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I Olympic site excites Husker swimmers By Derek Samson Staff Reporter The folks in Sydney, Australia, weren’t the only ones celebrating when the International Olympic Committee announced the site of the 2000 Summer Olympics last week. Nebraska swimmers Chris Ford, Craig Davidson, Melanie Dodd and Jane Glazebrook were all reveling in Lincoln. The four, all from Australia, most likely will return to their home country in 2000 to be fans, not participants, of the games in Sydney, two of the swimmers said. But they are excited nonetheless. Ford, who is from Sydney, said the main stadium and majority of the games would take place less than 15 minutes from his home. Dodd also is from Sydney. “I was looking forward to Sept. 23 (the day of the announcement) for a long time now,” Ford said. “It was a big day on my account. I watched the announcement on the edge of my seat, and when they announced Sydney, I just went cra zy.” Ford said there had been great anticipation few the announcement in Australia. The committee chose Sydney over Manchester, England, Berlin and Beijing. “They’ve been building it up for so long at home,” Ford said. “Ev eryone thought we were the num ber one choice, but it wasn’t ever definite. “It makes us so proud.” Although Dodd and Glazebrook could not be reached for comment, Ford said he doubted any of the four swimmers would try out for the 2000 Olympics. “We will all be a little too old to be competing, but we’ll still be there,” Ford said. “It is all of our objectives to make the 1996 Aus tralian Olympic Team.” Davidson and Glazebrook live Sandy Summers/DN ^immers Jane Glazebrook, left, Chris Ford, Melanie Dodd and Craig Davidson, all natives of Australia, are excited about the selection of Sydney, Australia, for the Olympics in the year 2000. m Newcastle, Australia, which is about two hours north of Sydney. “It will still affect Newcastle in many ways,” Davidson said. “They will use a lot of the facilities for most of the training. It is also a tourist city, so it should bring a lot of tourists and money into Newcastle as well.” Ford said the Olympics was just what Australia needea. “It is going to give the whole country a boost,” he said. “It will lift the entire country’s spirits. Our economy has been a little shaky, and this is just the injection the country needed. “It is just fantastic for Australia and all of its people. Even though it is still some time away, I can hardly waif It’s going to be great for the city and country.” From a swimmer’s standpoint, Nebraska swimming coach Cal Bentz said, it was only fitting that Australia got the Olympics. “In our sport of sw imming, Aus tral ia has really excelled,” Bentz said. “I’m sure they are looking forward to having the Olympics and showing off the talent that they have. I’m sure they’re going to be gracious hosts.” As far as swimming goes, Davidson said, Australia has a lot to be proud of. “For a small nation, we do quite well,” Davidson said. “Especially when the Olympics come around. Australia always looks forward to getting some medals in swimming.” Even though the event is nearly seven years away, Ford said he has already given out invitations for the games. ‘Tm just in a prime location,” Ford said. “I’ve already started tell ing people that if they need a place to stay for the 2000 Olympics, they can stay at my place. It’s unbeliev able how excited we are.” Jones heals; Frazier needs rest From Staff Report* Calvin Jones is making strides toward re turning from bis injury, but Tommie Frazier's health is still a question mark, Nebraska foot ball coach Tom Osborne said Wednesday. Frazier sat out Tuesday’s practice to rest the ankle he sprained against North Texas, Osborne said, but now his nbs are sore, too. “Frazier is having troubles with his ribs," Osborne said. “It happened on Saturday, and they were sore yesterday.” While Frazier nurses his sore ribs, Jones is working his way back to full-speed after the knee injury he suffered during the second half of the North Texas game. “Calvin Jones went through the whole prac lice,” Osborne said. “What he did (Wednesday) was equivalent to full-speed stuff.” Osborne said that the amount of contact Jones received during practice had not been limited. “He really wasn’t tackled today, but he did some drills where he was wrapped up by a defensive player,” Osborne said. Osborne described Wednesday’s practice as “a pretty tough practice” with the first team offense going against the first team defense on , 12 pass plays and 12 option plays. The riuskers will practice in half-pads on Thursday before returning to full-pads on Fri day. The Huskers will take Saturday and Sunday off before returning to practice on Monday. Nebraska's future non-conference schedules | 1«M _ IMS SepteJS. Wyoming inUrioota Sept? MichiganStatB.Lansing|§ Sept 10 Teua Tech at Lubbock Sept 16 Arizona, St in Lincoln Sept 17 UCLA in Lincoln K . Sept 23 Utah St in Lincoln Sept 24 Utah State in Lincoln Sept 30 Washington St in Lincoln mtm ^ Nevada-Las Vegas m Lincoln M W Sept. 14 Michigan St. in Lincoln KBp Sept 21 Arizona St at Tempo Sept 28 Colorado St in Lincoln B, , . DNgrtsMe —. it ■ '■ " -■ i '" ■■— . " Schedule Continued from Page 9 always schedule a home-and-away series with teams. For example, Utah State will come to Lincoln in back-to-back years, without Nebras ka traveling to play the Aggies in Logan, Utah. Last summer, the Associated Press reported that Florida State was tentatively scheduled to play Nebraska in 1999 and 2000. But when the series didn’t pan out, Byrne said, it wasn’t that big of a loss for Nebraska. “That (matchup) wouldn’t make sense to me, since Nebraska and Florida State could play for a national title in the Orange Bowl," he said. “You wouldn’t want an earlier game to knock you out of that kind of opportunity.” But does the advanced scheduling knock Nebraska out of any possible move from the Big Eight to another conference? Byrne said Nebraska’s plan was to remain right where they were, despite rumors in recent years that the Huskers could go anywhere from the Southwest to the Big Ten conferences. “Our goal is to stay in the Big Eight and make it as strong as we possibly can,’’he said. UNO Aviation Institute Aviation 2000 Conference , ' 4 ^ '• * Featuring Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Astronaut, Capt. 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