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By Darran Fowler
Staff Reporter
The absence of an Olympic cham
pion won’t weaken the competitive
ness of the Frank Sevigne-Husker
Invitational.
Nebraska assistant track coach
Mark Kostek, who is serving as the
meet’s coordinator, said this year’s
competition will be the largest and
the best ever staged at the Bob Deva
ney Sports Center.
Approximately 1,000 athletes
from 70 teams are expected to com
pete in the meet, which begins at 4
p.m. Friday at Cook Pavilion. Action
at the Sports Center starts at 6 p.m
Friday with the final event scheduled
for 10:20 p.m. Competition resumes
at 11 a.m. Saturday.
“Without question, this should be
the best indoor collegiate meet, with
the exception of the NCAAs,’’ Kos
tek said. “It’s an awesome field of
athletes that will compete.
“Both the men’s and women’s
fields are talent-laden with some of
the finest collegiate athletes around.
It’s just packed with great talent.”
Virginia sophomore Paul Ereng —
a gold medalist at the 1988 Summer
Olympics in the 800-meter run -- was
expected to compete this weekend,
but will miss the meet because of a
week-long bout with the flu.
“I’m disappointed,” Ereng said.
“I really wanted to compete.”
Nebraska track coach Gary Pepin
said Ereng’s absence won’t mean a
lack of quality competition. He said
the meet will be a good test for the
Comhuskers.
“We’ll have a pretty good idea of
where we stack up after this weekend,
which is good, because then we have
two weeks to prepare for the confer
ence meet and another two weeks
before nationals,” Pepin said. “So,
this meet comes at a good time for
us.”
Kostek said the meet’s format was
changed because he originally antici
pated that 750 athletes would com
pete. He said the addition of 250
athletes forced him to change every
thing from the 55 to the 600.
Kostek said winning a heat in Fri
day’s trials won’t insure anyone of
advancing to the finals on Saturday,
as only the fastest times will qualify.
He said that is a significant fact be
cause some good athletes may be
eliminated before the finals on Satur
day.
Kostek said he attributes the
meet’s rise in popularity to better
publicity.
“The track has a reputation as
being tremendously fast,” he said.
“Plus there is great competition,
good officials, and the people here in
Lincoln literally roll out the reu car
pet.” , Anri
Kostck said the women s 4UU,
hurdle and long jump competitions
and the men’s triple jump will be
extremely competitive. The field for
the 400 includes Nebraska All-Amer
ica Linctta Wilson, USC’s Michelle
Taylor and Missouri’s Natasha Kai
scr.
The women’s division of the meet
features lour of the top five teams
from last year’s NCAA indoor cham
pionships. In addition to Nebraska,
which finished 5th at the 1988 NCAA
championships, the field includes
Texas, the 1988 national champions,
Alabama, which finished 3rd, and
USC, which was 4th.
Top-20 finishers Missouri, Ari
zona and North Carolina will also
compete in the women's portion,
along with Iowa, UNLV, Northern
Iowa and Penn Stale.
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The schools that will compete in
the men’s and women's portion of the
meet include Alabama, Barton
(Kan.) Community College, Kansas,
Brigham Young, Colorado, Midland
Lutheran, Colorado State, Concordia
College, Kansas State, Drake and
Iowa State.
Missouri, Mornmgside, Wyo
ming, North Carolina, USC, Ne
braska Wesleyan, Northeastern
Oklahoma A&M, South Dakota
State, Washington State, South Da
kota and Northwest Missouri State
arc also expected to bring full squads.
Idaho, Ohio Slate and Houston
will compete in the men’s portion of
the meet.
Kostek said the non-scored meet is
designed to qualify athletes for na
tionals. He said he would like to see
50 athletes qualify over the weekend.
“If you’re gonna qualify this is the
meet to do it,” he said.
Wrestling dual matches UNO against UNL
By Steve Sipple
Staff Reporter
The University of Nebraska at
Omaha will bring a can’t-win ap
proach to Lincoln today for its wres
tling dual against Nebraska.
UNO coach Mike Denney said the
odds are stacked against a Maverick
win.
“We don’t even think in those
terms,’’ said Denney, whose teams
haven’t defeated Nebraska during his
nine years at UNO. “We just want to
try to go in with the idea of perform
ing well. We never even mentioned
(winning).”
Nebraska, 8-5-2 this season and
ranked 10th nationally, will face the
6-5 Mavericks at 7:30 p.m. in the Bob
Devaney Sports Center. The Com
huskers will also dual 8-5 Wyoming
Saturday at 8 p.m. in the sports cen
ler.
