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194.675, while host Missouri rounded
out the teams with a 194.55.
“Tonight couldn’t have gone any
better for us,” an ecstatic Kendig said.
“The girls worked hard all week, all
year, for this. We’re very proud of
them.”
With her own third-place-winning
clutch bars routine (9.85), junior All
American Heather Brink came from
behind to tie her teammate, senior All
American Misty Oxford, for her second
straight Big 12 all-around title at
39.375.
That score tied a team season high
in the all-around, set by Oxford two
weeks ago.
It was the second straight time the
two have finished 1-2, or 1-1, in the
conference championships. The two
downplayed their excitement over it,
and instead shared their joy for the
team’s feat.
“We just don’t focus on (the indi
vidual all-around)?’ Brink said. “We
don’t know until they announce the
awards where we stand individually.
We didn’t know we were so close going
into the bars. We didn’t care. This
whole thing is about the team.”
Oxford’s career high and team sea
son high-tying 9.90 on the floor exer
cise would have been her fifth title in
the event this season, had it not been for
Brink’s career high-tying 9.925.
Behind the glitz and glamour of
Brink and Oxford’s dynasty was the
performance of Courtney Brown.
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Brown, who was ousted by
Oklahoma’s Amber McCracken for
Big 12 gymnast of the year, solidified
her dominance in the three events she
competes in by capturing both the vault
and balance beam titles with career
high 9.925s and finishing fifth on the
floor exercise.
The night also partially belonged to
NU freshman Bree Dority, who along
with her best performance of the season
was named Big 12 newcomer of the
year.
The record-breaking victory and
overwhelming yearlong dominance in
which NU set three school records
poses a serious question for the
Huskers as they now prepare for the
NCAA Midwest Regional on April 10
in Lincoln, and the NCAA
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The girls worked
hard all week, all
year, for this. We ’re
very proud of them.”
Dan Kendig
NU coach
Championships in Salt Lake City,
April 22-24. Just how far can NU go?
“We had a great season, but there
are lots of things we can go back to the
gym and perfect,” Brown said. “After
all, no one has got a 10 yet”
T ••
Huskers tie Sooners
for conference crown
■ Jason Hardabura nails
all-around title, Leiter is
second.
By John Gaskins
Staff writer
What a difference a month makes.
Four weeks ago, the Nebraska
men’s gymnastics team traveled to
Norman, Okla., and were rudely awak
ened to an embarrassing 3-point loss
and their worst output of the season
against Oklahoma.
Friday, the No. 6 Huskers went back
to Norman, and with their backs against
the wall, came from behind in the final
event to tie the No. 8 Sooners at 228.575
for the 1999 Mountain Pacific Sports
Federation Championship, their second
title in three years.
NU finished the season beating
Oklahoma twice, losing to them once
and tying them once.
Behind Nebraska and Oklahoma
was third-place Brigham Young
University, ranked No. 10 in the nation,
and No. 13 Stanford, which tied for
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third at 224.275. Two-time defending
NCAA Champion California finished
sixth at 221.15.
The Huskers trailed the Sooners by
.225 points going into the final event,
the pommel horse. That’s when three
Huskers, sophomore Jason Hardabura
(9.7), junior Derek Leiter (9.675) and
senior Jim Koziol (9.6), scored 9.6 or
better to erase the deficit and tie OU.
“Overall, I was pleased with how
our team performed under pressure,”
NU Head Coach Francis Allen said.
“After our first trip here, we knew it
was important for us to perform well.
Our goal was to walk out with the tro
phy, and we did just that”
Hardabura closed out a spectacular
regular season, winning his seventh all
around title with a score of 57.875. It
was the first all-around conference title
won by a Nebraska gymnast since
Richard Grace won the MPSF all
around in 1995.
Hardabura’s seasonlong dominance
garnered him the MPSF gymnast of the
year award and gave more evidence to
Allen’s prophecy that “Jason is definite
ly capable of winning the national
championship this year.”
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Pine, Rogis
help Huskers
to 11th place
at NCAA meet
By Brandon Schulte
Staff writer
A furious finish on the final
event of the final day by the 400-yard
freestyle relay team enabled the
Nebraska men’s swimming and div
ing teams to capture 11* place at the
NCAA Championships held in
Indianapolis.
NU scored 139 points en route to
the finish. No one was more pleased
with die finish, the third-highest in
NU’s history, than Coach Cal Bentz.
“We are very excited to be at the
level of an 1 l*-place program. We
moved up seven spots from last year
(18*) and we have six NCAA quali
fiers returning,” Bentz said. “I don’t
think there was any question we
wanted to be in the Top 10. We were
knocking on the door as loud as you
could without getting in.
The finish was spurred on by a
host of Huskers, most notably All
Americans Adam Pine and Anthony
Rogis.
Pine, a junior from Ballina,
Australia, came up just short in his
bid to be the first Husker male swim
mer to win an individual national
title. He finished second in the 100
yard butterfly for the second consec
utive year, with a time of 46.37.
Stanford senior Dod Wales won the
event with an American record time
of45.89.
“I don’t know if I put together a
very good race, but I’m happy with
second place,” Pine said. “We got
points and I have motivation to come
back and do better next year.”
Rogis, a native of Weetangera,
Australia, finished third in the 200
yard freestyle, posting a time of
135.08.
The seventh-place finish by the
400-yard freestyle relay team of
Rogis, Pine, Josh Mathias and Javier
Botello on the final event vaulted the
Huskers into 11th and was also good
enough to earn All-America honors.