Athlete steroid use attains
new high in college study
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A
study of five NCAA Division I-A
schools indicates that more than a
quarter of the nation’s football play
ers may have used steroids at least
once.
A professor in Penn State’s col
lege of health and human develop
ment said his study sets an “upper
limit” of actual anabolic steroid use
among college athletes, whereas an
NCAA study done last year set a
lower limit.
“The mean overall projected rale
of use of anabolic steroids across all
sports surveyed was 14.7 percent for
male athletes and 5.9 percent of
females,” Charles Yesalis said.
Yesalis, who worked with research
ers from Penn Slate and five other
schools, said the study shows that
steroid use is more widespread than
earlier thought. Last year’s NCAA
study, based on self-reporting, esti
mated steroid use at less than 5 per
cent.
“For years, a number of research
ers have believed that with self-re
porting there’s an underreporting of
use,” Yesalis said. “This represents
an upper bound, and for the first time
there are boundaries and somewhere
in between reality.”
Athletes at five schools that agreed
to participate in the study were asked
to estimate steroid use among their
opponents. Even so, Yesalis said the
athletes said a lot about their own
programs.
Previous studies have shown that a
significant amount of steroid use is
tied to athletes’ perception that their
opponents are using them — in other
words—“I only use them because he
uses them.”
The director of the NCAA’s drug
testing program said the self-report
ing study probably did not delect all
use and that college sports’ largest
governing body gave credence to the
Yesalis report.
“Perceptions are very important in
this area,” said Frank Uryasz, the
NCAA’s director of sports sciences.
“Athletes tell us (that) if they were
sure the guy across the line wasn’t
using steroids, they wouldn’t.
“They still believe they’re com
peting against dirty athletes.”
The more recent study was con
ducted at five institutions across the
country. The schools were guaran
teed anonvmitv. The researchers were
from Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn
State, UCLA, Vanderbilt and West
Virginia.
The study projected steroid use at
29.3 percent for football teams and
20.6 percent among men’s track and
field teams.
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Nebraska's Stephanie Thater smashes a kill in a match earlier this season. Thater broke two
school blocking records this season.
I‘Veteran’ sophomore still learning
By Vicki Burge
Staff Reporter
Middle blocker Stephanie Thaler
has been a starter most of the season
on the the Nebraska volleyball team,
but she still considers herself one of
the newcomers.
Thaler, a sophomore, said she re
serves the term veteran” for the team’s
juniors and seniors.
‘‘I don’t see myself as a veteran,
not at all,” Thaler said, although she
has played like one.
I Her 336 kills and .387 hitting per
centage in 34 matches and 114 games
is evidence in her favor. She was
named to the Big Eight All-Confer
ence and All-Tournament teams, and
to the Midcast Region All-Tourna
ment team. Nebraska won the Mide
ast Region All-Tournament to ad
vance to the Final Four in College
Park, Md. TheCornhuskers open with
Pacific Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Thater came into the season to
take over for departing 1989 senior
middle blockers, All-American and
Big Eight player of the year Virginia
Stahr and All-Big Eight Carla Baker.
Slahr and Baker were the only players
to not return from last year’s team
that lost to Long Beach State in the
finals of the NCAA Championships.
Defensively, all Thater has done
this year is erase two of the school’s
season blocking records. Her records
include 159 blocking assists and 189
total blocks. Her 30 solo blocks so far
this season put her fifth on the charts.
Playing more helped increase her
confidence as the season went along.
“I think I am a smarter player
now,” she said. “I am playing a lot
quicker along the net.”
Huskcr assistantcoach Cathy Noth
said Thaler is a different player this
year because of better concentration.
“It is all due to her commitment to
be one of the best middle blockers in
the country,” Noth said.
Thater quickly became another
player the Huskers could turn to in
critical situations, Noth said.
“We can count on her to come in
and pul the ball down,” she said.
Huskers
Continued from Page 8
8 for 8 from the field before 8,485
spectators at the Wisconsin Field
House. The Badgers played without
starting forward Willie Simms, who
was held out for disciplinary reasons.
Nebraska will return to the Bob
Dcvaney Sports Center to play Ten
nessee Tech at 6:30p.m. Friday in the
first-round of the Amcritas Classic.
Bowling Green State will play Ala
bama State at 8:30 p.m. Friday, with
the consolation and championship
games at 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday.
