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THE BATTALION Tuesday, march e, 1979 Page 7 j^l the sports | d Zi on the border Scott strengthens Aggies wf. ■ By SEAN PETTY Battalion Sports Staff The Texas A&M men’s track team ok it s usual spring trip south to aredo and a good time was had by The Aggies enjoyment was rictly business-related as | i ei^ttmanTim Scott, sprinter Cur- Dlckey and high jumper jim oward led the Ags to the team title ’ oraiij the Border Olympics. The Aggies compiled 118 points r > perfuwin the meet over a tough field of n miltiedorninantly Southwest Confer-i 173,0(|ice schools. Baylor was second s of tkth 96 points while the ailing Texas t tookjinghorns could manage only 53. of sat The leader for the Aggies was ■rth. nior Tim Scott who was the meet’s lal,” rjgh point man winning both the Par!scusl and shot put. Scott, who had -he tun outstanding indoor season, put shouie shot 58-feet-five-inches and miles rew the discus 186-feet-one-inch. -s instpott’s shot put effort is already 3 the sree feet better than his last year’s it reseii;st of 55-2 and his discus throw is e distaiily two feet short of his personal ;st of 188 feet. What’s his secret? d a nr “My strength has increased so dinguijuch from last year that it’s making >sions,B th< difference in the world,” rust biott said. T guess I just wasn’t ded- Its andkted enough to work hard in order lous J improve. But when I went to the ound ijCAA meet last year and saw all the id thepfirowers, I decided I better get urse (Jter it or 111 never improve. rlargei^B I hit the weights hard all ' andtojmmer and it’s really helped.” nextv Scott is already reaping the bene- :s from his hard work as he has in- so j eased his bench press 110 pounds had comlast year and has earned a trip elation I NCAA Indoor Track and 000 !T ield meet. knew Tim would improve 3t yet Hpc he has worked so hard on aft’s Ilf weights,” said Aggie coach hstoodBiM Thomas. “Tim is very dedi- ation #ed and he is going to get better irofghout the year. ” re thanlScott is planning on improving luld solin fact, he has set what he are some realistic goals. -1 the il If everything goes right, I feel nice 11^ I can throw 205 feet in the dis- pulsion ls 62 feet in the shot put by . missii) 16 imf erenc e meet,” he said. “It’s oing ke a toss of about 205 to surf#™the SWC and I think I can do it. Io wi T haven’t been able to work on sate! iy ||scus much at all because of the :r so f m pretty pleased with rformanoe up to now. I’m oon i RwIy looking forward to the discus _ jghtejhs s ison. I can’t wait to throw :le yel)i 10re '” 1 streal Although Scott has increased his vith ai^Sll 1 and size, he says the hanges have not affected his throw- ng or quickness across the ring, the strength I have added has positive,” he said. “It has al- IflSmw me to do things differently. I Ways had the leg strength, I was acking strength in my upper had help from a couple of Mark Isenmann (Scott’s aate and fellow shotputter) fielped me immensely. He much about lifting and Jd me build up a lot of parts of ody I was neglecting. ” lother of Scott’s helpers is Texas s resident shot put expert, |y Matson. The former Olympic jmedalist in the shot put gets 1 help Scott and the other shot- [rs when his schedule allows the time. JI could have Randy out here ' day I could throw the shot put s,” Scott said. “The little bit he me goes a long way. fie only thing holding me back [is getting to throw. If the tier is nice, I think I’ll go wild. I just don’t think I’ve reached my po tential yet.” Scott is not the only member of the Aggie track team who has not reached his potential. Freshman high jumper Jim Howard is soaring to great heights and the season is only a few weeks old. “Jimmy is jumping great right now,” said coach Ted Nelson. “He Tim Scott did a great job winning the high jump in Laredo because he was jumping right into a pretty stiff wind. He almost made 7-3 but the wind was just too strong. ” Howard has also had an outstand ing indoor season clearing seven feet in almost every meet and set ting meet records everywhere. He continued his record setting ways by breaking the 12-year-old Border Olympics’ record of seven-feet-one- inch with a jump of seven-one- and-a-half. While Howard jumped into the wind, Dickey ran like the wind car rying his 204-pound frame to victory in the 100-yard dash finishing way ahead of second place Carlton Der- rett with a time of 9.5. Dickey also brought the Aggies out of the pack in the 440-yard relay to cruise past the field and win that event. Dickey didn’t run like he weighed 212 pounds (according to what some Texas newpapers reported his weight as being) because he does not weigh 212 pounds. “Curtis Dickey weighs 204-and- a-half pounds,” assured A&M trainer Billy Pickard. “I weighed him today with nothing on and he weighed a half pound more than he did in August.” Dickey, Scott and Howard are not the only Aggies who have done well in the still young track and field sea son. Randy Hall vaulted his way to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field championship along with Dickey, Scott and Howard. The Aggie pole vaulters gave the Aggies the final points needed to win the meet by placing first, second and fourth. 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