletes, Bentz said. "Iowa State and Missouri will be much better, but they won’t be able to compete with us,’’ he said. Bentz said Nebraska will face a stronger challenge in trying to earn a top 10 finish in next March’s NCAA meet because there are so many factors that have to fall into place. He said the factors include the athletes’ making their times and then peaking at the right times. “Any of those (top 10) spots are elu sive, so everything has to work you way,” he said. Nebraska was somewhat disap pointed with its 19th-place finish in the 1987 NCAA meet because the Huskers had set a goal of finishing in the top 10, he said. Nebraska should have finished among the top 15 teams and possibly even the top 12, Bentz added. Bentz said he is optimistic that Nebraska can achieve its goal of a top 10 finish this season because a strong recruiting class will give the Huskers added depth. The recruits include: • Rick Havekost, a sprinter/free styler from Florence, S.C.; • Glenn Hignnott, a freestyle/but terfly specialist from Capetown, South Africa; • Mike Hubner, a butterfly spe cialist from Tulsa, Okla.; • Tom Sisk, a butterfly specialist from Ottawa, III; • David Stephens, a butterfly/in dividual medley specialist from Mis sion Viejo, Calif. Pan American Games winners look ahead to the Olympics By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The United States enters the final year of Olympic preparation in excellent shape on the track and in the pool. Chances are also bright in gymnas tics, volleyball and about a dozen less-publicized sports. But in three of the most popular sports — basketball, baseball and boxing — a quick fix is needed. The United States won 369 medals, including 168 gold, in the Pan American Games, which concluded Sunday. But only one gold came in the boxing ring, by Kelcie Banks, while Cuba won a record 10 titles. “I don’t think we nted to panic,” said Roosevelt Sanders, coach of the U.S. boxing team, which was 2-9 in matches against Cuba. Banks said he felt fighting the Cubans would provide international seasoning and be beneficial “down the road, expecially at the Olympics.” Losing to Brazil in one of the most stunning basketball losses the U.S. men ever have suffered also could be helpful for the trip to Seoul. Georgetown Coach John Thompson, the Olympic team coach who at tended some of the Pan Am team’s games, doesn’t figure to have a squad that will allow 120 points to opponents. But what Thompson must have in a --I Seoul is another big, strong center to back up David Robinson. He also needs some 3-point shooters to take advantage of the long bomb the way Brazil’s Oscar Schmidt did in the final. The U.S. baseball squad, a collec tion of collegiate stars, gave the world champion Cubans their first loss in 20 years of Pan Am play. They also gave the Cubans a scare in the gold-medal game before falling 13-9. Because the Olympics will be held in September, none of the col legians drafted by msyor league teams next June can play for those organizations until ater the 1988 season. The best pitcher in the tourna ment, reliever Cris Carpenter, is a No. 1 draft pick of the St. Louis Cardi nals. He is faced with the choice of turning pro, returning to the Uni versity of Georgia as a punter or delaying his professional career to play in the Olympics. The U.S. volleyball squad has won the 1984 Olympics, the World Cup, the world championship and Pan Am Games, an unprecedented sweep. The team will be the favorite. The women’s basketball team won here despite the absence of three of its stars, all out with knee iqjuries. With Cheryl Miller, Cindy Brown and Kamie Ethridge in the lineup, the Americans will be for midable in Seoul. So will the gymnastics teams, although they don’t figure to win many gold medals. The Soviets, Chinese, Japanese, East Germans and Romanians are the powers of the sport. As usual, the U.S. team was over powering in the pool and on the diving boards. Despite sending a young team composed of third- and fourth-place finishers from the national championships, the United States won 27 of 32 gold medals. The depth of American swim ming, particularly among the women, is impressive. The East German women will get a severe challenge from the Americans in Seoul. The U.S. men should be nearly as suc cessful as they were in Los Angeles, despite better competition. Greg Louganis will culminate his extraordinary diving career at Seoul, where he will be heavily favored to win off both the springboard and platform. Kelly McCormick and Michele Mitchell have beaten the Chinese and Soviet divers in the past. A better indication of U.S. track and field prospects will come out of the world championships at Rome, which begin Saturday. But the Uni ted States won 56 medals here, 26 gold, and has world-class athletes in virtually every event. IT’S LEGGOONS® HUGE. ___ Leggoons beach-inspired fall and summer sportswear is 40 lo 70% off regular retail. It could he the biggest fall sale hash of the year. Get 40 to 70% savings on your Leggtxwis favorites for kids, young men, and young women. Catch a ride on a hig savings wave with 100% cotton sweaters, sweatshirts, pants, shirts, shorts, jackets, denims, and t-slurts all on sale August 26 through September 7. 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