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Texas A&M Cross Country
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THE BATTALION Page 7
TUESDAY, NOV. 11, 1975
By PAUL McGRATH
Battalion Sports Editor
Disappointing. That has to be the
only word to describe the perfor
mance of the Texas A&M Cross
Country team yesterday as nine
teams ran for the Southwest Con
ference crown.
The Aggies of Coach Ted Nelson
finished a bow-your-head fifth with
107 points. Arkansas won the team
title with 36 points followed by
Texas with a score of 74. Rice and
Texas Tech tied for third, but the
Owls received the number three
spot because of a higher finish by
their sixth man. Only the first five
across the line for each squad count
for the team score.
The Aggies were only two points
behind the Owls and Red Raiders
while a mere four marks ahead of
sixth place Houston. SMU, Baylor
and TCU rounded out the team re
sults.
The Hogs’ Randy Melancon cop
ped the individual title, beating
Rice’s Jeff Wells, the man who has
won that distinction for the past two
years.
Arkansas did an excellent job of
running as a pack, having their first
five men finish in the top 13. Three
of their runners placed in the top
ten.
A&M had Bruce Smith and Man
fred Kohrs place sixth and seventh
in the four-mile race held in Hous
ton at the Glenbrook golf course.
They came in at 19:22 and 19:25
respectively. Melancon’s winning
time was 18:51.
Four runners broke the course
record of 19:20 while 20 harriers
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broke 20 minutes. Interestingly
enough, 12 of the first 20 finishers
have their home residence in
another country. Four are from Ire
land, four from England, two from
Canada, and two from South Africa.
In addition to Smith and Kohrs,
Kyle Heffner came in 24th, Lane
Mitchell crossed at 31st and Charles
Cottle was 39th.
The Aggies could have very easily
finished third had Jacob Yemme ran
as a declared runner. Yemme said
his ankle was bothering him and
Nelson had him run undeclared,
that is, not representing a team.
As it turned out, Yemme finished
well ahead of A&M’s fifth man Cot
tle. Yemme’s points would have
pushed the Aggies into the third
spot.
Kohrs was about the only bright
part of an otherwise dreary day for
the A&M harriers. This race was his
best this year, cutting more than a
minute off his previous best time.
“We had a had day,’ said a de
jected Nelson who visualized hopes
of a higher finish. “We didn’t run
well.
Cottle seemed tight while he was
running and ran a poor race consid
ering he was predicted to make the
first ten easily. But it was not to be.
The Aggies are not through for
the year, though. Next Monday
they go to Austin for the District VI
meet that determines the Qualifiers
for the NCAA meet to he held at
Penn State. The top four teams and
first 30 finishers will qualify.
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, Yemme heads home
Jacob Yemme of A&M strains for the finish line in the SWC
cross country meet. A&M placed fifth overall.
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By PAT EDMONDSON
Battalion Sports Ariter
Elated after a comfortable 36-3
pounding of Southern Methodist
University, linebacker Ed Simonini
spoke optimistically of the Aggies
performance. “I’m satisfied, said
the two year all-American. “Basi
cally, we entered the game thinking
about winning our eighth straight
and remaining undefeated.
After viewing Simonini and his
devasting crew at work, it is becom
ing seemingly apparent why the
Cadets are atop the Southwest Con
ference and have nosed their way
into the number three spot in the
national polls.
“Our defense continues to amaze
me every week, commented quar
terback Mike Jay, who had quite a
field day himself. “Its a thrill just to
sit on the sidelines and watch
them.
Simonini led the defensive attack
with an interception and return of
48 yards for his first career
touchdown. “We blitzed the cor-
nerbacks all afternoon, he said.
“We knew that if we could keep the
pressure on that we could shut them
down. And that s what we did.
Pat Thomas had his usual after
noon, intercepting two aerials and
recovering a fumble. On the latter
steal, Thomas hit the receiver, fell
on his hack in the process and found
the ball float aimlessly into his
hands. “The hall hit him in the
hands (receiver), ’ said Thomas. “I
happened to react to the play. 1
looked up and there was the hall.
Sophomores David Bairington
and Steve Spitzenberger filled in for
the injured Jimmy Dean and per
formed admirably. “Jimmy Dean s
place is a hard place to fill, said
Spitzenberger. “We had a tough job
controlling them in the first half, hut
then we made some adjustments.
“They changed their offense
somewhat in the second half,
added Bairington. “We had to
change our defense a little hit.
Yeah, they hurt us a couple of times
today, but I think we were allright
overall.
Mark Dennard replaced Henry
Tracy and saw his first action as a
starter. “I didn’t get much sleep last
night, said Dennard. “1 think I fi
nally got to sleep about 4 a.m.
“I was pleased with the work of
the youngsters who forced into
starting positions because of in
juries, Coach Emory Bellard said.
“I think they played well.
“They ran every thing as we ex
pected, said linebacker Robert
Jackson. “They came out with the
wishbone and stayed with the
wishbone.
Mike Jay, the ex-Marine from
Torrington, Wyoming, came off the
bench for the injured David Ship-
man and executed well. “We knew
that their reactions would he.
Throwing as much as we did was
definately apart of the game plan.
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Battalion Sports Writer
The Texas A&M’s women’s vol
leyball team is busy preparing for
the state tournament coming up this
weekend at Austin.
Coach Laura Kitzmiller thinks
this will he one of the toughest tour
naments in the last eight years.
“Many of the teams are at the
same level as far as skill is con
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The teams will be divided into
four pools or divisions, with the top
two teams in each going on to the
finals. In their divisional matches,
A&M will be facing Texas Women’s
University, University of Texas, and
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The Aggies are coming off a dis
appointing performance at the U. T.
Arlington Invitational last weekend,
where they failed to reach the finals.
The team has been going through a
pattern lately of doing badly one
weekend and coming back strongly
the next.
As Coach Kitzmiller puts it, “Last
weekend was our bad weekend, so
state should he fantastic.’’
The players agree. Junior Mardi
Alexander says, “We re in a hard
pool but we have the ability and
potential. If we play the way we
should and can, we should win it."
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