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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY B, 1974 Page 7 that shi, ' C6*; f6ct au( in Matci npany 1 •ee" ifusedtij either i the striii '! f i i h A&M finishes third in SWC indoor track meet Freshmen Don Riggs, Brad Blair guide Aggies to surprising finish Heavily-favored Texas had no trouble in running past everyone in the First Annual Indoor South west Conference Track and Field Championships in Fort Worth Friday. Winning 10 of the 15 events the Longhorns easily outdistanced second place Baylor, outscoring the Bears, 96-43. A&M finished a surprising third, failing to win a single event but finishing second in several. Perhaps the most impressive of all was freshman pole vaulter Brad Blair. 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Peterek, defending SWC pole vault champion, was among those who missed at the first mark) Blair managed to outdo Texas’ Greg Hackney with a career best of 15-0 and finish second behind Longhorn David Shepherd’s 15-5%. “It feels great,” said Blair of his SWC debut. “I hope to be go ing over 16 feet before the year, is out.” Scottie Jones, A&M’s other de fending champ, was defeated in the 60-yard hurdles by Texas’ Randy Lightfoot. Jones and Lightfoot are rated among the nation’s top hurdlers and, both being juniors, have built quite a rivalry the past two years. Jones won the 120-yard high hurd les in the conference meet last year, so Lightfoot’s victory Fri day is already setting the stage for another big showdown in the May 18 SWC meet in Houston. A&M managed a firm grip on second place in the 600-yard dash when Horace Grant was edged by the Longhorn’s Rudolph Griffith. Married for less than a month and even introduced as “the new lywed,” Grant came close to out- gunning the defending SWC 880- yard dash champ in the final 100 yards but finished a mere tenth of a second behind Griffith’s 1:12.3. In the final running event of the night, the Aggies’ mile relay team finished second to the ever present orange and white again. Grant gave A&M a four-yard lead on the first leg which Gerald D’Ambrosio managed to maintain despite a strong challenge by Texas David McKee. Running a great third leg Doug Brodhead gave Sammy Dierschke a 10-yard lead over the ‘Horns’ Don Strugal, who had previously won the 440- yard dash. Sturgal possessed a bit too much of a finishing kick for the Sealy sprinter and passed a rapidly-tiring Dierschke in the final 50 yards to give Texas the event. After the mile relays the fans began filing out of the stands and maintenance men began dismant ling the track but the meet con tinued as the high jump finals were still being conducted. How ever, A&M was a near miss once again as Phil McGuire and fresh man Don Riggs finished second and thirrd, respectively. Baylor freshman Kevin De Lorey won the event with a leap of 6’- 10”. McGuire and Riggs each went 6-8 and with the same number of misses but McGuire was awarded second on the basis of having greater success at the beginning height. “I’ve been jumping 6-8 for three years now,” said McGuire, “and I’m getting tired of it. I’d better clear 6-10 pretty soon.” McGuire did clear 6-10 in 1972, his freshman year, but an injury to his ankle hindered his spring and he spent most of last year be coming frustrated on not getting his timing down. He doesn’t seem bothered by the injury any longer and he should be returning to top form in the near future. Riggs is a walk-on who came to A&M hoping for success on the basketball team. He was cut be fore the season started and de cided to try out for the track team instead. Carrying a career best of 6-2 in the high jump, he clear ed 6-8 in his first meet last De cember. Clearing the height again Friday proved that the phenomen al improvement was not a fluke and now Riggs has his eyes on seven f»et this year. A 10-inch improvement might seem to be quite a difficult task had he not already attained three- fifths of his goal. SO-Yard High Hurdles: 1. Manay Lightfoot, Texas, 7.2; 2. Scottie Jones, A&M, 7.3; 3. Nate Robinson, Texas, 7.3; 4. Mike Fulghum, Rice, 7.5; 5. Jimmy Gailey, Baylor, 7.6. 