16 THE <strong>NCAA</strong> NEWS/March 11,199Z Diemer works hard to keep dream alive By David D. Smale I‘hr NC‘AA <strong>News</strong> Staff Hrian Dirmer grew up dreaming about running in the Olympics. But it was something he never really thought was possible. <strong>The</strong>n, III 1984, Diemer found himself m Los Angeles, California, whcrc he won a bronze medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the XXIII Summer Games. Four years later in Seoul, South Korea, Dicmer finished 15th. He had injured his hamstring the pre- vious year and was unable to start training until May, less than two months bcforc the Olympic Trials. Hc made the team “by the skin of my teeth, but I couldn’t get over the hump and start feeling good because of a lack of hasc (training),” he said. “I got into the semis but didn’t have any II~ lelt.” Dlemcr didn’t give up. He rc- gained his strength and finished fifth at the World Championships in 7i)kyo last August. “I look at that as very encourag- ing,” he said. “It was a very big step up. It shows that I can run with the hest in the world. In an Olympic year, anything is possible.” Middle of the middle Diemer is 30, right in the middle of the prime for a middle-distance runner. With continued training, he is confident of once again being a medal contender at the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, this summer. “1 expect to make the team, but I realire that there are a lot of other gvod runners out there,” he said. “It would be pretty naive to think they would play dead. Just like I came out of the woodwork in 1984, there will be somebody else coming out of thK woodwork this year. I do know that it will be awfully hard to keep mK 011 the team if I am healthy.” But this is not just a story of a runner who overcame an injury to regain his place in the world stand- ings. Diemer is not a high-profile athlete who commands big money just to appear at a competition. He holds down two jobs to support his Administxative Committee minutes I. Acting for the Council, the Administrative Committee: a Took Ihc iollowmg ac1ions regarding cImlnGI1cc\ and committee appointments. (I) AppoInted Roy Kramer. Southcaslcm Conlcrcnrc, to serve as chair ol the IXvision I Men’, Ila\ketball hlp at the 1992 C’onvcnllcm. b. Appomlcd the followmg lo serve a!, Council ha~aonr to f’rrbldenls (‘ommlbblon %uhcommtttees. Suhcommi~~ee on Slrategic Planning. Rohcrt A. Alost, Northwestern Stale lln~vcr~~ty(l.ou~s~ana), Subcammlttcc on the Role and Struclure of the Commi\- smn. Rohrrt G. Bottoms. DcPauw IJrnver- rity. and Subcomm~t~cc on Strenythcnlng the Role of the Chief Exccur~ve Offircr. Anthony F Ccddia. Shippcmburg I’:liverrlty of Pcnnsylvanla c. (iranted a rcques~ FIV a waiver of the cr~;rnsler rcsldence reolLircmenl per Bylaw I4 Y l-2-(a) lor a stl!dcnl-athlete who Iran,- ferrrd alter inadvcrlcnl involvcmcnt 111 a vloLl1ion 01 the rcquiremrntb lor Cinanclal ald. p#acIlrc and competltlon as set forth !n Hylaw 14.6.4. noting tha(1he rludent%tthlcre was ~napptoprlatcly advised by the original mcmhcr instltutlon and would no1 havr cncwnterrd the violation had he heen a& vlacd properly. d look no action on a tequrst hv a rrprebcntative nl a mcrnbet Inslllutton 1~~1 a walvcr per Bylaw 16.13. I prndmg receipt of an official rcquesl in that regard from the Univcrbity of New York at Stony Hrook, as a new I)ivirmn III reprcsentauvr on the Spc- cial Advi\nry Cnmmlltre to Rcv~cw tmple- mrntatwn ol 1990 Convention Pr~oposal No 24. ellcc~~vc Immediately. b. Affirmed Ihe 1091 Adminis;trativr Corn- mil1ce action in regard to the vollng status 01 Ihe Rig Last (‘onferrnce: 1 e . to he a vcrtlng conference on foothall issues, the crmlerence must deter mine a foothall L-ham- plan via regular-\cason compctlllon on Ihc playmg II&l c look the lollow~ng .~cti~n* LII, request\ 10,. waiver\ r>l Ihe tranqtel residence requtre- men1 fnt leason\ of health per Bylaw 14.Y. I .2-(a). II) Dcmcd a rcqucs1 suhmltred by the Untvrrslty ol the Pacific (California) on bchall ul a \tudcnx+thlete now attending (‘alifornia State linlvcrs~ly~ Domlngucr H&\ (2) Granted a rcques1 submitted hy I he (‘ltadrl 1ltu- 1lon Ior. wa~ver’pcr Ilylaw I6 I3 I to permit the m\lituticm to reunhursc a studcn1&athlctc Ior property rlolrn lrom hn aulurnohile approprlatr campu, oll~c~al~, accompanied by othrr bupprlr1ing intotmatmn mcludlng the in,li1u(lnn’\ latinnate for hrhrvmg the circumsIance involved was athletically rc- lated e Rrv~cwcd adralt 01 a proposed covering document to accompany the mailing of