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9 ie. Tl( four lj and Vomen to swim n national meet THE BATTALION Page 11 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1977 By GLEN JOHNSON iVhat would make a wet and tired man swimmer suddenly gasp for ath and grin from ear to ear? It _ild be that she just won her race, fit could be that she was just told loadiij i Qualified for national competi- ^ [on, irted inlg nce a year the Association of In- collegiate Athletics for Women e oneMAW) holds a national cham- 3 in uXnship swim "f 1661 in which the VI has i|st women in American colleges : and .tod universities compete. deirprtMrhe Amateur Athletics Union ^U) holds two meets each year in nch the best swimmers of all ages e together. AAU qualifying ies are consistently lower than W times because of the wider ety of swimmers competing, n order for a swimmer to qualify nationals, she must beat the time the 24th place swimmer in her mt at the previous national meet, men who make AAU times are o eligible to go to the AIAW npionships. inning places go to the top 16 immers in each event, along with title of all-American, o far this season, seven women the Texas A&M University swim qualified for the AIAW cham- mships. Three women will com- i in individual events, while five enter relays. |Susie Lynde, a junior from La ma, Calif, qualified for the AAU mpionships in the 200-yard indi- lual medley with a time of 1.31, and for the AIAW in the l-yard individual medley with a 1.66. A medley is a race where four strokes are performed. [lynde also qualified for AAU in 200-yard butterfly with a ,51. She is one-hundredth of a md from being eligible in the •yard backstroke and should eno trouble making it, said head ch Dennis Fosdick. Lynde has been to AAU nationals en times since 1970, and to the 172 Olympic trials. She holds M records in the 200-yard kstroke, the 200-yard butterfly the 200-yard individual medley, e set these records last Friday. Lynde has been swimming com- titively for 11 years, eannie Buckles, a junior from iotobyPi#wney, Calif, qualified for the irds fiirr'W nationals in the 50-yard ggies iJctatroke with a time of 28.9 and ;; - i 400-yard medley relay with - : TIES iSSETT! 1.15. • 1 feel very fortunate to be going I nationals,” Buckles said. ‘‘But I fo feel relieved,” she added. She been striving to make nationals the 100-yard backstroke since ming to A&M. Buckles has been swimming mpetitively for 15 years and holds M records in the 50-yard ckstroke, the 100-yard ckstroke, the 400-yard medley lay and the 400-yard freestyle re- GE STAflf ^' s be her second time to 77840 |r m P ete 1° the AIAW nationals. Shirley Hill, a freshman from San [lego, Calif, will be swimming in ie 100-yard freestyle at the AAU ‘11*1 n( l AIAW nationals. She qualified dill nth a time of 53.18. j Hill has been swimming for eight cars and has been to five AAU na- j onal championships. fStacey Pletz, a freshman from puntington Beach, Calif, and Julie [ r ' en * <e > a freshman from San Jose, Jvalif, qualified for the AIAW 1. propionships in the 200- and iSUdl* p-yard medley relays. [Debbie Starr, a junior from Mis- ~ J " |“ ur ‘ City, Tex., and co-captain of he team, along with Jennie Hicks, a eshman from Chula Vista, Calif, f Migible to compete in the 200-, ™ and 800-yard freestyle relays. Most of the women in the relays ould make qualifying times in in- v hj u al events too,” Fosdick said, ^he AIAW nationals are Eneduled to be held March 16-19, Ur 'ng A&M’s spring break, at '■own University in Province, R.I. e AAU nationals are two weeks ate r in Canton, Ohio. Con- e Quently, time ning out for those who hope to make nationals qualifying times yet. The last chance the women will have to make the times will be Feb. 24-26 at the Texas state AIAW championships. The women who qualify are already tapering off their times for that meet by concentrating on faster high-quality swimming rather than long-distance endurance. “The girls are already so good that they will not have to undergo any drastic tapering off,” Fosdick said. For instance, they will not have to shave down for the state meet. Shaving down means shaving off all unwanted body hair that causes drag in the water. There are usually about 40 women from colleges and universi ties all over America who enter each event at nationals. And, it is not un common for A&M to send seven, as it has so far this season. However, for the first time, all signs look fa vorable for the women to place high in the national ranks. “This year they’re going to notice A&M at nationals,” Buckles said. “A&M is going to make its mark up there.” “Doing good