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Mills, Woods Hold Key To Success At SWC Meet
By RICHARD CAMPBELL
A couple of sophomores Will
hold a lot of the point potential
for Texas A&M when they in
vade Waco Friday and Saturday
for the Southwest Conference
TEXAS
ASM
ROCKIE WOODS
CURTIS MILLS
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Track Meet and Coach Charlie
Thomas hopes that they can per
form as expected.
“If Curtis Mills and Rockie
Woods perform like we want
them to and have the endurance
to run their events,” Thomas
said, “Then we have a real strong
chance to bid for the title.”
MILLS, a 6-3, 170-pound speed
ster from Lufkin Dunbar, will
compete in the 440-yard relay,
the 440-yard dash, the 220-yard
dash, and the mile relay. Woods,
a 6-2, 180-pounder from San An
gelo Lake View, will be entered
in the 100-yard dash, the 120-
yard high hurdles, the 220-yard
dash, and the 440 relay.
“We know that Rockie can run
in all of the events because he
has already done it once this
season,” Thomas continued. “I
just hope that Curtis has the en
durance to hold up in his four
races. We are forced to run both
boys in this many races because
we want to get some extra
points.”
Thomas was optimistic when
asked who had the best chance
to take the 1969 title.
“I believe that we (A&M) have
a good chance if we can run our
best relay races,” Thomas said.
“But I’d have to say that Rice
would have to be the first choice
because of their depth.”
Texas, the defending cham
pions, are also strong in certain
events and Baylor, inspired by a
home crowd, could seriously chal
lenge for the crown.
Mills has the fastest 440 dash
time of the year in the SWC, a
46.2. Last year in the SWC
Meet, he ran second to Dave
Morton of Texas but was clocked
in 46.1.
“If I had to pick my chief com
petitor in the 440 dash,” Mills
said, “It would probably be Bill
Askey of Rice. The thing about
a meet like this is that some of
the points that we picked up in
some of the triangular meets will
be taken away now by one of the
other teams in the field.”
“I would say that probably 58
points would win the meet (Coach
Thomas felt that 60 would win
it),” Mills said.
WOODS, a top notch performer
all year, will be a strong con
tender in both of the dashes. He
has run a 9.4 100-yard dash sev
eral times this season and will
challenge Ronnie Allen (9.3 with
the wind), Merlin Eck of SMU
Knight Arrives
For Preakness
BALTIMORE (dP)_Top Knight,
who finished fifth in the Ken
tucky Derby but was second cho
ice in the wagering, will arrive
at Pimlico Friday to prepare for
the $150,000-added Preakness
May 17.
Raymond Metcalf, who trains
Top Knight, advised Pimlico of
ficials by telephone Wednesday
from Garden State that he ex
pects his 3-year-old to run a
much better race in the Preak
ness than he did in the Derby.
Top Knight, last year’s 2-year-
old champion, is to be given a
serious workout at Pimlico Sun
day. The mile and three-six
teenths Preakness is the middle
leg of racing’s Derby-Preakness-
Belmont Triple Crown.
Pimlico officials are expecting
a starting field of at leaet 10 for
the 94th running of the race.
Majestic Prince and Arts and
Letters, winner and runner-up in
the Derby, already are at Pim
lico. Dike, the Derby No. 3
horse, also was brought here but
was scratched for the Preakness
and taken on to New York.
(9.4) , and Dale Bemauer of Rice
(9.5) .
In the 220, Woods is third with
a time of 21.1 behind Mills’ 21.0
and Allen’s 20.8. He could nose
out Allen for first and it is hoped
that Mills will finish either sec
ond or third.
Woods will also anchor the
A&M mile relay unit which has
posted a 3:10.0 this year. Others
on the foursome are Steve Ban
croft, Scott Hendricks (who is
also a possible point-getter in the
100), and Mike Boyd.
The key to the Aggies’ success
seems to hinge on the perform
ance of the 440 relay unit. They
have had the lead in other races
but at a crucial time either drop
ped the baton or had a bad ex
change. Thomas and Mills both
feel that if A&M runs their regu
lar race and has a flawless ex
change, then they could take the
event even though they have
only the third best time (40.7)
this year. Both Rice, with a 40.3
and Baylor, with a 40.4, have log
ged faster times and will be the
favorites.
OTHER EVENTS in which the
Aggies figure to pick up some
points are the shot put and the
discus where weightman Ronnie
Lightfoot looms as the favorite
in both. He was unseated last
week as the top shot putter in
the SWC when freshman Sammy
Walker tossed the ball 50-0% to
move ahead of Lightfoot’s previ
ous best of 58-5'/z- Bubba Vincent,
a freshman from Bryan, will also
compete with Lightfoot in the dis
cus. Lightfoot has the best throw
in the SWC this season, a 171-5,
while Vincent is sixth with a 158-
10.
Marc Black is also counted on
to provide points in the javelin
throw. He is fourth in the SWC
this year with a toss of 206-7.
The Aggies Could also accumulate
some points in the high jump
with three jumpers clustered
around the 6-6 mark this year.
Kim Sutton has jumped 6-614,
while Ben Greathouse and John
Taylor have both leaped 6-6. Lar
ry McIntyre, a soph from Poteet,
has been vaulting 15 feet in prac
tice and could challenge in the
pole vault.
The hurdles remain a question
mark depending upon the per
formances of several key men.
Jack Abbott, a senior with a 14.2,
Deward Strong with a 14.2 and
Woods with 14.1 will push SWC
leader Greg Gilliland of Rice who
also had a 14.1. Strong and
Richard Ball could also be break
throughs for the Aggies in the
440 hurdles.
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