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THE BATTALION Page 15
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1981
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isrising early Thursday morn-
and participating in the 12th
mil Aggie Turkey Trot.
The trot is a 3.2 mile non-
petitive run/walk for partici-
sofall ages. Rain or shine the
will began at 8 a. m., just as
been since 1969.
he Turkey Trot course begins
rat of G. Rollie White Col
in and goes to Jersey Street,
mdthe golf course and back to
coliseum.
fhe Health and P.E. Depart-
it along with the Intranniral-
reational Sports Department
is sponsoring the event and will
make locker rooms available and
T-shirt transfers will be on sale.
Dr. John Cheverette, health
and physical education professor,
created the program to promote
physical fitness while allowing
visitors for the Texas A&M-
University of Texas football game,
students, faculty and local citizens
to meet each other and have a
good time. The event began as
part of the Bryan-College Station
community’s Thanksgiving activi
ties.
“The Trot provides a common
bond,” said Cheverette. ‘‘Every
one enjoys talking to others and
finding out where the other is
from. ”
Cheverette emphasized that
the trot is not a race — goals are
set individually. Some people race
against each other and some just
want to finish the course, he said.
When the event began, certifi
cates were sent to everyone who
participated. Now, there are so
many people that they hand out
certificates as competitors cross
the finish line.
Dr. Larry Ringer, a statistics
professor at Texas A&M, has a
stack of certificates in his office.
He participated in the first Turkey
Trot 12 years ago and hasn’t mis
sed one yet.
“Thanksgiving morning is a
chance to sleep late and it’s hard to
get up so early to run,” Ringer
said, “but I don’t want to break my
streak now. ”
By FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB
Battalion Staff
Jim Butts has his sights on the
future.
The coach of the Texas A&M
women’s soccer team took his
players to" the the Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics for
Women national tournament last
Thursday through Sunday, where
the Aggies finished eighth in a 12-
team field. The Aggies, who en
tered the tourney as the number
10 seed, came in with a 12-0 re
cord, but they found that the com
petition gets a little tougher out
side of Texas.
Texas A&M won its first match
of the tourney, but lost the next
three to finish the season with a
13-3 record.
That’s why Butts, the first-year
coach of the team, has decided
that his team must play stiffer
opponents during the regular sea
son in order to fare better when
national tournament time rolls
around. When he and Athletic
Department officials meet Dec. 5
to coordinate the team’s fall and
spring schedules for 1982, Butts
hopes to round up some better
competition than what the Aggies
faced this year.
Texas A&M faced teams like
Southwest Texas State, Stephen
F. Austin, Baylor, Trinity and
Sam Houston State during the
regular season. Butts said the Uni
versity of Texas offered his team
its only real competition within
the state this season, and the
Aggies defeated the Longhorns by
scores of 4-0, 3-2 and 3-0 on the
way to their perfect record.
St. Louis, 4-2 to number three
Harvard University and 2-0 to
number eight University of Mas
sachusetts.
“In order to place higher than
we did in the tournament, we’ve
got to face better competition than
Texas can offer us,” Butts said.
“We have never seen teams that
played ball as well as they did.”
Smith also was chosen to the 12-
player all-tournament team.
The Aggie coach cited 1980 All-
American Adele Fairman and re
serve Bonnie Zigmond for their
play during the tourney.
Butts said the team’s downfall
came during the loss to Harvard,
when the Aggies led 2-0 at half
time, but gave up four goals in the
second half to lose.
“It was really one of our only
truly flat games. I think the girls
played national caliber soccer.
They’re now aware of what they
have to do next year.”
Top-seeded, number one-
ranked University of North Caro
lina won the tournament to finish
the season with a 23-0 record. The
Tar Heels defeated surprising
llth-seeded University of Central
Florida 1-0 in the championship
game. UCF entered the tourna
ment with an 8-2 record, with its
only regular-season two losses
coming at the hands North Caro
lina.
Butts said several of his players
performed well in the tourna
ment, which was the first official
AIAW national tourney. Team
scoring leaders Carol Smith and
Carol Gittinger, who finished the
season with 13 goals apiece, led
the Aggies by scoring two goals
each during the tournament.
Appearing
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Wednesday
Night
Butts admitted that the Aggies’
lack of competition this year may
have contributed to the team’s
showing in the AIAW tourney.
However, the scores indicate
close matches, with Texas A&M
defeating the University of Cin
cinnati 2-1 Thursday, then losing
over the weekend 2-0 to number
two seed University of Missouri-
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rchery team wins
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3* h*** Texas \&M Archery Club won the South Central
Thursday
»r Regional tournament Saturday and Sunday, easily outdistanc
runner-up University of Texas by several hundred points.
T placed second in the two-day tourney, while Louisiana State
“j.‘ icrsity placed third.
he Aggies won the overall trophy as well as the women’s trophy and
cb-fec trophy. The co-rec competition features the top two male
.1 female archers from each competing team. UT won the men’s
it no discip | ]y J
e Aggies have so far this season qualified four shooters for the
onal tournament, and Thomas hopes to have several others com-
in the May tourney. The team members who have qualified are
y Perez, club president Forrest Parker, Mark French and Cynthia
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