Olson
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But Olson isn’t complaining. He
and his Comhusker teammates begin
competition today at the NCAA cham
pionships in Oklahoma City. Olson is
considered one of the top contenders
for the title at 177.
“My weight (class) is one of the
biggest toss-ups of the tournament,”
he said. “There are about six people
in that class with as good a shot as
anybody to win it.”
After suffering a torn knee liga
ment last season and being unable to
compete in last year’s NCAA tourna
ment, Olson said he is anxious to do
well in Oklahoma City.
Success is nothing new to Olson.
As a high school senior, Amateur
Wrestling News magazine listed him
as one of the country ’ s lop 20 recruits.
He earned first-team high school All
American honors from that publica
tion, as well as Asics Tiger.
Despite his record and honors, Olson
wasn’t heavily recruited out of high
school. He said he received calls from
coaches at Minnesota, Northern Iowa
and North Dakota, “but none of them
seemed to care much about me other
than getting me to sign and wrestle
for them.”
But Neumann was different.
“He would call me up just to see
how I was doing,” Olson said. “I liked
that. It showed he cared a little more
than everyone else.”
That was enough for Olson. He
signed with Nebraska and moved into
the starting lineup his first semester
on campus.
Neumann is glad he did.
“When he came here as a fresh
man, his unorthodox style took the
whole country by surprise,” Neumann
said. “It worked for him all season,
because he was a freshman and no
one knew him. By the time the NCAAs
rolled around, people were more afraid
of him than worried about figuring
him out.”
That year, Olson turned in one of
the best performances at the tourna
ment, finishing 6-1 with three pins.
He finally lost 9-2 to Marty Morgan
of Minnesota in his third match, then
ended the tournament with four wins
and a fifth-place, All-America finish.
Neumann said he thinks Olson can
do better.
“Corey certainly has the potential
to be one of the best wrestlers we’ve
ever had here,” he said. “He’s got
strength, style and a good work ethic.
He’s got it all.”
Except a national title. But he has
another chance at the title this week
end ... and another next year, barring
injury.
“When Corey walks onto the mat,
he has to believe that he can win it,”
Neumann said of Olson’.s chances at
this year’s title. “He’ll have to wrestle
his best match of the season. But I
haven’t seen many guys win titles
without wrestling their best match of
the season.”
Right now, the foremost thing on
Olson’s mind is winning the title at
177.
“The other night, 1 had a dream
that both me and (Husker 190-poun
der) Chris Nelson won it,” he said. “It
felt great. I didn’t want to wake up.”
And Olson doesn’t seem to want to
rest until he makes his dream come
true.
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ance. The Huskcrs went to the tourna
ment in 1986, and lost 67-59 to West
ern Kentucky in the first round. Last
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Neumann
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Nebraska was 5-4 against ranked
opponents this season. The Huskers
finished third in the five-team Big
Eight Conference race.
Neumann said the Huskers would
not contend for a top-five team finish,
but he said they were capable of a
finish similar to last season’s, when
Nebraska placed 10th.
“We are looking at this meet more
in terms of individual purposes than
how we finish as a team,” Neumann
said. “If the individual part comes out
as we expect, we could realistically
end up higher than we did last year.”
Last season, Jason Kelber won the
national championship at the 126
pound weight class. This season,
Neumann said he expected two Husk
ers to contend for national champion
ships at their respective weights.
Senior Chris Nelson, Nebraska’s
starter at 190, is 26-5-2 and has a 12
match winning streak. Nelson earned
the Outstanding Wrestler honor at the
Big Eight championships in Stillwa
ter, Okla., March 7.
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wrestlers ranked in the top eight.
Both Nelson and Olson were All
Americans last year.
“We expect to see both Nelson and
Olson in the finals,” Neumann said.
“I really think Chris is wrestling bet
ter than he ever has, and is capable of
winning the title, and Corey is cer
tainly capable of that type of per
formance as well.”
Neumann said he thought five
Huskers could win All-America hon
ors by placing in the top eight at the
tournament.
Matt Lindland (158), Tommy
Robbins (167) and Rulon Gardner
(heavyweight) all are close to being
seeded at the meet and have a good
chance at finishing in the lop eight,
Neumann said.
“We definitely see Chris and Corey
as All-Americans, but I’d like to see
some other guys up on the podium on
Saturday getting medals,” Neumann
said. “I think it’s certainly a possibil
ity that we could have as many as
five.”
In addition to those five, other
Huskers who qualified for the meet
are Jeremie Eckley (118), John Hif
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Neumann said his confidence in
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performance at the Big Eight meet.
“We were more focused and better
conditioned at the Big Eight tourna
ment than we had been all season,” he
said. “The key will be if we can slay
focused over a three-day tournament
like the NCAAs as opposed to a one
day meet like the Big Eights.”
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