—TRACK—
Newcombe joins Husker track
By Sean Callahan
Staff writer
One could argue Bobby
Newcombe had already accomplished
as much or more than anyone currently
at Nebraska.
When the junior from New Mexico
decided to run track, it was just another
thing to add to his list of accomplish
ments in his career as a Comhusker.
In Newcombe’s senior year of high
school he was a state champion in the
100 meters,200 meters, 400 meters and
the long jump.
Newcombe said his decision to run
track was something he had always
wanted to do.
“I would’ve come out my first year,
but I had to concentrate on playing
quarterback,” Newcombe said. “Last
year I injured myself, so this year just
seemed like the best opportunity”
Husker sprinters Coach Billy
Maxwell welcomed Newcombe to his
already talented group of sprinters.
Maxwell said he doesn’t expect
Newcombe to be a spectacular runner,
but thinks Newcombe can contribute to
his team in some way.
“He can really help us in the relays,”
Maxwell said. “We have the potential to
have a great 4-by-100 relay team. We
already have three realty fine sprinters,
so I think that last spot will be open to
whoever earns it”
When die Nebraska track team runs
tomorrow at the 22-team Nebraska
Open, Newcombe will not compete.
In fact, Newcombe has no idea
when he will compete. He said he won’t
run until he feels he is ready.
“I just want to come out and enjoy
the time I’ve got here,” Newcombe
said.
When asked what Coach Frank
Solich thought of his idea to run track,
Newcombe said Solich thought it
would benefit him.
Solich must have thought it would
benefit more players than just
Newcombe.
Besides Newcombe, Josh Brown
has also joined the track team, Matt
Davison joined the basketball team,
and there was talk of Ryon Bingham
and Dan Alexander of joining the
wrestling team.
The trend of the two-sport college
athlete is becoming more popular these
days.
Maxwell said athletes like Iowa’s
Tim Dwight and Penn State’s Ki-Jana
Carter helped start the two-sport trend.
“It really helps youngsters in the
pro-ball selections,” Maxwell said. “It
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“We got a long ways to go arid a
lot of room for improvement,”
Kendig said.
Nebraska is lead by senior All
American gymnast Heather Brink.
Brink, who was named Big 12
Gymnast of the Week, is coming off a
first-place finish in the all-around at
Iowa State.
Junior Amy Ringo will continue
to be the strong component of the Big
Red machine. Ringo placed second
last week in die all-around.
Freshman A.J. Lamb has been a
surprise for the Huskers so far. Lamb
has consistently been a top tiiree per
former for NU.
Last week, senior Nicole
Wilkinson won the balance beam for
Nebraska, scoring a 9.875.
Coach Kendig will also take the
advantage of depth in freshman like
Jess Wertz. Wertz placed third in the
floor exercisce.
The Bermuda Triangle Challenge
is slated to begin at 5 p.m.
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—SWIMMING—
Seniors say
goodbye at
home meet
By Brian Christopherson
Staff writer
Even though it will sandwich a
birthday party and a goodbye wave to
14 seniors, the dual meet between
Nebraska and Iowa State for both men
and women is still on this Saturday.
The Nebraska women’s swimming
and diving program will celebrate its
Silver Anniversary at this final home
meet of the season. The action starts at
1 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center.
This is a very significant point of
great progress over a period of time for
the women’s team, and hopefully
progress will continue as die years go
on,” Nebraska Coach Cal Bentz said
The volleyball team celebrated its
25th birthday earlier this season, and
now the women swimmers and divers
will have a chance to take a bow for
their successes, which include 10 con
ference tides and nine top 20 finishes at
Nationals.
This year’s team of Husker women
could use aboostof adrenaline after a 1
6 dual-record start.
However, Bentz has been formulat
ing his rotations for the conference and
national meets and is hoping to clarify
some positions over the weekend.
“We have been experimenting
throughout, and we are trying to see
^who is going to swim what and who
gives us the opportunity to score the
most points come conference and
NCAA time,” Bentz said
The women carry a No. 16 ranking.
The men, with a 1-5 dual record, are
17* in die poll.
Iowa State should give the Huskers
a workout on the men’s side. The
Cyclone men carry a 5-1 dual record
and a No. 25 ranking.
Bentz saw the men come together
in their last meet, narrowly losing to
national powerhouse Southern
Methodist last weekend.
An added motivation could be that
this is the final home meet for 14
Nebraska seniors.
Adam Pine, Michael Windisch,
Valery Kalmikovs and Erik Cook are
All-Americans who round out their
home careers for die men.The women
will say goodbye to superstars Sara
Jowsey, Stacey Sedlacek, and Helene
Muller, who has proved to be a point
scorer for the Huskers this season.
Although the meat of die season is
still around the comer, Bentz says all
the seniors have accomplished a great
deal and will be missed.
“The record and results of these
people on both the men’s and women’s
side speaks for itself,” he said.
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