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NU’s track season ends By Derek Samson Staff Reporter __ Nebraska ended its track and field season last weekend at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Boise, Idaho, with the Huskcr women just miss ing their prescason goal. The Nebraska women finished 16th, while the men checked in tied for 48th with Texas A&M. LSU won the women’s competition and Arkansas took the men’s title. Coach Gary Pepin said the wom en were close to meeting expecta tions set before the season started. “Our goal from the beginning of the season was to finish in the top 10 in both the men’s and women’s (competition),” he said. “On the women’s side, it was a very realis tic goal. We were hit by some inju ries and then had some subpar per formances there (at Boise). The brightest spot for the Husk ers was Nicola Martial, who won the triple jump with a jump of 44-11 3/4. Pepin said Martial’s jump was the highlight of the season. “It is definitely the best colic giatcjumpofthcycar, Pepin said. “It was one of the best triple jumps ever in the women’s NCAA (Cham pionships). The good thing is she’s only a sophomore.” Martial was the first Husker woman to win an individual out door title since Ximena Rcstripo won the 400-meter dash n 1991. Sophomore Paulette Mitchell placed fifth in the shot put with a throw of 53-6 1/2 and freshman Angec Henry finished eighth in the long jump by leaping 20-8 1/2. Andy Meyer was the only Husk er to finish in the top six for the men’s team when his throw of 188 9 was good enough for a fourth place finish in the discus. It was the second straight year that the senior placed fourth at the outdoor meet. “We got a real strong perfor mance out of Andy,” Pepin said. “He had been sick and injured all spring and it seemed like he was just starting to get going again. We wished he could have went without the injury and sickness, then he would’ve been at this level in the beginning and could have kept improving.” Watch the ails in this paper lor special student discounts'^ COME FALL IN LOVE WITH THE REP THIS SUMMER! Three Mainstage Plays: •Lend Me a Tenor June 16-July 2 •The Cocktail Hour July 7-23 •She Loves Me July 28-August 13 and the New Plays Festival featuring: •Dancing the God June 7-12 To Order Tickets 402.472.2073 Temple Building 12th & “R” Streets Lincoln, NE 68588-0201 ■ I I I I I I I I I I Pitchers For Only a Penny! Every Wednesday, 8pm to lam. First pitcher S i. 25 Second one only A PENNY! 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' ' - “They were very effective for us all season,” Sanders said. “They were players that were first good students. They put up good numbers both in the classroom and on the field. They’re good examples of what leaders should be.” The tandem of Dukart and Erstad provided the 32-28 Huskers with most of their offensive firepower. Dukart and Erstad led the Huskers in hitting, with respective batting av erages of .361 and .317 and RBI totals of 55 and 52. “I’d say they’re right up there with one of the best (duos) in the Big Eight,” Sanders said. “The statistics bear that out. Now they’re getting the honors for it and I think it is well-deserved.” Sanders said the pair helped the Dukart Huskcrs get past some of the rougher spots during the season. “They provided this team with sta bility,” he said. “We were able to count on them in tough times. They’re both very consistent. Anytime you can get two or three players who are con sistent, they’ll help you through those tough times.” Both players were named First Team All-Big Eight and were also chosen earlier in the season to the Erstad Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic All-Tour nament Team in Fresno, Ca. Sanders said he was now search ing for a replacement for Dukart, the third basemen from Milwaukie, Ore. “He will be missed considerably, but it’s not like we’re going to shut down the program,” he said. “He was someone that showed he can get it done from all aspects. We have some pretty good prospects now and 1 hope they can do the job.” -1 BUY IT. SELL IT. Nebraskan CLASSIFIED 472-2588 NON-STOP COPIES. 1201 “Q” Street *475-2679 530 N. 48th Street *466-8159 Bag the Coin-Op Blues. Get over to Kinko’s. We have lots of high-quality machines that collate, staple and copy both sides. We do full color copies and offer a huge choice of papers. kmkpi the copy center