THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1977
Page 9
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Texas claims SWC track crown
By PAUL MCGRATH
Battalion Sports Editor
Using Johnny “Lam” Jones’ meet
gh 29 points and a combined
|-% points in the long jump and
^jump, the University of Texas
ed its sixth straight Southwest
jrence track and field title at
n’s Memorial Stadium.
■vas the Longhorns’ 37th crown
t of 62 conference meets. With
I nes only a freshman, one wonders
lerethe Longhorn skein will stop.
Iliach Cleburne Price’s squad to
ed 127-V2 points to Texas A&M’s
3 to take win No. 37. The SWC’s
st win streak is six, accom-
Sjjed twice by Texas Coach Clyde
tHefield and now by Price.
The Aggies of Coach Charlie
Mias battled heroically against
gmslaughts of Jones & Co., but
the end, were no match for the
lent-laden Longhorns.
Jones personally set one SWC
ffid and had a hand in another.
Iformer Olympian blazed to a
,14 in the 220-yard dash prelims,
ring the old mark of 20.7 held
MU’s Billy Foster and A&M’s
|is Mills.
s also anchored Texas’ 440-
rd relay unit to a 39.54 victory,
wing Texas A&M’s old record of
I set in 1970. Jones won the
Mard dash in 9.42 after running
11,33 he prelims and also placed
:h in the long jump with a 24-4
pt effort.
As if this were not enough, he
er anchored the Longhorn mile
i) foursome to a win and a sweep
the relay events. His 45.09 an-
lorleg sparked Texas to a 3:08.24
fflfc from behind victory as Rice
aintained a 12 yard advantage
i len the baton was handed to an-
m' |man Sam Waugh. Waugh’s bril-
^UB46.4 leg was overshadowed by
;eat of the Texas freshman,
e Aggies had depended upon
I strength in the field events to
It Jones and almost pulled off
i|upset. Unfortunately for the
es, Texas produced some field
it muscle of its own — winning
avelin and going one-two in the
jump and taking the third,
and fifth spots in the long
Adding a third place finish in
ole vault and a tie for sixth in
ilhigh jump to the other points
| Texas 46 V2 points in the field
,&M’s 58.
M’s Brad Blair won the pole
It, setting a SWC record with a
■9 effort. The old mark was 16-8
Id by Dickie Phillips of Rice in
170.
PatRuehle and Jerry Strong gave
additional points in the pole
placing second and sixth with
mps of 15-6 and 15-0.
Sggie sophomore Steve Stewart
the discus with the best throw
|iis career, 189-2. Stewart de
ed favored Mark Baughman of
ston, who placed second,
he wind was just right for me,”
>vart said. “It was a line driver’s
Bid, which is what I am.
Bghman is a lofter and the wind
dn't help him.”
ihifton Baker, A&M’s team co-
ptain, high point man and pre
fer hurdler, proved his mettle at
|e meet as he led the Aggies with
I'/i points.
laker ended his A&M career in
rand style, winning 440-yard in-
irmediate hurdles in 51.08. He
'as sixth going into the final 120
|ds, but utilized his superior leg
led into the strong head wind to
e a narrow victory over Rice’s
pis Isiah.
■I wasn’t too worried, ” Baker said
Biis position in the race. “That was
I strategy. I wanted to save some
gth) going into the wind.”
aker placed second in the 120-
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yard highs after grabbing a sizable
lead coming out of the blocks. Doc
King of Rice won the event with a
13.86 while Baker had a 13.92 clock
ing. Baker, running in the fourth
lane, apparently didn’t see King
moving up in lane seven.
“I just didn’t see him. And when I
did, it was too late,” Baker said.
One of the more spectacular races
of the meet involved Jones and
A&M sprinter Curtis Dickey, both
of whom play college football in
their spare time. The race was the
100-yard dash; an event each had
won at the state high school meet a
year earlier.
Both had won their prelim heats
and thus were side by side in the
finals, AAA champion versus AAAA
champion, running back versus
running back.
Dickey was out of the blocks like
a hungry youngster hearing the din
ner bell, taking a five yard lead be
fore the rest of the field had gone
two steps. The pro-Longhorn crowd
dropped its jaws as Dickey ap
peared well on his way to producing
the upset of the meet. But Jones
caught and passed Dickey in the last
15 yards, running a 9.42 to Dickey’s
9.45.
Another dramatic race soon fol
lowed as defending 880 champion
Tony Wheeer of A&M met the chal
lenge of Baylor’s Mark Collins.
Wheeler, injured and sick much
of the year, ran his best race of the
year as he took the lead on the first
lap and struggled to stave off Collins
for 800 yards. Collins, a converted
45.8 quartermiler, had too much
kick for the Aggie sophomore and
took the win in 1:50.82. Wheeler,
who had to be carried from the track
by his teammates following the
race, was second in 1:51.12.
Frank West placed second in the
shot put with a throw of 55-5 Va,
while teammates Randy and Tim
Scott were fifth and sixth.
Freshman Mike Newsom placed
second in the javelin behind Porky
Lyons of Texas with a toss of 217-8
feet on his last attempt. He was
third going into his last throw.
Former Aggie baseball pitcher
James “Hoot” Gibson produced a
203-6 foot toss for fourth place.
With Dickey running the anchor,
the A&M 440-relay squad ran their
best time of the year, placing third
behind Texas and Houston with a
40.18 clocking.
The Aggies’ mile relay unit, con
sisting of Karl Figgs, Chuck Butler,
Baker and Ron McGonigle, ran to a
surprising fourth place finish with a
season’s best time of 3:11.51. The
Aggie quartet was virtually a pickup
team as Thomas had to ask for vol
unteers.
A&M’s hopes were severely
hampered when sprinter Ray
Brooks was injured in the 220 pre
lims, suffering a severe leg cramp.
Brooks had qualified for the 100 and
220 finals and was to have run on
both relays. The Aggies were also
hurt in the distance races as none of
their milers qualified for the finals
and only Wheeler qualified in the
880. In addition, no Aggie runner
placed in the three-mile run.
The distance races saw two SWC
records fall as Arkansas Irish lep
rechaun, Niall O’Shaughnessey,
cracked the four minute barrier
with a 3:49.47. He broke his own
record of 4:02.8 set last year.
Rice freshman Marty Froelick
broke Razorback Randy Melancon’s
year old record of 13:44.9 in the
three-mile with a 13:41.43. He
crossed the tape 14 seconds ahead of
teammate Mike Novelli.
Rice dominated the running
events at the meet, piling up 86
points on the track. However, the
Owls got only six points in the field
to place third in the team standings
with 92.
Houston, the indoor champion,
was fourth with 68 points. Baylor
followed with 40, Arkansas had 32,
Texas Tech had 24, SMU had 7 V2
and TCU had 2 points.
The track season is not yet over
for some teams as Texas will host
Baylor, Houston and Rice in the
Longhorn Invitational this
weekend. The United States Track
and Field Federation meet will be
held in Wichita, Kan. on May 27
and the National Collegiate Athletic
Association meet will be held June 6
in Champaign, Ill.
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