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College Station, Texas
Thursday, March 1, 1973
THE BATTALION
Ag Swimmers Gun For Third
In Southwest Conference Meet
By KEVIN COFFEY
Assistant Sports Editor
A&M swimmers will be gun
ning for a repeat of last year’s
third place performance in this
weekend Southwest Conference
swimming championships in Fort
Worth.
The meet, which will be held
in TCU’S new pool, will run today,
Friday and Saturday.
SMU, winner of the title every
year since 1956, is again the fav
orite with Texas picked for sec
ond.
As for the Aggies, it will be a
tight race for the third spot
but coach Dennis Fosdick thinks
A&M has the edge. “Texas Tech,
Houston and Arkansas will really
battle us for that third spot,” said
Fosdick, “but I think we have
the inside track. We have been
swimming well in practice all
week.”
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Coach Dennis Fosdick
A&M has a much better team
than last year’s but the confer
ence has improved also, according
to Fosdick. “Times that won two
years ago will be very lucky to
get into the consolation round.”
A&M’s strength lies with Steve
Prentice in the 100 and 200 yard
backstrokes and the individual
medley relay. Prentice has a good
chance for high point honors in
the three-day event.
Other Aggie bright points in
clude Eric Wolff in the 100 and
200 yard freestyle, Doug Meaden
in the 100, 200 and 1650 yard
freestyle, Carl Yates in the 100
and 200 yard freestyle, Lester
Hamann in the 100 and 200 yard
butterfly, medley relay team and
the 800 yard free relay team.
Last year four A&M swimmers
had times good enough to enter
the NCAA finals. This year Fos
dick said that number may
double.
Diving is the weak spot of the
Aggies, said Fosdick. Last year’s
divers managed only four points
in the conference meet. “We just
don’t have a top, experienced
diver,” Fosdick explained, “but
I think they will do better than
last year.”
“There is a lot of strategy in
figuring out who to swim in what
events,” said Fosdick. “We out
guessed everybody last year and
finished better than anybody ex
pected but they will be looking
for us now.”
The conference meet consists
of 18 events, opposed tto the 13 in
dual meets. A swimmer may be
entered in all events but may only
swim in three.
Trials are run for each event
with the top six swimmers ad
vancing to the finals and the
next six entering the consolation
finals.
In order to get ready for the
meet, A&M swimmers will shave
all the hair from their arms, chest
and legs. “It helps get you
psyched and gives a better feel
of the water,” said Fosdick.
“I don’t know if we have rested
enough,” said Fosdick, the 1972
Coach of the Year. “We’ve been
having two workouts a day for
seven months now and I hope it
pays off.”
Other Aggie swimmers making
the trip include Mike Hicks, Dav
id Donnell, Don Wedermann, Ken
Bus, Mike Vanderhurst, Doug
Adamson, Lee Davis, Mike Mc-
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By MICHAEL BRUTON
Steve Prentice said he is con
fident about the upcoming South
west Conference swim meet.
Prentice, a junior, has quali
fied for the NCAA swim meet in
the 100 yard backstroke every
season that he has been at A&M.
He was an All-American at South
times of 5.3 seconds in the 100
yard backstroke, 1:58.7 in the
200 yard backstroke and 2:01.3
in the individual medley.
Prentice also performed on the
400 yard medley relay team which
set a school mark of 3:38.3. Other
members on that team were Doug
Carson, Lester Hamann and Eric
Wolff. All but Carson, who gradu
ated, will be performing on the
relay in the conference meet.
Steve Moore replaces Carson on
that team.
Prentice is very modest about
his achievements. “I’ve done pret
ty good, but a lot of the team’s
overall output belongs to my
teammates.”
He said that SMU and Texas
will be top contenders for the
conference title. “SMU has tre
mendous depth and Texas has
some quality swimmers but we’ve
been looking good in our work
outs lately,” said Prentice.
So far this season, he has the
best time in the 100 yard back-
stroke of the times reported in
the conference. He also ranks
third in the 200 yard backstroke
and 200 individual medley. “I
Houston High School in the same
event. He holds three individual
school records at A&M, with
think I can win the 100 yard
backstroke, but I am not as cer
tain about the other events,”
Prentice said.
He had many good things to
say about his coach, Dennis Fos
dick, and teammates concerning
the upcoming meet. “Coach Fos
dick has always been good about
bringing in great swimmers," he
said. This is no exception as a
lot of freshmen are expected to do
well in the meet.
High school All-America Jim
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of freestyle events. Nash Dowdle
and Steve Moore will be in the
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with Prentice. Larry Schueckler
and Mike Vanderhurst are strong
entries in the 200 butterfly. Casey
Cutler looks good in the distance
freestyles and in the sprints will
be Ken Bus, Don Wedermann and
Tom Heholt.
get it together,’ and this year
we’re wearing sun visors that
read ‘Texas A&M Aquatics.’ Lit
tle things like that really gets
us ready.”
He said that things could get
pretty close in some of his events.
An important announcement to every
student in the health professions:
Prentice said that the Aggie
swim team is really up for the
meet. “The whole team is ready
to get the job done at the confer
ence meet,” he said. “Last year
we wore buttons that read: ‘Let’s
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