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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1980
sports
Aggie tennis coach Kent trying
to build tennis powerhouse
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David Kent is a man who enjoys
his work. He not only enjoys his
work but lives it as well. Kent loves
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AGGIELAND
Due to difficulties with the mail service, it will be
necessary to take several group photos again. A
representative of Yearbook Associates, the 1980
AGGIELAND photographer, will be contacting your group
sometime this week if he has not already done so, to
arrange a second photo session.
We’re very sorry about the problem, but please do
everything possible to cooperate in setting a photo time
as soon as possible.
If you haven’t yet
received your proofs,
please read this:
Because of a camera malfunction for a short time
during the class picture-taking sessions, several proofs
could not be correctly identified. Those proofs all are
available in Room 216, Reed McDonald Building. They
belong to the people whose names appear on the
following list. If YOUR NAME is on this list, PLEASE
come to Room 216 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to identify
your proofs so we can process them for the 1980
AGGIELAND.
Linda Adkisson
Ronald Bailey
Paul D. Bettencourt
Randall Binson
James Chisolm
Phillip Garris
Annelle Glynn
Karen Gourley
Steven Green
Russ Kellen
Michael J. Kelley
James Lonergan
Diane Pruett
Lori Rowbotham
William Schlafer
Nancy Singleterry
James Skehan
Bruce Smith
Jeffery Stiles
Wendy White
David Whiteside
William F. Whittington
Kim Horace Young
his job, his family and his program —
all of which have to do with tennis.
Kent is the first full-time tennis
coach at Texas A&M University. He
spends most of his time, day and
night, thinking and working tennis.
His wife and children all play tennis
so he does not “escape” his job
when he comes home at night.
“I fell in love with A&M when I
first visited it,” he said. “I told my
wife to bury me in the front yard if I
didn’t get the job. ”
Kent was the tennis coach for
West Texas State University before
coming to Texas A&M.
“When I asked recruits to visit the
campus of WTSU, they said
‘Where?’,” he said, “but now when I
ask recruits to visit A&M, they ask,
‘When’.’’
The Aggie reputation and tradi
tion helps recruiting tremendously,
he said.
When looking at a recruit, he said
he looks at grades first because Texas
A&M is such a hard university scho
lastically. Ability is important but
the players have to attend class as
well as play, he said.
Kent graduated from Texas Tech
University in 1959. He attended on a
tennis scholarship. He was captain of
the Tech team in 1956-58. He won 15
straight singles matches during his
senior year.
The second-year coach said he felt
he had done all he could for the prog
ram at WTSU. He needed a new
goal, he said, and a challenge to test
his ability.
“The Southwest Conference is the
tennis conference in the nation, he
said.
SMU is rated fifth, Arkansas
ninth, Houston 13th, Texas 15th,
and TCU 17th, in the nation.
He said he wants Texas A&M to
break into the top 20, improve the
conference standings and have a win
ning season. A&M was 11-11 for the
fall season. The Ags are 9-2 for the
spring season.
“Breaking into the top 20 will be
easier than improving our confer
ence standings,” he said.
The Ags finished sixth in the con
ference last season.
Kent said he is optimistic about
the future of Texas A&M tennis.
“We have the best freshman crop
A&M has ever had,” he said. Brian
Joelson has only one loss on the sea
son. Ron Kowal, Tom Judson and
Boyd Bryan are also playing ex
tremely well, he said.
“We’re trying to make Ai[i
tennis hub of this reeiorTk
We have had a bit of success
believe in the snowball efW
With a little luck and wit
said, Texas A&M will be an
of a fine tennis school.
Swimmers shaving head,
bodies, time for nationals
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By CAROLYN TILLER
Sports Reporter
Aggie swim team members are
trying to shave seconds off their
times by shaving their bodies.
The A&M men’s and women’s
swim team went all season without
shaving body hair, but since the na
tional qualifying meets have come
up, team members have gone razor
happy.
The women competed in the
Texas Association for Intercollegiate
Athletics for Women (TAIAW)
Championships in Fort Worth last
week. The men are swimming today,
Friday and Saturday in the South
west Conference Championships in
Dallas.
Tracy Johnston, a national quali
fier, said, “When it comes around to
shaving, we can’t wait. ”
“Hair acts as a drag,” Hill said.
“When you’ve got hair on your legs
and arms, it’s kind of like running
with ankle weights.”
Besides the physical adv„
shaving also gives swimmers]
tain psychological advantage
Johnston will represe
women’s swim team in the
breaststroke and the 1
breaststroke. She qualified^
the year for the 100-yard ev
qualified in Fort Worth for
yard.
Johnston beat the qualifis
by two-tenths of a second
events. Her time in the *
breaststroke was 31.0 and she
ed a 1.17.4 in the 100-yard
Shirley Hill qualified «
events during the TAIAW mi,
50-yard freestyle, the 100-yard
tyle and the 200-yard freeshi
The women’s free tyle
also be going to nationals in the|
200-, 400-yard events.
Nationals will be held 15
Vegas, Nev., March 17-;
Myers, Allen job-hunting
United Press International
Two Southwest Conference bas
ketball coaches are reportedly look
ing at head coaching jobs outside the
conference.
Sonny Allen, former Southern
Methodist University basketball
coach, was interviewed Wednesday
as a candidate for the head basketball
coach’s job at the University of Neva
da, Reno.
Allen has an overall record of 242
wins and 171 losses in 15 years. Last
season, SMU had a record of 16-12.
The team finished 6-9 in the South
west Conference.
A Lubbock newspaper
Texas Tech basketball coacli
Myers, whose Red Raiders
their worst season since 1!
year, was in Ames, Iowa, W(
day interviewing for the Iowa!
job
In an opinion piece in tkl
bock Avalanche-Journal,
Chuck McDonald speculated
may have grown disaffected
of the 10,000-seat coliseum
the team plays its home
Myers’ salary, attendance
basketball games and com]
some fans about the Red
liberate style of play.
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