Nebraska has been strong against
UNO. The Mavericks last victory
against the Comhuskers was a 26-12
decision in 1978 in Lincoln. Ne
braska recorded a 27-11 dual victory
against the Mavericks last season at
the UNO Fieldhouse.
That win was impressive for Ne
braska, considering the Mavericks
finished 14-2 last season, including a
2nd-place finish at the NCAA Divi
sion II Championships.
But six of the starting 10 wrestlers
off that team completed their eligibil
ity, including five All-Americas.
This year, UNO’s lineup features
four freshmen and four sophomores.
Injuries have hurt UNO. The
Mavericks’ 134-pound All-America
Brian Thomas tore ligaments in his
knee Feb. 3 and is out for the year.
UNO lost 150-pound starter Larry
Thompson, who injured his shoulder
early in the season.
The Huskers are also banged up.
They’ll wrestle this weekend without
118-pound Terry Cook, who is side
lined by a broken thumb, and 134
pound Dave Droegemueller, who is
being bothered by an ankle sprain.
Jim Sanchez, 14-13, will fill in for
Cook. Mike Hemann, 9-2, will
wrestle at 134.
The Huskers, who had a five-dual
win string snapped last Friday by
Northern Iowa, have been led by 167
pound sophomore Scott Chenowcth.
Chenowelh, 18-7-2, has won six of
his last seven matches, four by major
decision.
Jason Kclbcr, ranked 8th in the
nation at 126 pounds by Amateur
Wrestling News magazine, leads the
Huskers with 22 victories. He had an
eight-match win streak ended Friday
by the Panthers uuaine Martin, a
three-time Nebraska state champion
from Omaha North High School.
UNO is led by heavyweight Clark
Schncpel, a senior with a 24-4 record.
“He’s a good old solid performer
for us,” Denney said. “He’s our
anchorman -- he has been for two
years.’’
Nebraska coach Tim Neumann
said his team must not take UNO
lightly. He was critical of his team for
not being mentally lough in its 28-15
loss to Northern Iowa.
“UNO has three or four real lough
individuals, which could make for
some interesting matches,’’ Neu
mann said. “So wc just can’t show up
and expect to win.’’
Wyoming could pose problems as
well, Neumann said. The Cowboys,
though, have also been plagued by
injury, llicy Will WIWUV
without three of their top wrestlers --
118-pound Lanny Schneider, 177
pound Danny Jackson, and 190
pound Bryan Hagen. All three have
knee sprains.
Neumann said he wants Nebraska
to use this weekend’s duals to prepare
for Wednesday’s dual against No. 13
ranked Minnesota. The teams will
battle at 7:30 p.m. at the Sports Cen
ter.
‘‘We need to win these two duals
just to improve our dual record and
get some momentum going for the
Minnesota dual,” he said.
Nebraska has dominated its intra
state rivalry with UNO, holding a 14
3 series advantage. The Huskers have
a 13-10 all-time edge against Wyo
ming, including a 31-18 win last sea
son in Laramie.
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Kruger: NU-KSU game to be close as usual
By Mark Perowitsch
Senior Reporter
Being excluded from the nation’s
lop 20 basketball teams isn’t discour
aging to Kansas State coach Lon
Kruger.
Kruger said Kansas State feels it
has'(he potential to be one of the best
learns in the country. KSU will get to
show that potential to Nebraska in a
contest at 12:07 p.m. Saturday at
Bramlage Cohscum in Manhattan,
Kan. The game will be televised by
Raycom (channel 3).
“I think (the players) feel they can
line up and compete with anyone,”
Kruger said. “But we need to take it
a step further and not just put our
selves into a position to win, but to get
one (a win).”
Nebraska coach Danny Nee said
Kansas Stale’s strength lies in its
ability not to make mental mistakes.
“They’re probably the mentally
toughest team that there is in the
United States,” Nee said. “They just
do a really good job of taking care of
the basketball.”
Kruger said Kansas Stale’s 80-68
win against Nebraska earlier this
season in Lincoln won’t be a factor.
He said the Wildcats will have to shut
down Nebraska’s inside game in
order to win.
When the Huskers go inside, they
depend on centers Rich King and
Richard van Poelgcest. King, a 7
fool-2 sophomore, is averaging 10.9
points per game, while van PocJgccst
averages 8.1
“They’re big and physical and are
real strong inside,” Kruger said.
Nee said the Huskers, who are 13*
10 overall and 1-6 in the Big Eight,
can’t afford lo commit many turn
overs against Kansas Slate.
“We’re playing against a team
that I just think is mentally tough and
doesn’t make a lot of mistakes,” Nee
said. “They never beat themselves.
“We have to try to go out and play
to our capabilities and not beat our
selves.” *
Kruger said he’s expecting a tough
game against Nebraska.
“They always come in here and
play well,” he said.
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