at the University of Texas meet was a good sign, and we’ve been improving at every meet,” Shirley Hill said. “I think we’ll do real well at nationals.” One of the reasons A&M has such a good women’s swim team this year is the high quality recruiting by Fosdick. He acquired several women from California when schol arships were made available to women through the Athletic De partment at A&M. “If you are going to compete at a national level, you have to get na tionally qualified people here, and they will not come without schol arships,” Fosdick said. Facilities such as a weight room and two pools to practice in, along with an extensive training program are two other reasons that the female swimmers are better than ever. Naturally, experience will be an asset to the women. Most of them have been to nationals before and know what to expect. All of the conferences across the nation are starting to prepare for the big meets that will bring a close to this season. “Once we see what the rest of our conference and the others in the country look like, we can get an idea of how we ll do at nationals,” Fos dick said. “I feel sure we’ll place in the top 16.” A&M splits with St. Mary Susan Kimbro grabs a free ball and starts heading up court. Kimbro played well in the contest, but it wasn’t enough as the Aggies lost 65-57. Their next game is Friday night against Lamar in Beaumont. Battalion photo by Debby Krenek Southwest Texas stops Ags By DEBBY KRENEK Battalion News Editor The A&M women’s basketball team went cold with three minutes remaining in the game and lost to Southwest Texas State University 65-57. Making only two baskets in the final three minutes, the Aggies blew a tie that had prevailed between the two teams throughout the game. “We missed too many shots right under the basket that we should have been making,” coach Kay Don said. “We took enough shots, but we missed all the easy ones.” The Aggies, who have played six games in the past eight days, were sluggish the entire game. “Part of the reason the game seemed so slow was because we had to use a zone defense to cover their screen plays,” coach Don said. “We have to do a lot of switching in zone and that slows us down.” A&M hit only 38 per cent of its field goal attempts and shot 58 per cent from the line. Southwest Texas scored 45 per cent from the field and 43 per cent from the line. The loss brings the Aggies to a 12-11 season record with three re- Netters finish second The Aggie tennis team was very successful in their first tournament of the year, returning with a second place finish overall. The tourney was held in Beaumont at Lamar University. The Ags number one seed, Charles Emley won all four of his matches while the number two doubles team of Tom Courson and John Kirwan wasted all their oppo nents also in leading the Ags to an early season 3-1 record. A&M ended the match tied with Rice in total miitch fSoifits but the Owls were declared the winners since they beat the Ags 5-4 in the final match. To get to the last round the Ags ousted McNeese State, 9-0 then walked on North Texas State at 8-1 pace and then doubled host Lamar 6-3. The next match for A&M is this weekend when they travel to San Antonio to play Trinity in an indoor match. Trinity has just returned from Los Angeles where they beat the No.2 and No.3 ranked teams in the nation. maining games in the season. A&M previously beat Southwest Texas 63-56 in San Marcos. The Aggies face Lamar this Fri day in Beaumont. They beat Lamar last week here 71-69. “This game should be close be cause Lamar is tough to beat on their own court,” coach Don said. “The game will be rough physically because Lamar is a very aggressive team.” Saturday, the Aggies will be in Houston for their final game on the road. “Playing two games in a row will be hard on the girls, especially since the Friday night game with Lamar will be so physical,” coach Don said. The Aggies placed sixth in the Houston tournament this past weekend, winning two out of four games. They won their first game against Southwest Louisana 91-60 and took a forfeit from Sam Houston for their second win. “The girls played an outstanding inside game and made a high per centage of their shots,” coach Don said. ion The PEANUT GALLERY 813 OLD COLLEGE ROAD 846-1100 WET T-SHIRT NIGHT ? Wednesday 7-9 P.M. 1/2 PRICE BAR DRINKS ALL NIGHT LONG LAKEVIEW CLUB 3 Miles N. on Tabor Road Saturday Night: Gary Van and the Western Caravan From 9 p.m.