i South African swimmers far from home
By Tim Hartmann
j Senior Reporter
Nebraska football coach Tom
Osborne is known for recruiting
players from all over the country,
but Cornhusker men’s swimming
coach Cal Bentz goes one step
further.
Bentz said he has recruited
swimmers from all over the world
during his nine-year coaching ca
reer at Nebraska.
He said he has had
swimmers from
Australia, Hong
ivong, ireiana,
Norway, Sweden,
South Africa and
Taiwan on the
Husker roster. Bentz
Bent/ said this
year’s squad includes three swim
mers from South Africa: sopho
mores Sean Frampton and Jaco
Kruger, and freshman Peter Wil
liams. Frampton hails from Cape
town, Kruger is from Pretoria and
Williams is from Port Elizabeth.
Frampton said one reason Ne
braska and other schools can re
cruit South African athletes is the
country’s government downplays
the role of sports.
“It is illegal there to go to school
on a sports scholarship,” Frampton
said. “The only type of scholar
ships are for academics.”
Frampton said he decided to
attend college in either Europe or
America because of the limitations
placed on South African athletes.
He said he received collegiate
scholarship offers from Southern
Illinois, Texas and Nebraska.
Frampton said he thought it was
a joke the First time the Nebraska
coaches called. He said he thought
the call was from “Telephone
Time,” a South African television
program like “Candid Camera.”
“I said, ‘Who is this really?’”
Frampton said.
Frampton eventually discov
ered it was the Nebraska coaches
calling. He said it was their interest
that helped him decide to attend
Nebraska.
“Nebraska would call me once
or twice a week and sent me lots of
correspondence and had members
of the team call me, while the oth
ers didn’t do that,” Frampton said.
“They really made me feel wel
come.”
Bentz said the Huskers use the
phone a lot when they recruit ath
letes from far-away places like
South Africa. He said other
schools, such as Southern Method
ist, Alabama, Louisiana State and
Southern Illinois, use the same
strategy.
“Southern Illinois has a raft of
outstanding swimmers from South
Africa,” Bentz said.
Bentz said Nebraska has just
begun recruiting in South Africa.
“A year or so ago we got some
inquiries from various coaches and
swimmers,” Bentz said. “We got a
good group last year, this year we
got another good swimmer, and in
the future we plan to continue to
recruit there.”
Bentz said recruiting toreign
athletes is easier “if you have
someone in common” with them.
For example, he said, Frampton
first talked to Williams about
Nebraska.
“Anybody who asks me, I’ll talk
to,” Frampton said. “Some people
get the wrong idea. They say,
‘Who’s he, trying to tell us where’s
he’s been?’ But Peter was very
receptive, and Cal thought he was
a good swimmer.”
Kruger said he was recruited
differently than Frampton or Wil
liams — he contacted Nebraska.
“I saw their address in a swim
ming magazine and basically I
talked to people I knew from South
Africa who were on the track
team,” Kruger said.
Kruger said he didn’t know
much about Nebraska, but decided
to come to Lincoln because he
didn’t want to go to a school in a big
city.
“I Lad a friend that was attend
ing the University of Miami, but he
got into drugs. So that persuaded
me not to go there,” Kruger said.
“One by one I started eliminating
schools.”
Kruger said Americans live a
more hectic lifestyle than South
Africans do.
“It is much more liberal, free,
and the American people are very
outgoing,” Kruger said. “The pace
is quite fast; everything is bigger
and better.”
Williams said he has not recog
nized a difference between the two
countries. He said the people in
America and South Africa are
similar.
Both Frampton and Kruger said
some differences between the two
countries aren’t obvious.
“The weather is a big factor,”
Kruger said. “We don’t have snow
there.”
“We all speak English,”Framp
ton said, “but a number of the
phrases are different.”
Last season Frampton set a
school record and earned All
America honorable-mention hon
ors in the 100-yard breaststroke.
He also earned Big Eight Cham
pion honors in that event and the
200-yard breaststroke.
Kruger s warn four events for the
Huskers last season and was a Big
Eight Champion in the 500-yard
ireestyle.
All three South African swim
mers agreed their swimming has
improved since coming to Ne
braska.
“Obviously, the best thing is the
amount of people behind swim
ming here,” Williams said. “At
home it isn’t that big of a thing.
miiumc i mure or less swam in
a squad of two or three people.
Training here with others who are
as good as me will really help me,
whereas at home I was more or less
isolated.”
One of the only problems the
swimmers see is that they don’t get
home very much.
“We get breaks in the summer
and at Christmas, but over Christ
mas we have all the big meets, so
you can’t go home then,” Framp
ton said.
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Smith doubtful for game
By Mike Kluck
Staff Reporter
Senior Nebraska defensive tackle
Neil Smith may notplay in Saturday’s
game against Iowa State because he
suffered a bruised leg during
Wednesday’s practice.
Nebraska football coach Tom
Osborne said although Smith’s injury
caused him to leave practice, he was
pleased that the two-year letterman
from New Orleans was able to walk
off the field. Smith was injured when
a player fell on his leg.
Osborne said quarterback Steve
Taylor is also doubtful for the Iowa
State game because the junior from
Fresno, Calif., is still bothered by a
shoulder injury.
Osborne said wingback Hendley
Hawkins and I-back Jon Kelley arc
t
also doubtful for the Iowa State game
because of shoulder injuries. He said
center Jake Young and I-back Ken
Clark, who both are suffering from
knee strains, will probably suit up for
Saturday’s game.
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