Page 6 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1975
Race against wood, metal
Hurdlers must bear their scars
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By PAUL McGRATH
Staff Sports Writer
A hurdler bears the scars of his
race against the clock. A sprinter
worries only to stay in his lane while
the hurdler competes against wood
and metal.
The hurdles events are usually
one of the more exciting races of a
track meet because certain skills are
required besides speed.
A&M has four hurdlers this year
in the presence of Scottie Jones,
Shifton Baker, Mike Williams and
Richard McGilvary. In Jones, the
Aggies have perhaps an athlete with
world class potential. The 5-10
senior has under his belt the South
west Conference 120-yard hurdles
titles for the last two years.
Jones holds several A&M records
such as a 7.2 time in the 60-yard
indoor hurdles and a 13.5 in the 120,
a mark he shares with Rockie
Woods. He holds the high school
indoor world record for the 120
hurdles with a 13.7 clocking. He
was an All-American at Houston
Elmore which produced another
Aggie trackster, Charles Dawson.
He ran a 13.8 his freshman year at
Elmore and was tied for fourth in
the world his sophomore year with a
13.5. His junior and senior years he
was ranked in the top two in the
nation.
His best time this year has been a
13.9, although he ran a 13.5 split in
the shuttle relay. But, the nemesis
of all thinclads, injury, has found
Jones.
The man who will be earning his
fourth track monogram is limping
around with a rotated femur. The
bone is thought to be out of position
but no x-rays have been taken yet.
“I don t think I’ve gotten proper
attention in the training room at
all,” said Jones.
T’ve gotten some treatment, but
get your speed up at the first hurdle
and build up your momentum.”
“Try never to hit two hurdles in a
row. ” Hitting hurdles is as much fun
to hurdlers as trying to catch jave
lins is to anyone else. “There’s no
thing you can do if you hit one ex
cept to. try to not let it slow you
down too much.”
“Hurdling is not a jump. You
don’t jump, you step. You’re step
ping, not sailing.
“Hurdling takes concentration.
After a while, everything becomes
automatic, it’s just natural.” Wil
liams described the step as becom
ing a “habit.”
“There’s no set correct form. The
most prominent hurdlers like (Rod)
Milburn, use the both arm out
method. Others keep one arm for
ward and one back for balance.
When going over a hurdle, you al
ways try to stay as low as you can. ”
Baker also runs the 440-yard hur
dles which he says “takes the endur
ance of an 880 man.” The ten hur
dles in the 120-yard are spaced ten
yards apart with 15 yard lengths lo
cated at the start and at the finish.
Baker measures the quarter mile
hurdles in steps. He takes 22 steps
to the first hurdles and from there
tries to take between 13 and 17 for
the others. Whereas the 120 hur
dles are 42 inches high, three inches
higher than high school standards,
the 440 hurdles stand three feet tall.
“You usually have to be tall to run
the high hurdles and don’t have to
be tall in the lows,” said Baker.
Jones spoke concerning some of
the competition the Aggie hurdlers
will be facing this year. Baylor has
football player Alcy Jackson slated
in the hurdles and the University of
Houston has SWC indoor champ
Fred Cavitt. Jones has beaten both
men this year.
Baker has an axiom concerning
competition in the hurdles. “In this
race, everyone has got the same legs
and has to run just as far. He (the
competition) might be world class,
but if he hits a hurdle, he’ll be world
class on the ground.”
Even the best of hurdlers must
bear the scars.
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not very thorough. The trainers
don’t give special attention to ath
letes in areas other than football.
We get a lot of guesswork instead of
efficient care. It had gotten to the
point that Coach (Charles) Thomas
had to come into the training room
to help treat our injuries,” said
Jones.
Jones said that Head Trainer Billy
Pickard had given him some pills to
relax his muscles but was not giving
him “the full professional attention
that I need. ”
Jones’ injury is not responding to
treatment and he says, “I really
don’t know when I’ll be able to run
again.”
Shifton Baker and Mike Williams
have happier stories to tell, because
at least they’re healthy. Baker was
all-state and an All-American at
Elgin High School while Williams
had the nation’s best time in the 120
at 13.6 during his four year stay at
Rayburn High in Pasadena.
Baker and Williams explain the
mechanics of hurdling: “The first
hurdle is the most important. You
have to charge it and get over it. You
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