Kansas threatening to end
NU’s Big Eight domination
By Jeff Apel
Senior Editor
The bold statements are flowing
freely from Lawrence, Kan.
Nebraska men’s swimming coach
Cal Bentz said he is wary about his
team’s dual meet against Kansas
because the Jayhawks have spent the
season talking. He said the talk has
centered on ending Nebraska’s domi
nation in the Big Eight.
The Comhuskers have claimed the
last 10-consecutive conference titles,
a feat which Kansas hopes to end this
year. In addition to the statements
which Bentz admits he has noticed,
the Kansas men’s swimming guide
states that “Nebraska has met its
match’’ in the Jayhawks.
Nebraska would like to make
Kansas eat those words on Saturday
in Lawrence, but Bentz realizes that
will not be an easy task.
Bentz said Nebraska needs full
concentration in order to defeat Kan
sas. He said the Huskers cannot af
ford to look past the Jayhawks, who
have been a perennial second-place
finisher in the Big Eight.
After facing Kansas, Nebraska will
complete its dual season by squaring
off against rival Iowa, then will
compete in the Big Eight champion
ships, the Iowa Invitational and the
NCAA championships.
Bcntz said he is impressed by the
Kansas men. The Jayhawks completed
their 1988-89 campaign by finishing
14th at the NCAA championships,
and have compiled a 4-3 record this
year.
“Kansas is pretty good,” Bentz
said. “They already have a couple
qualifiers for the NCAA champion
ships. They will be tough.”
Kansas swimming coach Gary
Kernpf said the key to his team’s
success has been balance. He said the
Jayhawks have relied on all 32 swim
mers on their roster.
Pwcmpi saiu is.ansas is as strong
and deep as it has ever been this
season.
“We have a number of talented
athletes to challenge for the confer
ence title,” he said, “and remain at a
high national level.”
Kansas is led by breast stroker
Kevin Toller and backstrokcr Jeff Stout,
both of whom earned All-America
honors last season.
Nebraska will counter the pres
ence of Toller and Stout with Sean
Frampton, Jan Bidrman, and Ryan
Bell. Bell is the Huskers’ lop per
former in the 200-yard backstroke
wiui a time of 1:52.57 minutes, while
Frampton leads Nebraska with a 57.40
second clocking in the 100 breast
stroke.
Bidrman leads Nebraska in seven
of its 14 events, including the 500,
1,000, and 1,650 freestyles, the 100
backstroke, the 2()0 breaststroke, and
the 200 and 400 individual medleys.
The Nebraska women’s swimming
learn, 11-3, docs not have another
meet until the conference champion
ships on Feb. 22-23.
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Nebraska’s Tyson Smith skims the bar while competing in the high jump last weekend
against Arkansas and Drake.
NCAA qualifications stressed
for Frank Sevigne Invitational
By Sam Bauder
Staff Reporter
Track fans will see some of the
best track athletes in the country at
the Frank Sevigne Invitational today
and Saturday at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
Nebraska coach Gary Pepin said
the meet is one of the year’s pre
mier competitions, with 62 men’s
and women’s teams competing.
Because no team scores will be
kept, he said the athletes will have
opportunities to concentrate on their
best events.
Today's competition will begin
at 5 pjn. The opening-day event
finals will include the men’s 35
pound weight throw, high jump,
pole vault, long jump and 3,200
meter relay.
The women’s finals of the long
jump, shot put and 3,200 also will
be staged today.
Saturday’s competition will be
split into two sessions. The first,
which wilt begin at 11 a m., will
include the women’s 5,000 and
triple jump, and will end with the
men’s 5,000 at 2:10 p.m.
The second session will start at
5 p.m. with the Special Olympic
men’s and women’s 55-meter dash.
One ticket is good for both ses
sions Saturday, and fans present
ing ticket stubs will be admitted
free to the Nebraska-Missouri
women’s basketball game Satur
day at 3 p.m. in the Spoils Center.
All University of Nebraska
Lincoln students who present their
student I.D. cards will be admitted
free to both sessions and the bas
ketball game.
Pepin said the goal of the Sevi
gne Invitational is to help as many
athletes as possible qualifying for
the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Athletes qualify for the NCAA
championships by meeting certa.n
standards in each event.
Pepin said the competition in
every event will be good.
“We have some absolutely tre
mendous fields in these events,”
he said. ‘‘Over the years in this
meet, we’ve had about 34 coun
tries represented, and about 30
Olympians.
“in the last couple of years, the
meet has produced as many or more
national qualifiers as any meet in
the United States.”
Five of the 10 best women’s
indoor teams from last year, in
cluding the Comhuskers, will
compete.
Tne men’s field will be lead by
Texas A&M and Kansas, which
finished among the nation’s top-10
indoor teams last year.
Pepin said most of Nebraska’s
athletes will compete in one event,
although a few wilt compete in
two. He said the athletes compet
ing in two events will have the
events spaced far enough ai«m that
their performances will not be af
fected.
Nebraska’s injury situation on
the women’s team has improved,
Pepin said. Sprinters Prema Gov
indan and Tranquil Wilson have
returned to practice and will com
pete this weekend. Jumper Joanne
Gomez and sprinter Susan Hedrick
still are not back to full practice, he
said.
Pepin said the lone casualty for
the Husker men is high jumper
Marc Rexroad? who is suffering
from a sprained ankle.
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football, basketball, track and soft
ball.
“The new room individualizes an
athlete’s strength training,’’ Epley said.
“It provides many more services than
the old room did.’1
Epley said the weight room will be
a big help in terms of recruiting.
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‘‘I believe that we will sec imme
diate results in recruiting,” he said,
* ‘and we’ll sec results on the football
field next year.”
Epley said student-athletes need
to make the weight room a success by
taking advantage of it. He said the
responsibility to improve falls on the
individual.
4 4 If you want to get faster or stronger,
this is the place to go,” Epley said.
“We want to make each player the
best they can be. Now, it’s up to the
athlete.”
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Buntin have saved their best for last.
Bunun averages 15.5 points and 10.5
rebounds per contest, while Coward
averages 11.9 points, 2.3 rebounds
and 3.8 assists.
McIntyre averages 11 points, 2.7
rebounds and 3.2 assists per contest
Nee said all five of Missouri’s
starters arc clutch players.
“They have five go-to guys,” he
said.
Nebraska has found a “go-lo” guy
in its last two games with guard Clif
lord Scales. During successive victo
ries against Kansas State and Colo
rado that raised the Huskcrs’ record
to 9-11 and 2-5, Scales averaged 20
points while covering the opposing
team’s best guard.
Nee said he has been pleased with
Scales’ performance. He said the junior
from Maywood, III., was hampered
earlier in the season by a variety of
injuries and an abundance of playing
time.
“Between the flu, a twisted knee
and a sprained ankle, he really got
beat down last month,” Nee said.
“But now he’s healthy,and I see him
really turning it on in February.”
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