First NU coach to lead team to title is now Grand Marshal for state games “j uanaii ruwicr ScniorEditor Think of the Nebraska women’s track program, and 11-straight Big Eight Conference indoor and outdoor championships probably come to mind. But there was a time when the goal of the women’s team was not to win the Big Eight - just to beat Kearney State. That was the situation when Carol Frost, who will be the Grand Marshal at the 6th-annual Comhusker State Games opening ceremonies July 20, became the first official coach of the women’s track program in 1976. Before then, it was a club program. Kearney State had the edge in recruiting the state’s best athletes and was dominant. Frost said, and the first two of her four years at Nebraska were spent trying to lure belter ath letes here to beat the Lady Lopcrs. And when Nebraska finally did, it was a big deal, she said. “The first time we beat Kearney Slate was really the thing that started swinging Nebraska toward success,’’ allC SalU. So much success that in 1980 Nebraska won its first indoor and outdoor conference titles under Frost, a feat that has not been relinquished since, under now head coach Gary Pepin. Frost, 45, left Cedar Rapids to study at UNL from 1963 through 1967, majoring in physical education and math. She placed 14th in the discus at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City after being the gold medalist at the 1967 Pan American Games. While at Nebraska, Frost only competed intramurally. Her training for national and international compe tition was confidential, she said, be cause a professor within the physical education department vehemently opposed women competing. Frost is a member of the Midwest Amateur Athletic Union Hal I of Fame in basketball and was invited to the Olympic Trials in that sport, but ac cepted the invitation to the track and field trials instead. Frost said she has heard it said that she is the one responsible for having bum tnc Nebraska women s track program, but “I have always thought it was more timing than anything.” “I would like to take some of the credit for it, but I just happened to be the person there at the right time,” she said. Frost, who now teaches at Grand Island Senior High School and lives in Wood River, said being chosen Grand Marshal came as a surprise, especially since she had not been a head coach for some time. She did serve as an assistant coach for her husband, Larry, in McCook and Texas. After a two-year hiatus, Frost also plans to defend her two titles in the shot put and discus at the Stale Games this year. She will compete in the 40 to 45 age group. Frost said she has not prepared for the Games as much as she should -- only about three weeks - but still she’s throwing the shot about 35 feet. She’s been throwing her specially, the discus, about 120 feet, “but I would like to throw a little better than that when I get down there,’ ’ she said. EVERYTHING MUST GO! . 35-75% OFF! MANY ITEMS BELOW OUR COST!! 1 JUNIOR & MISSES D.B. Sport a others (4© mm BRK5HTLV COLORED LYCRA TOPS.© # 80IEHS t WUXHG SHORTS.9 © KMTtwewa SKIRTS_.7© © I30UD SHMCT StflEVC KNIT TOPS_9 © JUNIOR ft MISSES •ONE'STEP'UP iothers CP n SPHWG & SUMMER ^6* f SWEATERS.W M pantsT__„*8'10 «KMNTM(TOret BLOUSES_9 7 PTEMED NOVELTY ra ™ff TEES_.I®" # Plus Hundreds More Bargains mrougnout me store! Hurry For Best selection!! ■ SOUTH 1 LINCOLN ■ So. 48th & Hwy. 2 ffi (Briarhurst Center) 9 HOURS K Mon Fh 10 am 9 pm O Saturday 10 am 6 JO pm jjS Sunday Noon S 10 pm EAST LINCOLN 66th & Q St. (Aero** from Chl-Chi's) HOURS Mon.Fri 10 am 9 pm Saturday 10 am 9 pm Sunday NoonS 30 pm DESIGNER AND NAME BRAND FASHIONS FOR LESS!! jious Performing Thursday and Friday Thursday 99( pitchers and drinks Friday THE WAY OUT OF CONTROL... FRIDAY THE 13TH 9-10 p.m. 13( Draws 10-11 p.m. 13r Maui Schnapps Shots 11-12 50r Bloody Kamis Bring Your Friends & a Black Cat to Party FRIDAY NIGHT AT...