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Nebraska’s Dave Brown releases the discus at the Nebraska Intercollegiate track meet Sunday.
Brown won the shotput and placed third in the discus.
Huskers perform well at Drake Relays,
but claim no titles at ‘roller coaster meet’
By Kyle vSchurman
Staff Reporter
Nebraska did not win any champi
onships at Friday and Saturday’s
Drake Relays track invitational in
Des Moines, Iowa, but the Com
huskers, especially the men’s dis
tance runners, performed well, ac
cording to coach Gary Pepin.
Pepin said the Huskers performed
much better this year than they did
last year at Drake.
“It was a real roller coaster meet,”
Pepin said. “A big meet like Drake is
going to be up and down. We had a
much better meet than we had a year
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ago.
Nebraska had three second-place
finishes at Drake, including the
6,400-meter relay team of Jacques
VanRensburg, Harald Graham, Jody
Fischer and Frank Graham, whose
timeof 16 minutes, 28.27 seconds pul
them third on the Nebraska all-time
list. VanRensburg finished third in
the 1,500, while Fischer and Harald
Graham were fourth and sixth respec
tively in the 3,000 steeplechase.
“The men’s distance runners had a
real good meet,” Pepin said.
Distance coach Jay Dirkscn said
the distance runners arc running very
well right now.
“I’m real pleased with them,’’
Dirkscn said. “They’re running well
and should help us in the (Big Eight
Conference championship) meet.’’
Dirkscn said Nebraska did well at
the meet, despite not winning any
championships.
“We had a pretty good meet,” he
said. "Wc would’ve liked to come
away with a victory, but it was a good
meet. With so many teams there,
winning championships isn’t that
easy.”
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Dale Burrage, who was trying to
win the “triple crown” of the Midwest
relays at Drake in the 400 hurdles,
clipped a couple of hurdles in the
preliminaries and did not qualify for
the finals. Burrage won the event
earlier in the season at both the Kan
sas and Texas Relays.
Nebraska’s other second place
finishers were Dave Brown in the shot
put and Tammy Thurman in the high
jump. Jean Mon ter added a third in the
women’s discus.
The Husker men’s 800 relay team
of Bill Trott, Dale Burrage, Mark
Perry and Bob Jelks set a school rec
ord of 1:23.27, but failed to win.
The women’s 1,600 relay team of
Michelle Milling, Karen Kruger,
Sharon Powell and Linetta Wilson set
an NCAA championship meet quali
fying mark of 3:35.16 in the prelimi
nary heat, but did not compete in the
finals because Wilson was ill.
Along with the competitors at
Drake, Joe Kirby competed in the
5,000 at the University of Oregon
Invitational in Eugene, Ore., Friday
night, and finished second in a school
record 14:03.04.
Several Huskcrs also competed in
the Nebraska Intercollegiate meet
Sunday at Ed Weir track. All college
track athletes in the state of Nebraska
were invited to the meet, which had
been rescheduled from April 9.
Pepin said the Intercollegiate was
a good meet for Nebraska.
“It was kind of a low-key meet and
the kids had fun,” he said. “It let those
people who cither didn’t compete at
Drake or competed in only one event
to get into their second event. We got
to sec some people run in different
events. It gives us a lot of insight as to
whatevents we’re going to be running
people in at the conference meet.”
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Concordia, Doanc, Hastings,
Kearney State, Midland Lutheran and
Nebraska Wesleyan joined Nebraska
at the meet.
The Husker women had 11 cham
pions, while the men won lOeventsat
the Intercollegiate.
Redshirt Renita Robinson, while
competing unattached, tied the Ed
Weir record of 40 feet, 1 1/4 inches in
the triple jump. She also had a wind
aided jump or 41-7.
Toyia Barnes, while competing
unattached, won the shot put and was
second in the discus. Monter won the
discus and was second in the shot put
for the Husker women.
Powell won the 800 and Kruger
won the long jump, and both ran on
Nebraska’s winning 1,600 relay
team.
The Husker men were led by Craig
Aiken and Ken Dixon. Aiken won the
400 and was second in the 200, while
Dixon won the 200 and was second in
the 400. Both ran on Nebraska’s
winning 1,600 relay team.
James Morris won the long jump
and was second in the triple jump,
which was won by Nebraska’s
Dwight Mitchell.
In the men’s half of the meet,
Doane and Kearney State each won
three events, while Concordia won
two and Midland won one. For the
women, Concordia won four events,
Doane won two and Midland won
one.
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Beck presents many awards
Nebraska women’s basketball
coach Angela Beck presented more
than 40 awards to Comhusker
coaches and players during a banquet
April 24 at the Cornhusker Hotel.
Beck, the 1988 Big Eight and
Converse District 5 coach of the year,
presented the coaching staff awards
to Phazaria Wilson of Omaha as the
outstanding scout-team player; Kim
Harris of Decatur, 111., as the out
standing rebounder; Amy Stephens of
Alliance as the outstanding free
throw shooter; and Amy Bullock of
Norton, Kan., for outstanding contri
butions in recruiting.
Team awards, which were se
lected by the players, went to
Stephens for hustle and defense; Ann
Halsne of Spencer, Iowa, for most
improved; Deb Hoffman of Lincoln
for top reserve; Harris for most dedi
cated weight lifter; Stephanie Bolli of
Burwcll for outstanding leadership;
and Maurtice Ivy of Omaha for the
team’s most valuable player.
Varsity letters were presented by
assistant coaches Theresa Becker and
Steve High. Receiving fourth-year
awards were Bolli, Ivy and Pam Fiene
of Elmhurst, 111. Third-year awards
went to Stephens, Wendy Kriebel of
Benton, Pa., and Heather Smith of
Hurlock, Md. Second-year awards
were presented to Hoffman and man
ager Barb Kiel. First-year awards
went to Bullock, Halsne, Harris,
Wilson, Sabrina Brooks of Bay View,
Wis., Kelly Hubert of Peoria, 111.,
Tami Marks of Bellevue and Melissa
Sanford of Lincoln.
Stephens, a two-time second-team
All-Big Eight selection, was named
captain for the 1988-89 season.
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