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team.
Junior Shandra Johnson won the
100 and 200-meter backstroke events
with times of 1:03.48 and 2:17.69
respectively.
The women now have a 2-6 dual
record, and Muller was quite frank in
saying that the dual record basically
means little to nothing to anyone at
Nebraska.
“Every team has a different goal,
short-term and long-term goals. We
have long-term goals, and today was
basically just like another workout and
preparation day for us,” Muller said.
On the men’s side, senior Michael
Windisch led by example, winning
three events individually, including
coming back from several lengths in
the final 150 meters to claim the 400
meter freestyle (3:57.91).
The men are now 2-5 in dual meets,
and Windisch says the season hit a dra
matic upswing last week for the men.
“Last week, in a dual against
(Southern Methodist), I was shocked at
the split up of the team,” Windisch said.
“The environment at the Dallas
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U Despite the Band-Aids and bubble
gum we ’re using to hold us together,
we’re doing a great job, with only two
people who aren t injured ”
tournament the next day, though, really
brought us together, and I think that we
saw that we had something in us.”
Although the senior men still have
a home meet remaining in a few weeks
against South Dakota, Saturday was
their official Senior Day, and it was a
goal “to go out with a bang,” as
Windisch would say afterwards.
Senior Valery Kalmikovs won two
events in 200-meter breaststroke
(2:18.12) and the 200-meter individual
medley (2:06.00).
Adam Pine banged out a win in the
100-meter fly at 53.71 and helped
boost the 200-meter medley relay team
to a victory.
Another key factor that has the
Husker coaches smiling, has been the
Jim Hocking
NU diving coach
performance of the divers of late.
“Despite the Band-Aids and bub
ble gum we’re using to hold us togeth
er, we’re doing a great job, with only
two people who aren’t injured,” NU
diving coach Jim Hocking said.
Nebraska swept both the 1-meter
and 3-meter diving contests with Erik
Cook laying claim to victory for the
men andTami Bemth cashing in for the
women.
When all the performances are
added up, Bentz was a very content
coach.
“We’re getting faster and seeing the
effects of where we are now and I think
we’re going to be where we want to be
when the season ends,” Bentz said.
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Nelson back
in NU lineup
From staff reports
After spending a season rehabili
tating a knee injury, Nebraska senior
gymnast Marshall Nelson began his
comeback in a big way Friday and
Saturday with a strong performance
in the Rocky Mountain Open.
Nelson helped No. 3 NU to the
team title Friday night, as the
Comhuskers edged No. 4 Oklahoma,
222.975-222.875. Nelson, the 1998
NCAA parallel bars champion, won
three events and tied a career high in
the pommel horse with a score of
9.90.
“Marshall was everything we
expected him to be and more,” said
NU Coach Francis Allen after
Nelson’s performance on Friday. “We
had some first-meet jitters, and we’re
a little banged up. But he did what we
expected him to do. He’s in great
position to win a few events tomor
row.”
Nelson also won the parallel bars
with a 9.675.
Fellow co-captain Derek Leiter
also did his share as the senior won
the vault with a score of 9.80 and the
high bar with a score of 9.70. Leiter
tied a career best in the vault with a
9.90 on Friday.
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Lavy lands in U.S.
Trials with big jump
■ The former Husker
set a Devaney Center
record in the long jump.
By Sean Callahan
Staff writer
The Nebraska Open is the only
meet that gives former and current
Nebraska track athletes a chance to
compete together at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center.
On Saturday, former Comhusker
high jumper Shane Lavy,who gradu
ated last year, used that opportunity
to jump a Bob Devaney Sports
Center record of 7-foot-7.
“It’s not that big of a surprise,”
Lavy said. “I knew that I had the
ability. To jump this early is a sur
prise, but it doesn’t expand past my
goals.”
Lavy’s mark of 7-foot-7 ranks
second in the United States and 13th
in the world this year and qualifies
him for a spot in the U.S. Olympic
Trials in Sacramento, Calif.
Besides the Nebraska Open,
Lavy said he plans to compete in the
Millrose game in New York and the
U.S. Indoor meet.
Nebraska Coach Gary Pepin,
who coached Lavy in the high jump,
said he couldn’t be any happier to
see him clear the mark.
“That’s a wonderful jump
indoor,” Pepin said. “I think he was
rested well, and a better jump could
n’t happen to a nicer guy.”
Overall, the current Huskers fin
ished the day with 11 individual
champions in 12 total events.
Among those 12 first-place
marks were four NCAA provisional
qualifying marks.
In the 20-pound weight throw,
junior Melissa Price qualified with a
throw of 62-5 V* feet. In the 35
pound weight throw, senior Jeff
Armitage qualified with a mark of
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The other two qualifiers were
junior Carrie Braness in the high
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jump this early
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jump (5-11 !4 feet) and junior
Daniel Johnson in the triple jump at
51-9 feet.
Other top performances for NU
came from freshman Emily Waibel,
who set a Nebraska Open record in
the 60-meter hurdles (8.49). Waibel
also placed third in the 60-meter
dash with of time of 7.69.
Junior college transfer Chris
Chandler took third in the 60-meter
dash (6.75) and won the 200-meter
with a time of 21.94.
Chandler was a national indoor
champion at the junior college ranks
in the 55-meter dash.
Other Nebraska champions were
senior Dalhia Ingram in both the
long jump (19-5 VT) and the triple
jump (41-1 14). Freshman Mike
Kamm captured the men’s 1,000
meters with a time of 2:33.24, and
Liz Biehl captured the women’s title
with a time of3:00.92.
Yelena Stanisavljevic and Vesna
Kostic, both from Yugoslavia, also
fared well on Saturday. The pair
joined the team in January. Kostic
won the 60 meters (7.66), while
Stanisavljevic captured the 600
yard title with a time of 1:20.64.
The Huskers will compete at
home again on Saturday against
Oklahoma and North Carolina in a
triangular dual.
NU 4-2 in Duals
From staff reports
Behind superb performances
from its two captains, seventh-ranked
Nebraska claimed a fifth-place finish
at the Cliff Keen/NWC A National
Duals at State College, Pa., defeating
No. 17 Arizona State 23-20 in the
fifth-place match.
Brad Vering, a 197-pounder, and
157-pounder Bryan Snyder went a
combined 11-0 in the tournament.
Vering scored three pins and a tech
nical fall in his matches, and Snyder
notched a pin and two major deci
sions.
Nebraska fell to No. 4 Oklahoma
State 28-14 in the consolation semi
finals to drop into the fifth-place
match.
Alter dominating last year s
Division II champion, Pittsburgh
Johnstown, with a 31-7 score and
victories in eight of 10 weight class
es, NU squared off against No. 5
Oklahoma in the second round of the
winner’s bracket.
The Sooners lead 17-16 heading
into the deciding heavyweight
matchup and then captured the dual
when Nebraska’s Matt Zutavem suf
fered a concussion in the second
period and was forced into an injuiy
default forfeit, which sent Nebraska
to the consolation bracket.
In the consolation round, NU
demolished No. 16 West Virginia,
35-6.After the matchup with the
Mountaineers, NU discarded Cal
State Bakersfield 28-18.