THE BATTALION
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1977
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Lyn Byrd clears the bar at 6-6, yet finished
secondtoTexas’ Bob Keith. The Aggies won
B^rac^rTphoto by Molly McMillan
the dual meet with Texas 68-64. (See related
story page 10).
By STEVE MART AIN DALE
Two days of collegiate wrestling
were over and the gym emptying !
after the second annual Southwest
Conference Tournament, but
wrestlers from Texas A&M Univer
sity and Richland College were still
waiting for the final results to be an
nounced.
Richland had already proven it
self dominant on the basis of indi
vidual first place finishes, having
won four divisions to the Aggies’
one. But, a strong showing in the
runner-up category meant the dif
ference as the Aggies totaled 24
points to Richland’s 23.
Texas Tech finished third with 18
points, followed by 16 points from
the University of Texas, four from
Southwest Texas, four from the
University of Texas at El Paso and
one point from Texas Christian Uni
versity. San Antonio College and
Huston-Tillitson also participated
but failed to score.
“We were pretty far ahead going
into the finals,” said Aggie coach
Jim Giunta. “But we went head-up
with Richland three times and lost
them all.”
Points in a tournament are ac
cumulated as a wrestler advances
through his weight bracket, gaining
more points for a pin than a deci
sion.
Bob Hines had the only win for
the Aggies, winning an 8-1 decision
over Texas Tech’s Tom Abbrecht.
Hines competed in the 126 pound
division. A division’s limit is a
maximum weight.
Work continues now as the teams
prepare for the Texas Collegiate
Championships, scheduled March
4-5 and hosted by Texas Christian
University in Fort Worth.
Basically the same teams will be
competing in this final tournament
of the season, but Giunta said he
hopes the race isn’t quite as close.
“The state tournament should be
about the same thing,’’ he said.
“Except, we should have someone
in the 177 (pound division).”
Steve Marchang somehow missed
the ride to Austin Friday and the
Aggies had to go without anyone in
the 177 pound division.
Also, Texas A&M suffered some
close losses that the second-year
coach said may be reversed.
Rick Vigue, A&M’s wrestler in
the 118 pound classification, had
one of those narrow losses. After de
feating Lafect Campbell of Richland
College twice earlier this season,
Vigue was beaten by Campbell
twice last week. Thursday night
Richland visited College Station and
Vigue was on the short end of a 7-6
score. In Austin, he was defeated
8-7.
“Rick should be beating this kid
(Campbell),” Giunta said. “He’s just
a better wrestler. I’m afraid he’s
psyched himself. I feel that if he had
never met Lafect, he wouldn’t have
any trouble.”
Bob Benevento took the toughest
loss. He met Richland’s Barry
Hyder in the 134 pound division
and they finished the three regula
tion (three minute) periods at a 6-6
tie. To decide a winner, the officials
reviewed the wrestlers’ individual
records for the tournament. But
since both had pinned all their op
ponents, it was decided to go
through another match. Hyder won
the second one and the cham
pionship along with it, 5-3.
Vigue and Benevento both
finished second.
Jack Cliff, the Aggie representa
tive at 142 pounds, also picked up
second place points, losing a 3-2 de
cision in the finals.
The 150 pound division was the
only one where the Aggies failed to
place, save the 177 pound division
where they were not represented.
Jay Clements picked up the Ag
gies’ only third place finish, losing
on an unnesessary roughness. Cle
ments, according to Giunta, threw
his opponent to the mat too hard
and was penalized for it. The oppo
nent was asked if he could continue
and took the win when he said he
couldn’t.
Blair Monhollon took a 7-3 beat
ing from Texas Tech’s Rock Robin
son to finish with second place
points. Robinson was later named
the Most Valuable Wrestler.
ogs ranked seventh
United Press International
he confrontation with the Texas
[ Aggies tonight in College Sta-
i will be the last action for the
nsas Razorbacks for 10 days.
[And the speculation will be in-
during that period as to
jhether the layoff will be adverse or
pneficial to the seventh-ranked
orbacks.
year the Aggies prevailed
ring the regular Southwest Con-
ence (SWC) season and, after
10 days off, were downed by
iTech in the finals of the SWC
nament.
here are advantages and disad-
ntages either way,” said Arkansas
ch Eddie Sutton. “There is the
inger of being stale after the layoff,
but obviously there is the danger of
being weary after playing two
straight nights before reaching the
finals.”
Arkansas’ last regular season
game of the year could be one of its
tougher tests in conference play.
