Record-setter wants new challenges at championships
> Kyle Schurman
iff Reporter
Junior LinctLa Wilson won two
jfcrcnt events at the NCAA track
td field championships last season,
it she is not satisfied.
She said she wanes to run at least as
si as she did last season, and even
stcr if possible.
“If God gives me the strength, I
lould run a lot faster than I did last
;ar,” Wilson said. “I’m going to
jin a lot harder than I did last year
id keep a real positive attitude.”
Wilson said improving on last
ason won ’ t be easy bec ause she won
e 500-meter dash at last year’s
C A A indoor c ham pionships and the
X)-meter hurdles at last year’s out
>or national championship meet.
ic also set the collegiate indoor 4(X)
cord, the world indoor 500 record,
c Big Eight meet outdoor 400 rec
d, and Nebraska records as a mem
cr oi iwo relay reams in 1 y<w.
Bui Wilson said she is ready for
:w challenges.
"This is a new year and I’m going
) lake (last year) as a really good
rpcriencc,” Wilson said. “I'm going
> try to move on.”
Wilson said she has had help in
cuing motivated for this season from
lebraska assistant track coach Mark
►cvenney.
“(Dcvcnncy) just motivates me,”
/ilson said. “He always has somc
ung positive to say. Some people arc
ist good for each other, and coach
)evenney and I are good for each
ther as far as competing is con
erned.”
Wilson said she considers herself a
cam motivator rather than a leant
cader.
Nebraska track coach Gary Pepin
igrced.
“She’s well-liked on the leant,”
Vpin said. “They respect her hard
cork and competitiveness. When
he> sec someone who tries that hard
md w ho is that competitive, they also
ry harder. She has been a big asset to
our team.”
In Nebraska’s quadrangular meet
Saturday, Wilson won the 800, but
she said she did not enjoy running in
that event.
“For conditioning it was OK,”
Wilson said, “but I’d hate to have to
run that in a meet where I’d have high
competition. I’ll stick with the 400
and 500.”
Pepin said the Nebraska coaches
did not know what to expect from
Wilson when she came to Lincoln
after graduating from John Muir High
School near Los Angeles.
“She had outstanding credentials
out of high school,” Pepin said. “We
expected her to be an excellent run
ner, but she surpassed our expecta
tions. She has outstanding athletic
ability and great drive and competi
tiveness.”
Wilson said she did not expect to
have the success she has had when she
graduated.
rt 101 oi people saia i cornel ao it,
but I really didn’t believe them,”
Wilson said. “I guess you never be
lieve you can do something until after
you’ve done it.”
Wilson said adjusting to the colder
weather in Nebraska was the toughest
thing she had to do. She said Nebraska
is a good place to go to school and run
track.
“If you have any crazy social life,
though, you won’t have any here in
Nebraska,” Wilson said.
Wilson said she is going into the
Army after she graduates. She is cur
rently in Nebraska's ROTC program.
“I like the discipline, I like the
training, and I like the career opportu
nity,” Wilson said. “After college I
don’t have to worry about a job — I
already have one.”
Wilson said she is confident about
making a return trip to the NCAA
championships in 1988.
“The training is there; it’s just a
matter of going and doing it,” Wilson
said. “I feel real positive about being
there and competing well.”
Wilson
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