-1 a.m. STAMPEDE DANCE Every Tuesday and Thursday Nights Ladies $1.00 Men $2.00 All Brands, Cold Beer 40 Cents 8-12 University Cleaners 112 College Main Northgate GET YOUR DANCING CLOTHES READY NOW FOR THE WEEKEND! Dry Cleaning • Alterations • Repairs "A bore is a person who talks when you wish him to listen" cppc CAREER PUNNING AND PLACEMENT CENTER TENTH FLOOR JUDDER TOWER \ SPRINC CUSTOM PORTRAIT SALE The Entire Month Of February BUY THE FIRST PRINT AT THE REGULAR PRICE AND GET A SECOND PRINT THE SAME SIZE FREE Must Be Photographed in February & Ordered by March 15 APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY 846-8019 university studio 115 college main NORTHGATE By STEVE MARTAINDALE Texas A&M’s Aggies and St. Mary’s Rattlers took turns behind strong pitching to split a dou bleheader opening the 1977 baseball season here Tuesday afternoon, both by scores of 2-1. “Our pitching was fine,” said Aggie coach Tom Chandler after the games.“We looked good in the field, too, but we need a lot of work hitting.” Mark Ross picked up the Aggie win with Jim McWilliams being credited with a save in the first game. Ross went five innnings and gave up one hit while McWilliams allowed one unearned run during the final two innings. The outing was the first for both squads this year, leaving 1-1 records for both. Texas A&M will next meet Louisiana State University in a pair of doubleheaders Friday and Satur day in Baton Rouge. Monday the Aggies will be at home to host McNeese for a doubleheader at one o’clock. Ross opened with three consecu tive strikes for the Aggies’ first out, first of four strikeouts for the after noon. The opening game remained in a 0-0 deadlock the first four innings. In the bottom of the fifth inning Shelton McMath sufiered through two strikes and held on for three balls before knocking the 3-2 pitch to the center field fence for a dou ble. With two outs, senior Buddy Grobe singled to center to bring McMath in. Grobe led the Aggies in hitting the first game, going two- for-three. McWilliams went to the mound for A&M at the top of the sixth to strike out the first two Rattlers while the third popped out. The Aggies came to bat with a one run lead and St. Mary’s promptly sent the first two batters back to the bench on flies to center field. Des ignated hitter David Pieczynski reached first on a walk and Bryan native Harry Francis substituted as a runner. Centerfielder Mark Thurmond followed with a single to move Francis to second and left fielder Mike Hurdle rapped a ground-rule double to left-center for a score. Thurmond and Hurdle were stranded on third and second as McMath flied out to center. Aggie catcher Buster Thrner, a sophomore from Liberty-Eylau, cut St. Mary’s efforts to tie the game short with a rifle peg to second base to stop Rattler Marty Zolkoski on an attempted steal. St. Mary’s Danny Heep, the game’s losing pitcher, opened the inning with a walk and reached sec ond on a balk from McWilliams. Right fielder Clay Stolte advanced Heep to third on a sacrifice fly to center and Mike Zamora picked up an RBI when Aggie third baseman Winston Whiddon elected to take a sure out at first and allowed Heep to score. Zolkoski reached first on a walk as the potential tie-runner, but his ef fort to reach second with two outs gave the Aggies their first win. St. Mary’s jumped on top early in the second contest and refused to slow down. Third baseman Charlie Migl grounded a single to left field with two outs and walked to second as Heep received four balls. Stolte picked up the RBI with a single to right before the Aggies retired the side. Turner tied the game for the Ag gies in the bottom of the second after hitting to center for a double. He reached third on a balk and sat there through two Aggie outs. Hur dle dropped a pop-up single behind the shortstop to bring Turner in and knot the score. The two errors in the inning were the only two for the Aggies during the game. Chandler credited Pieczynski and McWilliams, both junior transfers with good performances. Hurdle also received praise for his perform ances. WHAT? Do you mean you have never eaten out at 3-C Corral even once? Tsk, tsk. |RESTAURANT 3-C CORRAL 1808 BARAK LANE — JUST EAST OF 29th ST. 1 ‘Rumors ran through the place . . . Johnny Harra had not been on stage—it was Elvis himself. The squealing increased, the flashbulbs exploded . . Wm. Gallo, Rocky Mountain News, Denver Johnny Harra IN CONCERT Profile of Presley Plus THE HIT MEN in a "Rockin' Review of the '50s" No reserved seats / Buy tickets at: ★ Musiciand (Manor East Mall) ★ Top Drawer (Culpepper Plaza) Shirt Shoppe (University Square) ★ The Gentleman’s Quarter (Town & Country / 29th Street) ★Auditorium Box Office (6pm day of Concert) Civic Auditorium/Bryan/Fri., Feb. 18 & Sat., Feb. 19 at 7:30 & 10 p.m. each night