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By PAUL McGRATH
Battalion Sports Editor
A century ago, the canoe was a
common mode of transportation —
used both by Indians and pioneers.
Now it is being utilized for a rela
tively new, grueling, competitive
sport.
The aluminum and fiberglass
crafts are raced over a variety of dis
tances in nearly every state, with
competition split into men’s, wo
men’s and mixed divisions.
Canoe racing should not be con
fused with rowing, although oars are
used in both sports. Canoeing in
volves longer distances — the
course averaging 10 miles for men
and six miles for women.
It is an arduous sport, one which
involves endurance, strength, skill
and a little luck.
A half dozen of these adventure
some folk compete across Texas
while representing Texas A&M in
an unofficial capacity. Although not
recognized as a student organization
by the University, the club mem
bers — mainly Texas A&M graduate
and undergraduate students —
wear maroon and white and refer to
themselves as the A&M Canoe
Club.
The club currently leads the state
in team point standings in both
men’s and women’s divisions, while
the mixed crew is tied for first.
Points are accumulated only during
designated “state” races with 10
points going to the winner, nine to
the second place finisher and so on
down to one point.
There are seven state races and
the A&M team has swept both of
the two already staged — good for
20 points in both divisions.
John Bugge, the team’s coach and
a canoeist since his Boy Scout days
as a pre-teenager, and Mike Schive-
ly, who has raced competitively
in Indiana, comprise the men’s
team. Bugge’s wife Donna and Kay
Edwards pair up for the women’s
team. John and Edwards make up
the mixed team. Two veterinary
students, Terry Stanford and Robin
Harris, have competed in the
novice division, but because they
have been so successful, will soon
have to compete in the men’s cate
gory.
The men’s division is divided into
men’s cruising (where a fast, stream
lined 18 foot fiberglass canoe is
used) and men’s aluminum, which
uses a heavier craft of 17 feet. The
women compete only in the cruising
category.
There is one other category in
which racers compete, termed the
unlimited. Competitors are allowed
to use almost anything that will
float.
“One year we saw a man use car
hoods,” Edwards said of a competi
tor in this division.
While the club takes the sport se
riously — Schively considers it a
loss to finish second — there are
amusing moments.
Last weekend the club competed
in a 72-mile race down the San Mar
cos River with the men winning and
the women placing fifth in a race
where no state points were given.
Along the course, the two women
felt the need to answer the call of
nature and paddled their canoe to a
secluded spot along the shoreline.
Enjoying their imagined privacy,
they discussed what route they
should take and other matters about
the race. Upon returning to their
canoe, they were greeted by a
cheering group of people on the far
bank. Naturally, there were some
reddened faces.
The club works out three or four
times a week on local lakes. Donna
said they practice windsprints for
200 yards to build upper body
strength. They go to the lake near
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Donna “Zig” Bugge and Kay “Zag” Edwards
(in rear) lead Texas’ women’s division in
canoeing and may compete in nationals.
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distance.
Chest and upper body strength is
important in canoeing. “You get
your stroke from your upper chest,
it’s not your arms at all. Donna
said.
She said she' and Edwards gain
strength by training on the Nautilus
weight machine on the A&M cam
pus and by swimming.
Bugge, and Edwards, the state’s
leading women’s team, are nick
named “Zig” and “Zag because in
their novice period they had prob
lems keeping the boat on a straight
“If we hit someone (with the
canoe) they didn’t get mad because
they knew we couldn’t drive,” Ed
wards said.
nationals, A&M is the favorite to be
the Texas representative.
Since canoe race courses cover
different distances and are held on
varying water surfaces, some
strategy is used during a race,
bugge Siiid.
“We always try to get out first, so
we try to get out as fast as we can,”
she said. “Everyone tries to do their
little sprint to get out.
“If you’re behind there are sev
eral strategies you can use to sneak
up on a boat ahead of you or legally
hit their boat. If you’re quiet, they
won’t know you’re coming up on
them because they won’t turn
around if they don’t hear you calling
your changes (the two crewmen al
ternating the sides of the canoe they
paddle ). ”
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Bugge, a mother of two with
another on the way, continues com
peting despite her condition. She
will be five months pregnant, when
she and the team compete in the
national meet in New York on
Aug. 20 and 21.
While some states name their
best team to compete in the national
meet, the Texas Canoe Racing As
sociation sends the team which has
accumulated the most points at the
end of the season and thus earning
the state championship.
There is also a degree of danger to
canoe racing. Edwards said that the
many logs on the San Marcos River
and the treacherous current were
hazards to each competitor. Her
canoe, as well as many others, fell
victim to the river and was over
turned.
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The A&M men’s team will com
pete in a 419-mile race this
weekend, again on the San Marcos
River. The race will last from Satur
day until Wednesday’s deadline of 4
p. m. The A&M team hopes to com
plete the race sometime Monday.
However, this year the national
meet falls in the middle of the sea
son, causing the TCRA to deter
mine the state’s representative by
selecting the team with the most
points at the time of nationals. W ith
only one state race remaining before
There will be no stopping along
the way for food — only water.
ATLANTA — Having to waitte
years to defend his Atlanta Gd
Classic crown didn’t slow Hal:
Irwin down too much.
Irwin shot a 67 for a 15-underf
27.3 that was two strokes higher tk
the tournament record he set
1975 when he won by four shots^
last time it was held.
Steve Veriato, who had a 68-211
was the big surprise. The 30-yea
old Hawaiian out of Texas
University had made the cut in
one of 16 previous tournament hi
this year, when he tied for 51st
the New Orleans Open. And
$22,800 he won Sunday was ji
about double all of his previousta
earnings since he graduated, on
fourth try, from the PGA qualiiji
school in the fall of 1975.
The former Aggie appeared toll
headed for a sudden-death
with Irwin when he sank a
birdie putt on the final hole, 6i
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hole to take the lead, put his sews
shot on the green, 40 feet fromll
cup, on the par-5 final hole
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