Going to College Station is never
much fun in the first place and Ar
kansas has not won there since
1959.
But if the Razorbacks prevail as
expected they will conclude their
regular campaign with a 25-1
record—the most wins ever for an
Arkansas club—and will become the
first team in 21 years to win all of its
SWC games.
Elsewhere in the conference to
night Houston 12-3 will be at Baylor
olfers are currently
It Lamar meet in fifth
|The Texas A&M golf team
nished the first round of the Lamar
Jitercollegiate Golf Tournament in
|fth place behind tournament
ader University of Houston.
[The Aggies tallied 455 strokes for
Je first 27 boles, just 11 strokes be-
ind Houston, who carded a 444 for
| ie first day’s action.
The other top five teams include
ice who totaled 450 strokes, fol
lowed by St. Thomas and Louisiana
Jtate University who tied for third
1 ith 451. Fourth and fifth place
were taken by the University of
Texas and Texas A&M who finished
with 453 and 455 totals respectively.
Individual leader for the tourna
ment is Jim Diaque of Rice, who
finished with an even par total of
108.
No A&M player figured in the in
dividuals leaders for the first round
of play.
The final 27 holes of the 54-hole
tournament will be played today at
the Pinewood Country Club in
Beaumont.
5-10, Rice 3-12 visits Texas 7-8 and
Texas Tech 11-4 travels to SMU 7-8.
The results of those contests will
decide the final placings in the
SWC, which, in turn, will deter
mine the pairings for next Satur
day’s opening round of the leagues’
post-season tournament. Arkansas,
by virtue of its regular season
championship, has earned a bye to
the finals on March 5.
Houston and Texas Tech will host
two of Saturday’s games while Texas
A&M, Texas and SMU are in the
running for the other two host roles.
And while all those clubs are
battling it out during the next week
and a half, Arkansas will be sitting
by awaiting its challenger for the au
tomatic berth in the NCAA tourna
ment.
The theory among some of those
involved with the Arkansas athletic
department is that the wait will do
Arkansas some good.
Arkansas went to Houston early
this month and had to rally for a
two-point win over the 19th ranked
Cougars. And Houston would like
very much to have another crack at
Arkansas, since the Cougars would
have the home town advantage in
the SWC finals.
But, the feeling in Arkansas goes,
the Razorbacks were not at their
best in their last meeting with
Houston because it was their fourth
game in nine days. This time, the
belief continues, Arkansas will be
fresh and, with a few fierce work
outs, will be primed for the finals.
Women tracksters
defeat Texas 73-54
By CAROLYN BLOSSER
Linda Cornelius, the versatile
star of the Texas A&M women’s
track team, captured first place in
four events to lead the Aggie
women past the University of Texas
73-54 in their dual meet held here
last Saturday.
Cornelius, a sophomore transfer
from the University of Nevada-Las
Vegas, won the long jump, 100 yard
dash, 100 meter hurdles and 220
yard dash, all breaking school rec
ords. She also placed third in the
high jump and ran the third leg on
the winning 440 yard relay team.
Her outstanding performances
accounted for 22-1/4 of A&M’s total
points. Last year Cornelius won
fourth place in the pentathlon in the
Association of Intercollegiate Ath
letics for Women National Meet.
Her winning leap of 18-8 in the long
jump Saturday qualified her for this
year’s Nationals in that event.
Julie White, Cindy Bartlett and
Sande Lambert teamed up with
Cornelius to win the 440 yard relay
with a time of 49.6. White, a
freshman from Arlington, also won
the 880 yard run with a time of
2:19.5.
Bartlett, a freshman from Dallas,
captured second place in the 440
yard Intermediate hurdles, while
Lambert, a freshman from Clear
Lake, took third in the 100 meter
hurdles and long jump.
A&M’s Martha Sartain clocked
5:19.6 to place second in the mile
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run, while Cathy Cocke took third.
Sartain, a sophomore from Irving,
also took second in the two mile run
ahead of third place finisher Kim
Mallory.
In the mile relay, A&M’s team of
White, Bartlett, Jackie Soward and
Trenda Burgess finished second,
but their time of 4:08.6 broke a
school record.
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man’s throw of 125 -8” won first in
the discus, while Iris Tipton took
second and Sammie Logan placed
third. Tipton captured first in the
shot put with a throw of 40’2-l/2”
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Lyman third.
A&M’s Jan Chesbro cleared 5’4”
to win first place in the high jump.
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to jump 5’5” to qualify for Nationals
later this year in Los Angeles.
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team will travel to Beaumont to
compete in the Lamar University
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