Page 6 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1975
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Has long way home
Tingan must stretch 880
By NICK VOINIS
Staff Sports Writer
How would you like to have to
run the 880 in 1:49-1:50 just to be
able to go home and visit your fam
ily? First of all not many of us are as
talented and able to run that fast.
Second of all most of us aren’t from
Ghana.
Texas A&M trackster Adolph
Tingan will have to accomplish that
feat to visit home this summer. The
junior agribusiness major has not
been to his native country since en
tering school here.
Tingan is hoping to make a good
enough showing to be invited to join
the national team there, this sum
mer. He has the confidence and
credentials to do it.
The native of Lawra, Ghana, will
be running the scratch leg on the
distance medley this weekend at the
prestigious Drake Relays in Des
Moines, Iowa. His best time so far
this season has been 1:52.4 set at the
College Station triangular meet
(A&M, Rice and Houston).
Tingan trained differently at
Lawra’s Waco High School than he
does here for the Aggies. His work
outs were very short and unor
ganized. When track season was
over they didn’t continue work outs
until the next season.
The students at his high school
lived in dormitories. Each dorm
had its own track team and from
there the best teams were picked to
compete in the regionals.
Tingan’s team won the champion
ship his freshman and sophomore
years. In his senior year they tied for
it. The 5-9, 140-pound runner par
ticipated in the 880 and mile runs.
After his high school graduation
Tingan stayed out of school and
tried out for the National team. He
was one of the best student athletes
in the nation during his senior year.
He never got the chance to repres
ent his country but he came close.
He was recruited by three schools
in the United States including the
University of Nebraska and A&M.
His high school coach, an American
Peace Corps member encouraged
his coming to Aggieland, because of
its track tradition and warm climate.
Tingan had a difficult time adjust
ing to the life here. He said his first
week was a disaster because of the
weather conditions and the cultural
shock.
“I was in a different environ
ment,” he replied. “No one spoke
my language, everyone spoke En
glish. I came in thespringand it was
very cold — I wasn’t used to it.
Getting used to the Shisa food
was one other problem. "The Shisa
food was terrible! The food was too
greasy,” he said. “The Cain Hall
food is much better and I have got
ten used to the living here.”
Although Tingan now enjoys liv
ing here he certainly will return
home because of its better oppor
tunities.
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Tingan suffered an ankle sprain
March 8 and wasn t able to partici
pate in meets until last weekend at
the Baylor Invitational. He doesn t
believe it will bother him at the
Drake meet. “It was almost back to
normal last weekend. I think I’m
ready to go now,” he said.
The upcoming Drake Relays will
be Tingan’s third visit to the Des
Moines classic. “It’s really a great
meet,” he said. “You’d think it was a
football game or something. The
people there really know their
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Tingan is planning to go into bus
iness upon his return to Ghana,
hopefully as an American firm rep
resentative. He will graduate in
December of 1976.
“I’m thinking ifl can run well, I’d
like to represent my country in the
Olympics next year, he concluded.
He said it was his dream, and he
would need to run the 880 at a 1:48
clip. “I should be able to run it — it
ought to be no problem.
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Staff Sports Writer
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