Comhusker wins all-around title
pete in the all-around competition Decause oi
injuries. Rubio has been slowed by a wrist
injury, while Rodrigue/ has a sore shoulder.
Houston Baptist coach Hutch Dvorak kept
them from competing in the all-around to
concentrate on Saturday night’s individual
competition.
“To be honest, I think that had a lot to do
with me winning,” Kirksey said.
All three previous Nebraska all-around
winners captured the title during their junior
seasons and then won the Nissen Award the
following year. The Nissen is annually
awarded to the nation’s top senior collegiate
gymnast. Kirksey, though, isn’t concerned
about that - at least not now.
“Maybe it hasn’t hit me yet that I actually
won,” he said. “I don’t feel that much differ
ent.”
Kirksey looked down at the floor and
smiled.
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Nebraska’s Mark Perry battles Missouri’s Peter Ifeduba in the 200-meter dash.
Perry won the event in 21.48 seconds, while Ifeduba finished 3rd.
Robinson surprises herself, sets
two track records at Ed Weir
By Darran Fowler
Staff Reporter
Without much effort, Nebraska All-Amer
ica triple jumper Renita Robinson established
two records at Saturday’s outdoor track meet at
Ed Weir Stadium.
Robinson bettered stadium and school rec
ords in winning the triple jump with a distance
of 42-feet, 9-inches on her final jump. The
jump was also under the NCAA qualifying
standard of 41-4 1/4.
Robinson, who held the previous school
record of 42-5 1/2 set in 1987, surpassed the
stadium record of 40-1 1/2 set in 1985 by
Wisconsin’s Sharon Dollins.
Robinson said her performance was a sur
prise because she was not as excited as she
usually is when competing in the triple jump.
“I’m real pleased considering I felt very
lacksadaisical going in,’’ Robinson said. “I
was real excited about my performance to
day.’’
Robinson’s record-setting performance
contributed to Nebraska’s winning in the four
team women’s standings with 81 points. Big
Eight Conference rivals Kansas State and
Missouri finished in 2nd and 3rd place with 49
1/2 and 43 1/2 points respectively. Wyoming
had 11 points.
Nebraska won the men’s five-team compe
tition by scoring 104 points. Kansas State was
2nd with 81 points and Minnesota 3rd with 55
1/2 points. Missouri was 4th scoring 30 points
and Wyoming 5th with 14 1/2 points.
Nebraska coach Gary Pepin said he was
pleased because the Comhuskcrs were com
petitive despite being without some key per
formers in the meet.
“We had a lot of people who didn’t com
pete, so I was real pleased we did as well as we
did,” Pepin said.
After a back injury that slowed her training
during the indoor season, Robinson said she is
still trying to increase her speed.
“Speed-wise I’m not quite there yet,” she
said. “I really haven’t put speed and strength
together and used them effectively yet.”
Pepin said he was not surprised by Robin
son’s jump.
“That’s essentially where she was a year
ago, so that’s not surprising that she jumped
what she did,” he said.
TheComhusker women also picked up wins
from Michele Marthaler in the 10,000-meter
run with a time of 35:45.15, Beth Webster in
the 400 with a time of 56.00 and Sammie Resh
in the 1,500 with a time of 4:25.62.
Also winning for the Huskers were Toyia
Barnes in discus with a toss of 163-5, Tanya
Lidy in the long jump with a leap of 20-5 and
Linetta Wilson in the400 hurdles with a NCAA
qualifying time of 58.43.
In addition, the Husker 1,600 relay team
consisting of Ximena Restrepo, Webster, Lidy
and Wilson were victorious with a clocking of
3:43.56.
Webster’s win in the quarter was only the
second time she had run the open 400 at the
collegiate level, she said.
Webster said she did not want to run the
race, adding that her lack of experience in the
event had her skeptical about her strategy
going into the race.
, “It f^lt pretty good,” Webster said. “I was
kind of neared going into it.... should I go out
fast or should I save it for the end? — I just ran
my race.”
Barnes said her win in the discus was pleas
ing because she defeated Kansas State’s Angie
Miller, who had registered the second-best
throw in the conference coming into the meet.
Miller placed second in the discus with a throw
of 159.3.
‘‘It’s always an incentive to compete
against someone in the conference who is lead
ing,” Barnes said.
Senior Dale Burrage was a three-time win
ner for the Comhusker men winning the 110
and 400 hurdles in 14.13 and 52.42 respec
tively. He also teamed with Mark Jackson,
John Gerber and Dieudonne’ Kwiz<jra in the
1,600 relay for a winning time of 3:11.87.
Also earning first place finishes for the
Comhuskers were Devin Kosmicki in the pole
vault with a height of 16-6, Mark Perry in the
200 with a time of 21.48 and Joe Kirby in the
steeplechase in 8.55.
Roddy James won the javelin with a dis
tance of 208-8 and James Morris claimed the
triple jump with leap of 52-8 1/4
Nebraska’s James Cobb, Morris, Gerber
and Perry ran solo in the 400 relay for a time of
41.12.
Burrage said he was impressed with his
performance in the 110 hurdles, adding that the
400 hurdles have always been his specially.
Burrage said his recent times in the 110
hurdles have him thinking about the 13.87
NCAA qualifying time in the event.
“I’ve never thought about it (qualifying),”
Burrage said. “This is just something I diu for
the team. Now 1 might have to reconsider. The
110’s always just been a fun race for me.”
Perry won the 2(X) by defeating Missouri's
Peter Ilcduba, who came into the meet leading
the conference in both 100 and 200. Ilcduba,
who ended up 3rd behind Cobb in the 2(X), had
edged Perry at the tape earlier in the MX).
“I knew it would be a pretty good show
down,” Perry said. “In the MX) T felt pretty
good in the first part of the race, but in the
second part I tightened up at the end.”
Perry said his strength compared to
“ In the next couple weeks we' re going to do
a lot of downhill running and that speeds up the
leg frequency and the arm movement ana the
whole body has to work a lot harder, Perry
said.”
After missing the national qualifying stan
dard in the steeplechase by an eightn of a
second last year, Kirby said he has his sights on
qaulifying this season.
“It’s still fairly early in the season right
now,” he said. “All 1 have to do is tone up and
I should be able to hit the standard. I also need
a little more competition and I'll be getting that
real soon."
James, who is a freshman from Montrose
Scotland, said the outdoor season back home
never began until June.
He said the disparity in season starting limes
means he is going to have to peak twice this
year, because he wants to compete in next
January’s Commonwealth Games held in New
Zealand. He said the qualifying time for the
games is June through September.
“I’m just trying to peak for the Big Eight,"
James said. “Next year I hope to throw in the
Commonwealth Games. So when I go home I
wpntto peak again.’’1 ' 1 f
KIRKSEY from Page 6
During Friday night’s team competition,
Illinois captured the national title with a 283.40
score, beating defending champion Nebraska
by 1.10 points. Minnesota was 3rd with a
280.55 score.
Kirksey said that competing in the all
around after finishing 2nd in the team race
wasn’t difficult, because he was performing
compulsorics.
‘ ‘That wasa big factor,” he said. ‘ Tve been
working the compulsorics very hard. I knew
with the lead I had (from Thursday’s optional
competition) - which wasn’t very much - if I
could just go out and have a halfway decent
meet and hit my routines, then I would be able
to claim the title.”
The top-two all-around finishers from last
season - Miguel Rubio and Alfonso Rodriguez
of Houston Baptist University -- did not com
