NU signs two wrestlers
By Antone Oseka
Staff Reporter
Even though the wrestling season
ended March 23 in Minneapolis with
the NCAA Wrestling Championships,
the Nebraska coaching staff hasn’t had
a day off.
Coach Tim Neumann has been out
recruiting nearly every day, and his
work finally paid off by signing two
wrestlers,
Nebraska had a huge hole to fill at
150 pounds, and Neumann signed Brad
Cooper from Ogallala this week to fill
the void left by Jason Kraft, who is
moving up to Temoer Terry’s 158
pound spot. Terry, ajunior last season,
will redshirt next season.
Cooper is a two-time state cham
pion who placed second last year at the
National Wrestling Coaches Associa
tion Tournament.
Nebraska also signed 190-pounder
Ryan Coe from Kearney. Coe was a
two-time state champion with a record
of 66-0 over the past twoyears. He was
the nation’s fifth-rated 190-pound re
cruit.
The fall signing period was even
better for Nebraska. Neumann signed
four wrestlers, three of whom were
“We put in a ton of time, and we thought we were
doing real good. But in recruiting, you come in
second, its like coming in 10th. ”
TIM NEUMANN
Nebraska wrestling coach
rated No. 1 in their weight classes, efforts came up roses, however. The
Brad Vering from Howells was a Huskers lost three wrestlers during the
four-time state champion. He was the spring signing period,
top 167-pound recruit in the nation. David Kjeldgaard, a 142- or 150
Nebraska also signed four-time pounder from Council BlufTs Iowa
Kansas state champion Billy Gable, signed with Oklahoma. Neumann and
the third-rated recruit at 134 pounds. Oklahoma Coach Jack Spates agreed
Gable was the outstanding wrestler in that Kjeldgaard was the top recruit in
the Kansas state high school tourna- the nation,
ment the past two years. Nebraska also lost brothers Rocky
Nebraska also signed two top re- and Rangi Smart. Rocky, a 142
cruits from New Jersey. Heavyweight pounder, and Rangi, a 158-poundcr,
J.R. Plienis and 118-pounder Todd decided to sign letters of intent with
Beckerman will join the Husker lineup Brigham Young,
in the fall. “We put in a ton of time, and we
It is likely that Plienis and thought we were doing real good,”
Beckerman will redshirt in the fall, Neumann said. “But in recruiting,you
Neumann said. Plienis will wrestle with come in second, it’s like coming in
and learn from senior-to-be Tolly Th- 10th.”
ompson, the 1995 heavyweight na- Neumann said he was still recruit
tional champion. ingthreemorewrestlersfornextyear’s
Not all of Nebraska’s recruitine team.
Drake relavs to nrenare NIT
By Andrew Strnad
Staff Reporter
The end of the semester does not
mean the end of the work for the Ne
braska track and field teams, which
will send most of their team members
to Dcs Moines, Iowa, this week for the
Drake Relays.
Four Cornhuskers, however, have a
different destination. Willie Hiblcr,
Frank Mensah, Charles Reid and
Miklos Roth are off to Philadelphia
for the Penn Relays this weekend.
Coming off a strong meet last week
end in Eugene, Ore., in which the
Husker men claimed first place with
220 points to outdistance Oregon,
Nebraska coach Gary Pepin said he
hoped his teams would continue to
improve as they approached the con
ference championship meet.
The Big Eight Championships will
be held May 20-21 at the Ed Weir
Track in Lincoln.
The 4 x 100-meter relay team of
Byron Topps, Hibler, Mensah and long
jumper Joe Laster won in Oregon last
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weekend with a time of 40.11.
Other Husker standouts included
Jonah Kiptarus, who was a double
event winner in the 1,500-meter run
and the 5,000-meter run. Husker
sprinter Tom Fish won the 200-meter
dash with a wind-aided time of 21.1
seconds.
Pepin said he was glad to see Fish
win the race, especially because he
wasn ’t even expected to run in Oregon
because of a leg injury he suffered
earlier in the year.
“We were glad to see Tom run so
well considering he was very ques
tionable coming into the meet,” Pepin
said.
On the women’s side, the Huskers
finished second behind Oregon, but
had four individuals capture five first
place honors.
All-American Paulette Mitchell
took first place in the hammer throw
and the shot put. Fellow All-American
Tressa Thompson finished second be
hind Mitchell in the shot put.