the bummary of inrtitutmnal gradua(lon raIc5, as well ah several moddlcarlona in the draft propored hy the chair ol the Spccml Advl- rory Commlltcc IO Review Implementation VI 1990 (~‘onvention Proposal No 24: ap- proved the document wnh the proposed moddlcatlona and nolcd,thal Ihe Admmla- trallvr Commltccc wuuld review 1he graclua- Iltcd m advance 3 Report of actions taken hy rhe executive director per Conbtllullon 4 3 2 Ac(lng for the Exrcutlve Committee, Approved a rccommcndatlon by the Worn- en’s Softhall (‘ommi(tec that the Unlvcrslry ol Central Oklahoma he realigned from rhe South rcglon to the Mldwcst rsglon for the IVY2 I)tvtbmn II Worncn’a Sollball Cham- pionship orqqnally rccommcndcd. wllh the under- btandlng 1hat approprla1c malerlal, are available (c.g.. the previour year‘s N(‘AA Manual. the C‘onventmn Oflxlal NotIce. reports tn <strong>The</strong> <strong>NCAA</strong> <strong>News</strong> 01 the Convcnm tlon actwns, and a summary 01 change in rccrullmg Ieplslatlun) to obviate concern tegardingthe fact that non all coaches will he ahlc 10 ohtam copxa ol the rcvlsed <strong>NCAA</strong> Manual in March. g. Authorired the exrcut~ve director to act for the Admmlstranve C‘ommlttcc m sclcct~ lng and appointing a special cofnmittee 10 review the penalty ?(ruc(ure in the Asrocia- Iion‘\ GUI rent enforcement procedures. not- ~ng thal the spcr~al comrmttec will be cumpoted primarily of representatives of memhrr Instltutlons 2. Acr~np for the I,xecutive (‘ommittee. the Adrmmstral~vc Commlttcc a. Approved a recommendation by Ihe IXvlrion I-AA toothall C‘nmmiltee that Marshall Clniversity he the site of the 1992 and 1993 Divlsmn ILAA Football Cham- plonrhlp game\ h Appolnred Michael M. Gilleran. Wesr (‘oa\r Conference. and I.aurence C Kratmg Ir. Srton Hall lJmvcrs;lty. to the Special Comnnr~cc IO Rcvlcw Recornmendation~ Rcpardlng Dlstrlhu1lon 01 Rrvcnucs. rc- pIacIng David M Gavltt, no longer In college athletics. and I homat J. I-rerickb. deceased c ncfcrrrd actlon until the May Executive SW Adrrrirrislrativ~. page I7 kids,” said Calvin head men’s track coach Ralph Honderd. “He is very humble about his accomplishments and is a tremendous role model. A couple people have come here be- cause of Brian. “<strong>The</strong> nice thing about having Brian here IS that a student doesn’t have to give up a good, Christian, liberal arts education to get training with a world-class runner. This school is well-known academically. To get to train under Brian is the best of both worlds. <strong>The</strong> runners have really improved under Brian.” Diemer is not sure how much longer he’ll keep up the lifestyle of a competitive athlete. His training and competing take him away from his Iamily. Hc says he’ll probably continue at least through the World Championships in 1993, but then he will take it one year at a time. In the meantime, he’s holding on to that childhood dream of running in the Olympics once more. “It’s a great feeling to bc in the Olympics. It’s kind of like a huge dream come true.” Olympic bronze medalist Brian Diemer is a Calvin College track aide Interpretations Committee minutes Acting for the Council, the Inter- prctations Committee issued the following interpretations: Tryouts I. (‘onch’s involvement in local cportc club thrt include< prospects who reside outside the SO-mile radius. It 1~ not pcrmib- ,ihle for an insGlution‘\ coach to bc involved in activities with a local sports club or 1cam that ~ncludcs pro\pcc1~ who rcaide uulride a SO~mllc radlub lrom rhe instnulion’s campus <strong>The</strong> cornmi(tee noted that in club program> involving multiple teams (e.g., I6 and under, I I( and under) or mulrlple bports, the X-mile radlur i> applicable only 10 the team with which rhc institution‘\ coach I Involved. provldcd 1hc coach doe\ 11~1 a%s~gn a pro>- pcct outbide 1he SO&mile radius to another coach‘* team. Further, a coach may be mvnlved In actlvltlca with individuals who are not ol prospect age (L.C., prior to the nmth grade). rcgardlc,, of where such Indim vldualr rc>,dc. [Kefercncc~ <strong>NCAA</strong> Bylaws I3 02.8 (prospectlvc student-athlctch); 13.12.2.4 (local bportr cluhn)] 1992 <strong>NCAA</strong> Convention Propasal No. 69 2. Terms uf finnncinl nid ngreement- voluntary withdrswnl. An Instllution may cancel immrd&cly the financial ald ol a rludent who I) awarded aid on a tern-to- term baais if the student-athlete voluntardy wIthdraw% from the lcam prior to the mbtl- tutinn‘s first compccition in that term. I he committee noted that the