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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1981
Sports
Richardson, Howard lead Aggies
By RICHARD OLIVER
Sports Editor
The SWC Indoor Track Cham
pionships are only two weeks away,
and the defending champions, Texas
A&M University, are working hard
in preparation.
That hard work has produced
some surprises.
The Aggies, who swept through
the conference last year, winning the
indoor title for the first time ever last
February in Ft. Worth and the out
door title in May in Waco, are not
favored this season.
The loss of world class sprinter
Curtis Dickey and SWC champion
shot putter Tim Scott has dropped
the Aggies a notch or two in the pre
season outlooks, but several “new
comers” have stepped in to make the
Ags worth contemplating.
One newcomer who is rapidly
making his mark is Rod Richardson,
whose efforts in the 60-yard dash
have turned a few heads. This past
weekend in the Oklahoma Indoor
Classic in Oklahoma City, Richard
son ran a personal best 6.17 in the 60
to win that event at the meet.
Against a world class field at the Dal
las Times-Herald Invitational two
weekends ago, Richardson won his
heat and finally took fifth.
But, many of last year’s team have
returned to lead the Aggies again this
year. In the Oklahoma meet, it was
the veterans that made the show.
Randy Hall, who finished second
in the pole vault in the prestigious
Millrose Games in New York’s Madi
son Square Garden Friday night
with a 17-4 jump, came in second in
Oklahoma also with a leap of 17-2.
SWC champ Leslie Kerr finished
second in his specialty, the 440-yard
dash, with a 49.28 time.
But it was the Aggies’ pride and
joy, Olympian Jimmy Howard, who
took the spotlight once again.
Last winter, Howard overcame a
severe ankle injury to win the SWC
outdoor high jump championship,
and then made the U.S. Olympic
Team in June at the Trials in
Eugene, Ore.
This year, Howard is back stron
ger than ever. He’s already broken
his career best jump this season at
7-4, and he’s looking to break at least
7-6 before the year’s out.
“I’m really pleased (with the per
formance),” he said Monday. “I
didn’t expect to do quite this well.
“I think I can break 7-6 indoors if I
can just get my technique down
right.”
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U.S. coach says pilot error is
reason for bobsled accident
United Press International
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy—
The coach of the U.S. four-man
bobsled team said Monday the crash
that killed American driver Jim Mor
gan over the weekend seemed to be
caused by pilot error.
“Even though he was a very expert
driver, he wasn’t able to avoid an
error that cost him his life,” said
Luciano De Paolis, the Italian coach
of the U.S. team. “Jim was a real
lover of the sport. He had been rac
ing for 10 years.”
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line.
Guarding the guard
The bobsled was traveling at about
93 mph at the time, they said.
John Morgan, one of the dead
driver’s 11 brothers, was reporting
on the bobsled event for a U.S. tele
vision network.
Texas A&M University guard Milton Wood-
ley is handchecked by Texas Tech defender
Bubba Jennings in Saturday’s game at G.
Rollie White. The Aggies won the game, 65-
52, to climb out of the SWC cellar with
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DALLAS — Rob Williams, the
league’s leading scorer who poured
in 61 points last week, was named
the Southwest Conference player of
the week Monday.
The Houston Cougars guard won
the honor for the second straight
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Williams also leads the conferem
assists with 4.9 per game.
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