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Battalion/Page 4 January 22,1982 local Aggie dives into Hawaiian triathalon by Jennifer Carr be called The Original Ironman Battalion Reporter World Triathalon. And there A race including 2.4 miles of aren’t many people who could swimming, 112 miles of bicycl- doit. ing and a marathon could only Shirley Hill, Class of ’80 and Rush To A T A on Over tTt DELT’5 S- pTiivO Rush Parties 8 p»u i J awry 11422 Directl/y BeJunci tli Hall of PaKe FRE£ BEER.'' former All-American swimmer for Texas A&M University, will travel to the island of Hawaii to compete in the Feb. 6 Triathalon. “I’m doing it because I want to —just like shaving my head,” Hill said. Hill shaved her head for the national Association of Interschoolastic Athletics for Women swimming champion ships in 1980. “Ten years down the road I don’t want to look back and say ‘Damn, why didn’t I do that?”’ The California native first be came interested in the triathalon when Tom Warren, a well- known swimmer in Califor nia won the first race in 1978. Hill’s straining includes run ning four to five miles every morning and biking about 16 miles every evening. Because the land around College Station is so flat, she also rides her bike up the ramps at Kyle Field. “It’s more challenging than when I was just going to school and swimming,” Hill said. “Now when I work it’s straight eight hours and I’m beat.” Hill said she hasn’t been swimming as much as she would like, but believes she can rely on past swimming experience. “Comparatively, it’s a lot easier for me as a former swim mer to pick up biking or run- Now Is The Time To Leam To Fly With hopes of winning this year’s Ironman Triathalon, Shirley Hill vigorously works out, swimming lap after lap. ning than it is for a runner or biker to pick up swimming,” Hill said. Hill said her goal, which in cludes finishing the race, is to do her best. Anything after that will be icing on the cake, she said. 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