Battalion/Page 14
March 8, 1982
sports
Swimmers finish fifth in SWC
Nash is Coach of the Year h
by Bill Robinson
Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M men’s swim
ming team placed fifth in the
Southwest Conference Swim
ming and Diving Champion
ships Saturday.
Aggie swimmers broke the
school record in seven existing
events and established records
in three new events.
Led by Rick Walker, who set
school records in the 500- and
1650-yard freestyle and the 400-
yard individual medley, the
Aggies had 10 individuals place
in the competition.
Walker was third in the 1650-
yard freestyle while Mike Hoche
placed fifth in the event for the
Aggies. Both the 400- and 800-
yard freestyle relay teams placed
fifth in the meet.
Defending national cham
pion the University of Texas
won the SWC championship
with a score of 724.5, Southern
Methodist University was
second with 486.5 points and the
University of Arkansas finished
third with 405 points.
Houston was fourth with 236
points, Texas A&M fifth with
158, Texas Christian University
sixth with 67, Texas Tech
seventh with 65 and Rice was
eighth with 30.
The Aggies almost doubled
their score from the 1981 cham
pionships, where they had 84
points.
After the meet, conference
coaches named Texas A&M
coach Mel Nash the 1982 SWC
Coach of the Year, based upon
the progress the team has made
over last season.
“We have made tremendous
strides this year,” Nash said.
“The team made a lot of prog
ress over the last year.
“It was a tremendous meet —
we did very, very well. We had a
shot at fourth but Houston kind
of blew us away on the diving
boards.”
The Aggies’ performance
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would have been good enoug I
to win the title in the Pacific !
or Southeastern Conferences
Times were being receivL,
during the meet from the PA! I
10 and SEC, Nash said, addii I
Texas A&M’s times would ha I
been firsts had they been coi I
peting in those conferences. I
The fact that the Aggies we I
fifth and were scoring chai I
pionship quality times showsll I
depth of the SWC, he said. I “
Texas A&M did have oi Kl. 7
team member qualify for tl I ■
NCAA championships durii L
the meet. Kevin Londrig; I
qualified based on his time in t!
100-yard backstroke.
Lacrosse team splits games to go 6-1
The Texas A&M lacrosse
team split its two games this
weekend, winning Saturday
over the Dallas Lacrosse Club
and losing Sunday to the Bayou
Lacrosse Club of Houston.
The Aggies defeated the Dal
las team 16-12, coming back
from an early 4-1 deficit. After
tying the score at 8-8, Texas
A&M took a 16-10 lead in the
easy victory.
However, the Aggies lost to
the Houston squad 12-6, falling
behind 6-1 early in the game.
Texas A&M has a 6-1 record
and a 3-0 record in the College
East Conference.
In the weekend’s Texas A&M
scoring, player/coach Tony
Scazzero scored seven goals and
had four assists. A1 Adler had
three goals and two assists, and
Bruce Jennings had three goals.
Adding to the scoring for the
Aggies were Tom Cirillo with
two goals, and Carl Hays with
one goal and one assist. Keith
Wagstaff and Joel DeGuzman
had a goal apiece.
The Aggies host Tulaneli
versity Saturday and Louisia
State University Sunday in i
ference games.
DIETING?
Last-second block
photo by C. Michel Chang
Terry Teagleof Baylor swats away a shot by in the Southwest Conference tournament.
Texas A&M’s Reggie Roberts during the The Bears’ Ozell Hall and Joe Copeland
Aggies’ 64-63 victory Thursday night also defend on the play.
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