Huskers to compete in Texas Relays
By Kyle Schurman
Staff Reporter
Nebraska will see how close it is to
making up for a disadvantage in cli
mate when the Comhuskers travel to
the Texas Relays track meet Wednes
day through Saturday at the Univer
sity of Texas in Austin, Texas.
Nebraska will send six men and
three women to the meet, even though
Husker assistant coach Mark Kostek
called the it “one of the better meets in
the Midwest.” Kostek said Nebraska
will send a small contingent of ath
letes because it will have to compete
against many Southern teams, all of
which have been in numerous outdoor
meets this season. The Texas Relays
will be Nebraska’s second outdoor
meet of the season.
\ “One thing we have going against
us is we have to compete against the
Southwestern Conference schools,”
Kostek said. “They’ve had a number
of meets outdoors. That’s why we
only send an elite group.”
Kostek said the Husker coaches
hope some of the athletes who travel
to Austin can gain NCAA Outdoor
Championship qualifying marks. The
NCAA meet will be in Eugene, Ore.,
June 1-4.
“We’re hoping to get a few quali
fied,” Kostek said. “However, we’re
looking for some quality perform
ances rather than qualifying perform
ances.”
Kostek said shot-putter Dave
Brown and high-jumper Tammy
Thurman are the only two Huskers
who have qualified for the NCAAs,
and both are going to Austin.
The other five men who will be at
the Texas Relays are James Black
ledge in the high jump, Dale Burrage
in the 400-mcter hurdles, Jody Fis
‘We’re hoping to
get a few qualified.
However, we’re
looking for some
quality perform
ances rather than
qualifying per
formances.’
—Kostek
cher in the 3,000, Rex Gerding in the
shot put and discus, and Frank Gra
ham in the 1,500.
Jean Monter will throw the discus
and shot put, and Liinetta Wilson will
run the 400 hurdles for the Husker
women.
Kostek said as many as 75 schools
may attend the relays, but team scores
will not be kept. He said many schools
may send only a few athletes to the
meet.
“There will be a lot of schools
represented,” Kostek said, “but there
probably won’t be a large number of
athletes from each school.”
The decathlon and heptathlon will
be run Wednesday and Thursday. All
other events are Friday and Saturday.
Kostek said Nebraska’s athletes
will compete on Friday and Saturday.
He said there will he a high school
division in addition to the college
division at the relays.
“It’s a carnival,” Kostek said.
Good start, end help tennis teams
By Nick Hodge
Staff Reporter
A good start is essential for a good
end result in any thing, and that is what
the Nebraska men’s and women’s
tennis teams did Friday during its
sweep of Iowa State at the Lincoln
Racquet Club.
Ncbraskacoach Kerry McDermott
said he was pleased with the victories
because they occurred during the
opening week of the Comhuskcrs’
Big Eight season. He said the Ne
braska men got off to a good start cn
route to defeating Iowa State 7-2,
while the women posted an equally
impressive start with their 6-3 vic
tory.
McDermott said the men’s match
against Iowa State was closer than he
thought it would be. He said the
Huskers could have lost 5-4 if they
had not gotten off to a good start.
“The men’s was a real good
match,” McDermott said. “It was a lot
closer than the score indicated. It was
a close match.”
The Nebraska men led 4-2 after the
completion of the singles matches.
The Huskcrs then won all three
doubles matches in three sets to seal
the victory.
The Nebraska women also led 4-2
after the singles competition as I ldiko
Guba, Doneta Holmen, Nancy
Tyggum and Claudia Gandini all
won.
McDermott said he was impressed
by the performance of Gandini, who
defeated Iowa State’s Deb Stop
pclmoor 6-2,5-7,7-5.
“The women gave a pretty good
effort,” McDermott said. “Gandini
had a real good match. I think her win
really pumped our girls up.”
McDermott said the victories will
give Nebraska momentum entering
its matches against Wichita State and
Colorado at the East Campus Courts.
The Husker men face Wichita State at
1 p.m. Friday,.and both squads face
Colorado at 10 a.m. Saturday.
“It helps our confidence,” McDer
mott said. “It gives us confidence
going into this week’s matches.”
Coach is optimistic
about NU’s chances
From Staff Reports
Next stop: Norman, Okla.
That is where the Nebraska
women’s gymnastics team will
travel Saturday to compete in
the Midwest Regional. After
seeing his team defeat New
Mexico 188.75-181.85 Friday
night at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center, Nebraska coach Rick
Walton said he is excited about
theComhuskers’ chances in the
regional and the NCAA Cham
pionships, which will be April
22 and 23 at Salt Lake City.
Walton said he was pleased
with the Huskers’ performance
against New Mexico because
they raised their national quali
fying score to more than 188
points.
Walton was also pleased
because the 188.75 Nebraska
tallied was its third-highest
score of the season. The Husk
ers scored a Big Eight record
190.1 against Missouri and a
189.05 against Arizona and
California State-Fullerton ear
lier this season.
“Considering that we had
several breaks on beam and
bars, that was a good score, “
Walton said. “After winning the
conference championships
(March 26 at Ames, Iowa) it was
hard to stay up. I’m sure the
team will train better for next
week’s regionals. They won’t
have any trouble getting up for
that.’’
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