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THE BATTALION
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Aggie swimmers face stiff
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competition
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tenm akonld bo well on the wnp.
Conch Doanio Foodiek, entering
bio oooond ooaooa no bond of the
Acpln owfan proyroat. anjo ho
has word from at least 32 swim
mers who will bo tryin* oat for
the oQood thin foil.
Inc hiding last 7001^0 group of
which only one. Tom Sparks, was
a senior, Foodick expects oror 60
prospects to try for the team
Only shoot IS players can
make the traveling squad and
Foodick says that there is a pos
sibility that ho will hare a B
team, which gives mors swim-
chsnce to compete.
la a rongh
bar one. Their standing 10 more
secure than UCLA's hold on the
basketball crown and that's say
ing something.
Foodick says the University of
Texas at Austin under coach Pat
Patterson, who loft AAM a year
ago to go to accept the head job
at his ahna mater, has recruited
exceptionally well and might ac-
tually threaten 8MU.
The Aggie coach has some top
newpaasers coming also and fools
thdC with a good yoar the Aggies
could move up to third in the race
over a fifth-place finish a year
ago.
college of Baa Mstoo, California,
whom ho eras a teammate af the
Aggies' Fred Mayers, who traaa-
ferred to AAM during the spring.
Ham men was a two-time water
polo All-American sad was aa
All-American in swimming in nt
least six events.
Plana are for him to bo used
in the distance freestyle events,
which Foediek pointed out as one
of the main weaknesses of the,
teem.
Kent Berryman from Seattle.
Wash., is expected to help soften
up another weakness in the but
terfly events. Doug Meodon, from
Houston Memorial, will bo in the
freestyle events for the Aggies
and is a top prospect, the coach
said.
Scott Jones, another newcomer,
is expected to help considerably
in tha backstroke and butterfly.
Jonas is from San Joss, Calif.
Sophomore- to- be Steve Pren
tice heads the returning swim
mers. The Houston product set
three school marks in both back-
stroke events and in the inter
mediate madly.
Steve Prentice
Erie Wolff
with Preatiea at tha Nations!
■wot last spring, holds school
mariu la the 100* and MO yard
fn ■style.
Workouts for the team begin
the first day of school
pointed out, ndding
hoot two water polo
in the fall os k tryo to build up
the sport in the southwest.
Last yoar the Aggioo pouted
a 6-1 record while asserting tl
selves as one of the top ta
in the area. The first of
tournaments will be a m
tourney which will bo open for
fremhn»sn and high school
end the second will bo AAM
hooting the Southwestern Water
Polo championships, Nov. 6-4 at
P. L. Downs Nststorium
Foadick pointed out that the
water polo son son will be a part
of conditioning for the Aggie
swimmers and all the swimmers
will bo out for the team.
Returning from last years
squad include John Allrod, sopho
more; Kim Blakeman, junior;
Doug Carson, junior; Duncan
Cooper, sophomore; Mike Hicks,
Junior; Robart Hitchcock, junior;
Jeff Hughes, sophomore; Gary
Lassiter, freshman; Don Loovar,
junior; Martin Litteken, sopho
more; John McCleary, junior;
Dale McElroy, sophomore; Mike
McLelland, sophomore; Sandy
Me Person, sophomore; Douglas
Osburn, sophomore; Mike Rice,
sophomore; Greg Rippey, sopho
more; Davod Russo, Junior; Dan
Sonnenberg. sophomore; Steve
Sonnenberg, sophomore; Bill Ste
wart, senior; Barry Steusand,
sophomore; Gordon Taylor, >m-
ior; Bob Willoughby, sophomore;
and Wolff.
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