Tracksters in Dallas Invitational
Injured Aggies face tough national competition
THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 19T4
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By TED BORISKIE
Assistant Sports Editor
The A&M track squad travels
to Dallas this week end with what
might best be called cautious
optimism as they compete in one
of the strongest meets of the year
The Dallas Invitational will
have seven schools competing with
Texas, SMU and Rice represent
ing the Southwest Conference
along with A&M, and Southern
California, Oklahoma State and
University of Texas at El Paso
coming from the Pacific Eight,
Big Eight and Western Athletic
Conferences, respectively.
The Aggies will be without the
services of Sammy Dierschke in
the sprints. Dierschke, runner-up
in the 100-yard dash in the SWC
meet last year, pulled a groin
muscle in the 440-yard relay of
the College Station Relays last
week. Also, halfmilers Horace
Grant and Harold Davis are re
covering from injuries and illness
and will compete only in the mile
relay.
UTEP was the NCAA indoor
track and field champions this
year while USC and Oklahoma
State are traditional track pow
ers. Texas is defending SWC
track champion along with run
ner-up A&M and third place Rice.
The long jump will have to be
one of the featured events with
Olympic gold medal winner Randy
Williams of USC leading the
field. Williams is a 27-foot
jumper but has been unable to
beat out freshman teammate
Gerald Hardemann this year.
Hardemann has a best of 25-6
this season but set a national high
school record last year with a
leap of over 26 feet. Texas’ John
Berry (25-0 l /i) and A&M’s Tom
Owen (24-5*4) are other top com
petitors.
A&M’s Scottie Jones leads the
hurdlers with a time of 13.7 this
year for the 120-yard highs. He
will receive his major competition
from Texas’ Nate Robinson
(13.7) and Randy Lightfoot
(14.5) , A&M’s Shifton Baker
(14.1), and Richard McGilvray
(14.6) , USC’s Bob Coffman and
Mike Johnson (both 14.3) and
Oklahoma State’s Gary Shumski
(14.6) .
The 100-yard dash will see one
of the finest fields of sprinters to
be seen anywhere this year.
SMU’s Gene Pouncy, with a wind-
aided 9.2, has the fastest time
from this season but Oklahoma
State’s Steve Tetten ran a 9.2 last
year and already has a 9.3 to his
credit for ’74. UTEP has a great
corps of sprinters in Chris Gar-
penborg and Errol Stewart, who
have both run 9.3’s, and Rudy
Reid, with a 9.4 clocking. Gor-
penborg tied the world record in
the 60-yard dash this year with
a 5.9. Other top contenders are
A&M’s Charles Dawson (9.5),
Texas’ Overton Spence, Marvin
Nash and Nate Robinson (all
9.4), USC’s Guy Abrahams and
Greg Jones (both 9.5) and Okla
homa State’s Anthony Foster and
Leonard Thompson (both 9.6).
In the 220, UTEP’s Reid (20.6),
Garpenborg (21.0) and Stewart
(21.0) pace the entries with
SMU’s Joe Pouncy (20.8), and
Oklahoma State’s Tetten (21.1)
as top contenders. A&M’s Daw
son will run the distance for the
first time this season.
UTEP’s Larry Jessie leads the
entries in the pole vault with a
mark of 17.0 already this year.
USC’s Robert Pullard, (16-6),
UTEP’s Rick Cott (16-3) and
Texas’ David Shepherd (16-0)
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will challenge while A&M’s Brad
Blair (15-6) and David Peterek
(15-0), Rice’s Mike McElveen
(15-6) and Texas’ Greg Hackney
(15-0) are other top vaulters.
In the intermediate hurdles,
Rice’s Chuck Hodge has the best
time with a 52.2, with Oklahoma
State’s Shumski (52.6) and
A&M’s Shifton Baker (53.1) and
Craig McPhail (53.8) providing
the main competition.
USC has a pair of high jumpers
who have cleared seven feet this
year in Jerry Culp and Dean
Owens. A&M’s Phil McGuire
(6-10) and Don Riggs (6-8) will
be the strongest competition.
Rice freshman Herb Kinney
paces the 440-yard dashmen with
a time of 47.3. Other top quarter-
milers include Glenn Goss (47.8)
and Don Sturgal (47.9), Okla
homa State’s Shumski (47.9),
UTEP’s Frank Munene (4715)
and Jesse Kemp (47.7) and
A&M’s Doug Brodhead (48.1).
Texas rules supreme in the
distances with five top milers and
four top three-mile times. Run
ning for the Longhorns will be
Paul Craig (4:04.9, 13:48.5),
Reed Fischer (4:05.4, 14:02.8),
Tim Patton (4:07.1, 13.52.4),
Mark Klonower (4.08.0, 14:00.0)
and Bill Goldapp (4:09.0). Other
top distance men include Rice’s
Steve Schroeder (4:08.8) Bob
Nellums (4:10.3) and Jeff Wells
(13:49.2), UTEP’s Wilson Wai-
gwa (3:57.2), Paul Pearson (13:
50.2) and Larry Brown (13:53.0),
SMU’s Jeff Dixon (14:04.8) and
Oklahoma State’s Mike Manke
(4:06.9) and John Holderman
(4:10.7).
Where I Stand
the views of Bob Bell
candidate for mayor of College Station
I
City Goals and Objectives:
There are some very basic goals which College Station
needs to achieve and I am pledged to support these goals:
1. An active beautification program for city owned
lands, roadways, and public areas. Individuals will
be encouraged to participate in a city-wide beauti
fication program.
2. Parks and public recreation areas are not adequate.
An expanded program of year round recreation for
citizens of all ages is needed but College Station
needs to provide parks, public meeting facilities, and
perhaps it will be possible to erect a community cen
ter which will include a public library within a few
years. A study by local citizens must begin imme
diately.
3. The most efficient use of city personnel and the most
effective allocation of city funds must be given first
consideration. The rapid growth of College Station
means decision and plans made now will have greater
impact on the direction of tomorrow’s city.
His son, Matthew, attends College Station Public Kinder
garten and his son, Michael, attends French’s Wee Aggie-
land School.
Vote for Bob Bell for Mayor of College Station, Tuesday,
April 2, 1974.
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TOM OWEN stretches high into the air to come up with a
persona] best of 24-5 1 /i last week at the College Station Re
lays. He will have his work cut out for him this week as he
competes against Olympic gold medalist Randy Williams at
USC at the Dallas Invitational Track meet. (Photo by Kathy
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Elect Bravenec, Place 5, Tuesday, April 2
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Intramural track
set for Monday
The Intramural Department
All-University track meet will be
held Monday afternoon at 6:00
at Kyle Field.
Highlights of the qualifying
meet this week included Lester
Hayes’ record-breaking 9.8 in the
100-yard dash running for Black
Awareness Committee.
Hayes also coasted to a new
intramural record in the 220-
yard dash with a 22.0.
Also a new record was Bradley
Kohl’s 2:00.02 in the 880-yard
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