Nebraska. 31 44 — 75
At Wisconsin .31 32 — 63
Nebraska—Gwens 3-6 0-0 6. Hayes 7
12 6-6 21, King 5-6 1-3 11, Reid 2-6 1-2 5,
Scales 6-9 0-0 13, Farmer 4-4 4-9 13,
Moody 0-0 0-0 0, Piatkowski 3-4 0-0 6,
Chubick 0-0 0-0 0 Totals 30-47 12-20 75
Wisconsin—McGee 5-121-411, Ellen
son 0-1 1-1 1, Tompkins 8-8 3-6 19, Hisle 2
7 2-2 7, Locum 3-11 4-4 12, Johnson 0-0 0
0 0, Weaver 0-1 0-0 0, Ely 3 4 0-1 6, Harrell
0 0 0 0 0, Peters 2-3 1 -2 7, Good 0 1 0-0 0,
Johnsen 0-1 0-0 0 Totals 23-49 12 20 63
3-point goals—Nebraska 3-7 (Hayes
1-2, Scales 1-1, Farmer 1-1, Reid 0-2, Pi
atkowski 0-1), Wisconsin 5-16 (Locum 2-7,
Peters 2-3, Hisle 1 4, Ellenson 0-1, Johnsen
0-1) Rebounds—Nebraska 25 (King 6),
Wisconsin 27 (Tompkins 9) Assists—Ne
braska 21 (Hayes 6), Wisconsin 13 (Peters,
Hisle 3) Turnovers—Nebraska 16 (three
with 3), Wisconsin 20 (Hisle 6), Total
Fouls—Nebraska 20, Wisconsin 17 A—
8,485
Montana, nine Steelers lead
anniversary Super Bowl team
NEW YORK (AP) - Quarterback
Joe Montana and 12 Hall of Fame
players— five of them from the Pitts
burgh Stcelcrs — were named to the
silver anniversary Super Bowl team,
elected in nationwide Tan balloting
and announced by the NFL.
Nine Stcelcrs — all members of
the team that won four Super Bowls
in six years during the 1970s —
dominated the squad. The Hall of
Fame Stcelcrs elected were defensive
tackle Joe Greene, linebackers Jack
Lambert and Jack Ham, comcrback
Mel Blount and running back Franco
Harris.
The other Stcelcrs elected were
wide receiver Lynn Swann, center
Mike Webster, defensive end L.C.
Greenwood and safely Donnie Shell.
Another Pittsburgh Hall of Famcr,
Terry Bradshaw, finished a distant
second at quarterback to Montana,
one of four San Francisco players
selected. Also picked from the 49crs
were comcrback Ronnie Loll, wide
receiver Jerry Rice and kick returner
John Taylor.
The four 49ers and Webster, now
with Kansas City, arc the only mem
bers of the learn still active.
Besides the five Stcclcrs, the Hall
of Famcrs elected were Green Bay
coach Vince Lombardi; running back
Larry Csonka of Miami; tackles Art
Shcllofthc Raiders and ForrcstGregg
of Green Bay and Dallas; guard Gene
Upshaw of the Raiders; linebacker
Ted Hendricks of Baltimore and the
Raiders; and safely Willie Wood of
Green Bay.
Also elected to the offensive unit
were tight end Dave Casper of the
Raiders and guard Jerry Kramer of
Green Bay. Dallas teammates Ed ‘Too
Tall” Jones at end and Randy White
at tackle and inside linebacker Mike
Singletary of Chicago completed the
defense.
Ray Guy of the Raiders was picked
at the punter and Jan Stcncrud of
Kansas City was named the
placckickcr.
The team, selected from 105 play
ers and coaches nominated by a
committee of media and NFL offi
cials who have seen all 24 Super
Bowls, will be honored at the silver
anniversary game in Tampa Jan. 27.
Tech
Continued from Page 8
said. “We’re more skilled than we are
athletic. That means we have to play
all-out.”
Tech’s biggest starter is 6-foot, 8
inch center John Best, who leads the
team in scoring —13.5 pointsa game.
Although Nebraska beat a small,
quick Toledo team by 37 points, Harrell
said he can’t afford to slow down the
Golden Eagles’ offense to prevent
another blow out.
“With all our youth, we’re using
all of the December games to im
prove for January and our conference
play,” he said. “Running up and down
the court is the only way we’re going
to have success in our conference.”
Besides, that is how Tech, a member
of Ohio Valley Conference, beat
Southern Mississippi, he said.
“We got a lot of easy baskets early,”
Harrell said. “They might have over
looked us a little bit, and we took
advantage of it.” . .
Harrell said Southern Mississippi
also made the mistake of using a full
court press.
“Absurd as it sounds, it seems to
help us when they press us,” he said.
“We take our time and don ’ t make the
silly passes. We got some easy bas
kets off of their press.”
The difference Friday between
Nebraska and Tech could be who
beats who up-and-down the court,
Harrell said.
“We both like to run and get beat
the other teams on the break,” he said.
“I just hope we get the break going
fast our way, and then slow coming
back.”
Tennessee Tech’s probable start
ers are:
Van Usher G (6-0, 13 3, 8 7)
Mitch Cupples G (6-6, 12 8, 6)
John Best C (6-8, 13 5, 3 8).
Jerome Rodgers F (6-6, 6 2, 6 5)
Wade Wester F (6 8, 4.6, 5.2)
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