Defending NCAA indoor champi
ons Nicola Martial and Angee Henry
each won their events. Martial took
first in the triple jump with a wind
aided leap of 43 feet, 5 1/4 inches, and
Henry won the long jump with wind
aided jump of 21-4 3/4.
The Drake Relays, one of the most
competitive meets of the year, begin
today and will run until Saturday.
The Drake Relays aren’t Pepin’s
favorite meet, but he said his team
would be able to gauge its own ability
as it takes on the nation’s best colle
gians and professionals.
“I don’t particularly like the Drake
Relays,” he said. ‘The weather is bad
and the meet is so long, but it is a top
notch meet with a lot of tremendous
athletes.”
The Husker hurdlers will be in Phila
delphia this weekend for the Penn
Relays, taking a shot at an NCAA
record in the 4 x 110-meter shuttle
hurdle-relay race.
“We’ve got three real strong legs,”
Pepin said, “but if they want to set any
sort of record, they arc going to have to
get a fast time from Miklos.”
■n
rrazier will sit out
football for a vear
From The Associated Press
Tommie Frazier, the former
Nebraska quarterback who wrapped
up a brilliant college career only to
be snubbed by the National Foot
ball League, could be on blood thin
ning medication for up to a year, his
doctor said Tuesday.
Frazier told Lincoln television
station KOLN that he had decided
to take a year off and give the NFL
another shot next year.
Frazier, who has declined most
interview requests for three months,
told the station Tuesday that he
would not seek a free-agent deal
this year. Frazier, who led the
Cornhuskcrs to two consecutive
national championships, was not
chosen in the NFL draft over the
weekend.
Frazier missed much of the 1994
season after doctors found blood
clots in his right leg. After coming
back to play in the 1995 Orange
Bowl, he played without blood clot
problems last season.
But on Feb. 26, Frazier was ad
mitted to Bryan Memorial Hospital
and tests showed another blood clot
in his right leg. He remained hospi
talized for 11 days.
Some NFL analysts, who were
skeptical about Frazier’sNFLskills
after a college career as an option
quarterback, said the blood clots
might have scared teams away.
Frazier was projected as a potential
defensive back or running back, but
said he would play only quarter
m
back.
Frazier continues to take blood
thinners.
Dr. Deepak Gangahar, Frazier’s
physician, has said his patient can
exercise normally, but cannot take
hits. Frazier said Gangahar advised
him to sit out from football for one
year to recover from his blood clot.
“I did tell him that he could be on
blood thinners maybe for one year,”
Gangahar said Tuesday. “The natu
ral deduction from that is that if
he’s going to be on those for that
long, he cannot play football.”
All but 10 percent of the clot was
dissolved during Frazier’s hospital
stay in February, Gangahar said.
“Our plan is to keep his blood
thin and let his body dissolve the
rest,” Gangahar said. “We plan to
keep checking him every few
months, but I told him I wouldn ’ t be
surprised if he’s on the medication
for up to a year.”
Frazier, the school’s winningest
quarterback and last season’s
Heisman Trophy runner-up, spent
the weekend waiting for a call from
an NFL team. He was never called,
but Gangahar said Frazier had re
mained upbeat.
“Y ou j ust don ’ t see clots in young
people, let alone an athlete the cali
ber of Tommie Frazier,” he said.
“It’s really a sad situation. But he
never lets himself get down.
“When I mentioned to him that it
could take up to a year, he said,
' Whatever has to be done, has to be
done.’”
Derringer
memorial
fund set up
From Staff Reports
A Brook Berringer memorial fund
has been established in Lincoln and
Goodland, Kan., in honor ofthe former
Nebraska quarterback who was killed
Thursday in a plane crash.
Berringer’s mother, Jan Berringer,
said she would like to use the money
to fulfill her son’s dream.
He had intended to spend part of
his National Football League signing
bonus to help his older sister, Nicoel,
with medical school expenses at Kan
sas, and his younger sister, Drue, fin
ish her degree at Kansas State.
If money is left over, the Berringer
fami ly wi 11 establish a memorial schol
arship in Berringer’s name in either
Goodland or at UNL.
Those wishing to contribute to the
memorial fund may send a check or
money order to: The Brook Berringer
Memorial Fund, c/o First National
Bank of Goodland Trust Dept., P.O.
Box 570, Goodland, Kan. 67735.
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