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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1974 Jones, Peterek eye title defense in conference meet . 1 A By TED BORISKIE Assistant Sports Editor Scottie Jones and David Peterek have two things in common. First, they are both defending champions for the Southwest Con ference Track and Field Meet to be held at the Rice track Saturday. Sec ond, they are both the wrong size for their events. Jones, tipping the scales at 5-9 and 163 pounds, won the 120-yard high hurdles in 13.5 last year, t\yo-tenths of a second faster than the confer ence record. The time didn’t go into the books as a record as the wind was blowing at 6.3 mph, two miles over the limit. Jones, supposedly too small to get over the hurdles easily, compensates whatever time he loses straining to get over the barriers with a blazing fast start and finish. “I’m usually the first one out of the blocks,” said Jones, “and I know that if I’m even with someone over the last hurdle, I can outrun him or out stretch him at the finish.” A high school all-America at Hous ton Elmore High, Jones Was not widely recruited even though he re- Hurdler, vaulter defending champs corded a 13.5 in the highs and a 37.4 think I can get off a good time, ” he in the 330-yard intermediate hur- said, “but I’ve never had a chance to dies. Obviously many colleges didn’t believe he could adapt to the three- inch taller college hurdles because of his lack of physical stature. EXAS ASM David Peterek Scottie Jones “I had a little trouble this year,” said Jones. “I sort of fell into a slump where nothing was working right. I got so discouraged I almost wanted to quit. I don’t think I ran very well at the big three (Texas, Kansas, Drake Relays).’’ Few people could fault Jones’ per formances, however, as he finished fourth at all three meets, twice re cording a 13.6 clocking. He was the highest SVVC finisher in all three. Earlier this year, Jones set a goal of 13.4 for his time this season but now he thinks he can go even faster. “I feel like I can run a 13.2 this year,” said Jones, “but not on the Rice track. It’s a slow track and I’ve never run very fast there.” Jones also expressed an interest in trying the 440-yard intermediate hurdles next year. “I ran a 37.4 330 in high school so I Five top athletes sign with A&M find out. I think running the longer race will be good training for the highs, anyway.” Peterek has got much the same problem as Jones; only in reverse. He’s too big to be a pole vaulter. Peterek is quick to point out that, at 6-3 and 185 pounds, he is rela tively the same size as pro pole vaul ter Steve Smith, who has few peers of any size in the event. Hailing from Gonzales, where he won regionals with a 14-6 vault, Peterek was a walk-on as a freshman in 1972. In his rookie year, he cleared 15-0 and finished fifth in the SWC meet, earning him his first track letter. Last year, he was the suprise of the SWC meet in Austin, clearing 16-0 to take the championship away from defending titlist Bill Smalley of Texas on fewer misses. He also defeated two-time NCAA champ Dave Roberts of Rice as Roberts passed to 16-0 and then failed to clear on any of his three attempts. However it read, it still meant bringing home the pole vault title to College Station. For a while this year, it appeared that Peterek’s success may have all been a fluke as he was unable to clear anything over 15-0 through the first three months of the season. On May 2 in a quadrangular meet in Austin, Peterek began showing signs of the old form as he won his first meet of the year, vaulting 15-6 and handing Texas’ David Shepherd his first de feat by a SWC vaulter. The following weekend at Baylor, he qualified for the NCAA meet by clearing 16-3, just three inches short of the A&M record. “I was never discouraged this year when I wasn’t vaulting well,” said Peterek. “I knew I was doing some things wrong but I saw that I was doing enough other things right that if I kept working at it, sooner or later I could put it all together. That’s what I’m doing now. ” Suddenly, Peterek is a vaulter to be reckoned with, capable of defeat ing anybody in the conference. If he wins again this year, one thing is for certain. It won’t be a surprise. “I think I can clear 17-0 this year, ” said Peterek, “but I might have to get a bigger pole. 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