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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1989)
Sports Baseball team ends season Team wrap-up Nebraska’s baseball team fin ished its 1989 season with u 27-31 overall record and an 8-16 mark in the Big Eight, which tied the Cornhuskcrs for 5th place in the seven-team conference race. It was the fust season since 1978 that Nebraska did not qualify for the post-season Big Eight Tournament* ifiwhich the confer ence's, lop Idiit; finishers play to decide the Big Eight champion - Ship. V Let there be fight Two baseball games against Iowa State - Nebraska’s last op - -poseni of the 1989 season — were played under new lights at Buck Betaer Field. The lights, fur nished by Musco Co., will be offt ciaily dedicated nest season. Sanders gels No. 509 John Sanders, Nebraska’s baseball coach since 1978, earned his 500th career victory May 12. The victory, against Iowa State, was commemorated by a plaque awarded to Sanders by Nebraska Athletic Director Bob Devaney and Floyd Colon, president of the Home Run Club. Sanders now has a 501*244 career record and has averaged 42 wins per season dur ing his 12 years with the Huskcrs. Big Eight honors Three Buskers were honored on the annual coaches' All-Big Eight baseball team this season. Outfielder Ken Ramos and utility player Doug Twitty earned sec ond-team Honors, and starting pitcher Pat Leinen received hon orable mention. In addition, second baseman Bruce Wobkcn earned first-team Academic AU-Big Eight honors with a 3.27 GPA in finance. So phomore pitcher Mike Zajcski also was named to the first team with a 3.00 in engineering, and catcher Charlie Colon earned sec ond-team honors with a 3.43 GPA in management. I S STANLEY H. KAPLAN <m Take Kaplan Or Take Your Chances • * * FOR MORE INFORMATION: 216 No. 'N' St., Suite 102 Lincoln, NE 68508 475-7010 _| Husker women finish 3rd at NCAAs; Kwizera leads NU men to 7th place By Felipe Medcalf Stiff Reporter The Comhusker women’s track team finished 3rd to LSU and UCLA, and Nebraska’s men finished 7th at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Provo, Utah May 27 through June 3. Nebraska’s women were led by Renita Robinson, who won the triple jump with a wind-aided 44-7. She also had a legal jump of 44-0 which set Nebraska, Big Eight and BYU Stadium records. Linetta Wilson fin ished 2nd in the 400-meter hurdles for the Huskers with a time of 55.38 -- a new Nebraska record. The Husker men were paced by Dicudonne Kwizera’s 2nd-place fin ish in the 800 with a 1:48.23 clocking. Kenyan Olympic gold medalist Paul Ereng, who runs for Virginia, won the event in 1:47.50. Dawn Sowell led LSU’s double victory by setting the NCAA women’s record in the 200 with a time of 22.04, breaking former UNL and Jamaican Olympic team member Mcrlcnc Ottcy’s 22.17. Nebraska coach Gary Pepin said "it was the best combined result ever for UNL track. We produced more combined All-Americans than any previous year." Nebraska women’s team mem bers v ho earned All-American hon ors t>y placing included Patricia Nadlcr, who was 8th in the hcptalha lon (5,486 points); Ximena Restrepo, 8th in the 200 (23.51); Tanya Lidy, 6th in the long jump (20-9); Sammic "... it was the best combined result ever for UNL track. ” -- Pepin Rcsh,4lh in lhc3,000 (9:34.00); Nora Rockenbauer, 3rd in the javelin (182 3); and the 400 relay team of Lidy, Restrepo, Denise Lucas and Prima Govindan, which pheed 6th with a time of 45.43. Men’s team All-Americans also included Regis Humphrey, who was 5th in the 800 (1:49.56); Joe Kirby, 3rd in the steeplechase (8:49.9/); Harold Graham, 7th in the steeple chase (9:03.94); and the 1,600 relay team, consisting of Humphrey, Dale Burragc, Ken Waller and Mark Jackson, which was 3rd with a UNL school record time of 3:05.26. Pepin cited Sowell’s sprint victo ries, the men’s jumps and sprint re sults, and the Texas Southern Nige rian women sprinters as especially outstanding NCAA efforts. Pepin said that Villanovan Vicki Huber’s win in the women’s 3000 in 9:06.96 at high altitude showed that she “is in a class by herself.” Hollis Conway of Southwest Lou isiana set a U.S. record in the high jump by clearing 7 feet, 9 3/4 inches. Meet records also fell in the men’s pole vault as Oklahoma’s Tim Mc Michacl cleared 18-6 1/2 and in the long jump with a 27-5 1/2 jump by Leroy Burrell of Houston who fin ished second to Joe Greene ol Ohio State who leaped a wind aided 27-7 1/ 2. Paulenc Davis of Alabama ran a 50.18 in the 400, breaking that women’s meet record. Summer vacation hard work ror Rec Othce By Sara Bauder Staff Reporter Summer is here, but students shouldn’t let that fool them into thinking that the Campus Recreation office is taking a vacation. Stan Campbell, director of Cam pus Recreation, said many activities arc available to University of Ne braska-Lincoln students this sum mer. If basketball is their game, there will be outdoor competition for both men and women starting June 19. Play in coed outdoor volleyball also will begin that day. The entry dead line for these two activities is June 13. Two sections of tennis singles competition will be offered during the summer. The first section begins play June 19 and the entry deadline is June 13. The second section has an entry deadline of July 18, with play beginning July 24. There will be cate gorics for both men and women in each section. Campus Recreation is also offer ing a slate of instructional programs throughout the summer. Swimming lessons for adults will begin June 12 at Mabel Lee Pool. There also will be three sections of children’s swim ming lessons offered, with the first section beginning June 19. Instructional courses in golf, ten nis, racquelball and cardiopulmonary resuscitation will be offered as well. If students want to go canoeing on Nebraska rivers, rock climbing in South Dakota, or backpacking in Wyoming’s Teton mountains, Cam pus Recreation may have just what they are looking for. Office employ ees are planning 11 more trips this summer, starling with a day of canoe ing the Little Blue River in southeast ern Nebraska on June 17. Basic fitness classes also will be offered throughout the summer. Low-impact, progressive and water aerobics classes will be available, along with firmer body and begin ning weight training classes. In addition to the classes offered. Campus Recreation will have various facilities around campus open for student use. The Coliseum, East Campus Activities Building, Mabel Lee Gym and Pool, Cook Pavilion and the Schulte Field House racquet ball courts will be available through out the summer, although hours will be reduced from the regular fall and spring semesters. Cook Pavilion may be closed dur ing football camps held in June, but Campbell said it will not be closed every day. Campus Recreation also has camping and sports equipment for students, faculty and staff to check out. Everything from tents and cole See CAMPUS REC on 11 Got tho drop on Batman • Comtes o CollocNblos o Too Shirts • Buttons • Morto TW-lna Cosmic Comics. OMAHA Harvey Oka Plata l*4*i S Center W8118 LINCOLN East Pam Plata. ?00 N 66th Suite 20SA 467-2727 AH titles and characters - and • t0S9 OC Gomes Inc