60-Yard Dash: 1. Gene Pouncy, SMU, 6.1; 2. Overton Spence, Texas, 6.2; 3. Zoe Simpson, Rice, 6.2; 4. Danny Teatt, Houston, 6.3; 5. Elijah Davis, Arkansas, 6.3. Mile Run: 1. Walker Lea, Baylor, 4:15.3; 2. Reed Fischer, 4:15.6; 3. Randy Melancon, Arkansas, 4:16.5; 4. Rom Aspel, Arkansas, 4:22.6; 5. Jesse Mallanado, Texas, 4:23.9. 440-Yard Dash: 1. Don Sturgal, Texas, 49.2; 2. Rufus Shaw, SMU, 50.2; 3. Michael Carter, Baylor, 50.3; 4. Kerry Smith, Texas, 50.3; 5. Tony Harris, Tech, 50.6. 600-Yard Dash: 1. Rudolph Griffith, Texas, 1:12.3; 2. Horace Grant, A&M, 1:12.4; 3. Tim Son, Baylor, 1:12.8; 4. Glen Goss, Texas, 1:13.2; 5. Larry Gnatzig, Houston, 1:14.4. Pole Vault: 1. David Shepherd, Texas, 15-5%; 2. Brad Blair, A&M, 15-0; 3. Greg Hackney, Texas, 14-6. (Only three men cleared qualifying height). Shot Put: 1. Dana LeDuc, Texas, 62-6%; 2. Bishop Dolegiewecz, Texas 60-5%; a Ken Stadel, Rice, 56-5; 4. Don Randall, SMU, 53-1%; 5. Craig Carter, A&M, 51-2%. Long Jump: 1. John Berry, Texas, 23-5%; 2. Mike Shivers, Baylor, 2ai; | 3. Ricky Thompson, Baylor, 2ai; 4. Nate Robinson, Texas, 22-11; 5. Steve Pritchett, Tech, 22-1. Two-Mile Relay: 1. (Carlos Cribbs, John Hoover, Paul Stevens, Mark Law less); 7:54.8; 2. Texas (Paul Craig, John Craig, Bill Doldapp, Rudolph Griffith), 7:54.9; 3. Tech (Luther Mays, Terry Pendleton, Mark Freeman, Hugh Jones); 4. A&M (Ron McGonigle, Jacob Yemme. Adolph Tinaan. Pat Bradley) 7:58.0; 5. Houston (James Newton, George Behrens, David Brennan, Wayne Brennan); 8:00.5. 800-Yard Dash: 1. Niall O'Shaughnessy, Arkansas, 1:56.8; 2. Mark Klonower, Texas, 1:57.1; 3. Phil McClendon, 1:57.5; 4. Sonny Rollo, Baylor, 1:57.6; 5. Jose Baez, Houston, 1:58.7. Two-Mile Run: 1. Tim Patton, Texas, 9:15.9; 2. Jeff Wells, Rice, 9:17.8; 3. Tom Birch, Houston, 9:22.1; 4. Ron Hendee, Arkansas, 9:22.2; 5. Bill Brodhead, Houston, 9:23.9. Mile Relay: 1. Texas (Kerry Smith, David McKee, Billy Jackson, Don Sturgal), 3:19.9; 2. A&M (Horace Grant, Gerald D'Ambrosio, Doug Brodhead, Sammy Dierschke), 3:20.4; 3. Houston (Wayne Johnson, Mike Williams, Larry Gnatzig, Freddie Lewis), 3:21.8; 4. Tech (Joe Aldridge, Randal Hall, William Pierson, Tony Harris), 3:22.1; 5. Arkansas (Robert Owens, Steve Hall, Rex Guynn, Jerry Smith), 5:23.3. Point totals: Texas 96, Baylor 43, Arkansas 21, A&M 26, SMU 15, Houston 14, Rice 12, Tech 10. SUSAN JOHNSTON prepares for a dive in becoming the first woman to compete for A&M in a Southwest Con ference sanctioned sport. The 19-year-old freshman dove even though she had suffered a sprained ankle earlier in the week. (Photo by Gary Baldasari) Tankers split pair of meets; JupfnamA* first SWC women compete Eddie Dominguez ’66 Joe Arciniega ’74 ' TRY OUR LUCK —JOIN US! /f IV The A&M swimming team split a couple of dual meets but pro duced a milestone when a 19- year-old Susan Johnston became the first woman ever to compete for Texas A&M in a Southwest Conference sanctioned event. The Aggies were defeated by the Texas Longhorns in Austin Friday night but rebounded to defeat the Rice Owls, 94-19, in a Saturday afternoon meet at P. L. Downs Natatorium. Johnston’s debut proved to be a bit inauspicious as she was edged out of the money by Rice’s Mary Sharpe in the one-meter diving. Sharpe was the first wo man to compete a SWC sport a month ago but Saturday was the first time two women com peted against each other in the conference’s 60-year history. In Austin, senior co-captain Steve Prentice won both the 200- yard individual medley and 200- yard backstroke with a record- breaking performance in the I.M. His time of 2:00.41 broke Lester Hamann’s 2:00.72 record set last year and his 1:58.4 in the back- stroke came within one tenth of a second of breaking the school record for that distance, set by Prentice last year. Doug Meaden took the 100- yard freestyle in 48.66 and was second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.34. Scott Jones and Bill Cunning ham placed 1-2 in the 50-yard freestyle while Cunningham plac ed second in the 100-yard free style and Steve Moore placed third in the 200-yard breast stroke. Saturday all eyes were on Johnston as only two members of A&M’s traveling squad swam against the Owls. 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