provisions ol Proposal No. 68-I arc “01 applicahlr 11 an Inbt~lu(~cm does not engage in any compel,- Iion during the term In a rrlalcd rnat1eI; Ihe comrrnllcc nored that an matirution may not ucllire the provls~ona of Proposal No. 68-l 10 cancel thr lmancial ald of a ,tudentG athlete who 15 awaldrd aid on a yearly hasls once rhe studentGalhlcte participalrb In any competnion durmg Ihe nontradltlonal or tradltlonal xgment of the mbtltution‘c play- ~ngbcaborl.lReferencr IS.3.4.L(d)(gradua- clan or cancrllahon permitted- voluntary withdrawal)] Professional spottr organization/ charitable/educational promotions 3. Profersional spurts orgnniration rpun- wring P public service announcement utilil- ing student-nthleter with remaining eligibility. A professional sport> organization (e 8. NatIonal Baskethall Abhociation) may utlhrc the names or pictures of enrolled bludcn&athlrtes with eligibility rernalrunp in n public scrv~cc a~nouncemcnl promoting an cducarional or charltablc organiration to he alrcd during a prolesblonal contesl. pro- vldcd the studrnlGathlcte‘s name or plcrure 15 not utillrrd to promnte the prolessional organiration. [ Refercnccb. 12.0 I 2 (clear hnc of demarcation), 12.5. I I (instllutlonal. charitahlc or educational promotlons)l Evaluation/tryouts 4. Conch’c involvement in locnl sports club-effect ou evaluation limitations. If an instltutlon‘s coactnng staff mcmbcr 15 m- volvcd with a local bporr> club durmg the academic year, the institution does not use one of its four evaluations for any prospect par1lclpatmg in any competnion against the Iucal team the individual coache\ I he con- mittee noted that any otherron1csts ohrcrvcd hy the roaching stall mcmbcr ~nvolvmg probpcclivc btudenr-achlcre> (e.g.. scouting lurure opponeno for the club team) must count as an evaluation for each prospect participating in the conlcrt [Rclrrcnccs I3 I 6 (Ilmltatlons on the numhcr 01 cvalua- twns -alI sports). I3 I2 2.4 (local sports club>), IC 3/ 19191, Item No. 3-c] 1992 Convention Proposal No. 43 5. llre of ccrimmnges and exhibitium in determining the first half of the institutionk l eason. An lnstltutlon must exclude scrinl- mage, and cxh~bltlon conlcbta m oalcula(mg the first half of the instnuhonb acason lor purpnres of Ihe hardship waiver. [Refercnce~ I4 2 5 (hardship waiver): 14.2.5.2.2 (firs1 hall of season calculation)] Scouting 6. Definition of “cm une uccasiun” when scouting opponentr. In the hportb of baakct- ball, loothall, lacrosse and women‘s volley- hall. an inst!tution‘r coachtng ,tall mcmhcr (whtr,e lcam 15 no1 parllclpatmg In the competition) may not receive cxpcnbcb to scout more than one contest or match In- volvmg an opponent. even If the opponent is lnvolvcd m a multi-compehtlon event (e g . tournamem). [Relercncc>. 11.6.2.1 (harkct- ball. foothall. lacrosse and women‘s volley- ball). Il.6.2.1 I frrgular~srason or post- reason murnamencs); 11.6.2.1.3 (dcslgnahng the opponent)] Coaching-restricted earnings 7. Restricted-earnings cunch empluyed by institution’s conch. An Instltutlon’s rc- ,tricted-earnmga coach may not he employed hy a private company owned by another of the mrtltuhon’h coaching staff members wirhout including such compensatmn m the limits estahlished for the rrstrlcted-earnmgs coach 11 the business is operated by the athleucs department or relates to the coach- ing activities of the owner (e.p , directing coach’s show. schoduhng coach’s speaking engagcmenrs). [Reference: I I .fJ2.3 (rem rrricted-earnings coach)] Coaches 8. Definition of “combined’* rpnrtn pru- aram. A member mstltutlon that conducts a combmed program (i.e., sports program in which all coaching staff members are I”~ valved in practlcr actlvltler or compctltion wllh holh the men’> and women’s teams ou a dally basis) may employ rhe total numher of coaches specified separately for the apph- cahlr men’s and women’s bpor1. [Relerence: I I 7 4 (coachmg hrmtalions sports other than football)] 1992 Convention Proposal No. W Y. Issues related to volunteer cunch. <strong>The</strong> comrmttrr revIewed the provisions of lYY2 ConventIon Proposal No. 60 (effective Au- gubt I, IYY2) and delermined the followmg a In sports other than foo1ball and bab- SW Intc*rpretations. page 17
Administrative 3, Repnrc of art~ons taken by the executlvr director per Con~htu~~rrn 4.3.2 a Acrq tc,r the (‘ouncd (I) Granted requests by the University of C‘olnrado. Rouldcr. and Ohio State limvcr- Gcy to ~rplacc on a ~cmporary haas count- able c,,achc\ ,n w
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