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Battalion/Pag{
March 4,11
Aggie track teams at Border Olympics ^
by Joe Tindel Jr.
Battalion Staff
' Most Aggies know it’s a tradi
tion here to stand at football
games, light Bonfire before the
Texas game and quad the yell
leaders after a football victory.
But it’s probably safe to say
that considerably fewer Aggies
are .aware of a tradition the
Texas . A&M track teams have
established in Laredo.
Yes, Laredo.
That border town is the site
of the Border Olympics, a tradi
tion in itself in that it was the first
major outdoor track and field
competition held in the United
States. And the Aggie track
teams have established their
own tradition of success at
Laredo.
This weekend the Aggie men
and women will head for the val
ley to try and uphold that tradi
tion. Texas A&M has fared well
in the meet for the past few years
— well enough to finish first in
1980 and 1981 and second last
year
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“We’ve had some real good
field performances from our
field event men at the meet,”
Assistant Coach Ted Nelson
said. “We sort of established a
little bit of a tradition. A&M’s
been going to the meet for about
40 years, and we’ve always been
right at the top of the competi
tion.”
But the Aggie men must over
come a handicap this time to
bring home another champion
ship. Four of their top runners
will miss this year’s meet with
injuries.
Tony Grier, who Finished
second in the 440-yard dash in
the SWC indoor meet, suffered
a leg injury Tuesday and won’t
run this weekend. Grier would
have been the Aggies’ anchor
man on the 400-meter relay
team, a member of the 1600-
meter relay team and a competi
tor in the 200-meter dash and
the 400-meter dash. The Aggies
also will be without Bill Shelton
in the 400 and Mike Glaspie in
the 1 10-meter hurdles.
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And Rod Richardson, the
current NCAA indoor record-
holder in the 60-yard dash, is
still nursing an injury suffered
in football practice last fall. Nel
son said Richardson "should be
back in competition by the first
of April, but probably won’t re
gain his world-class status for
another month and a half. -
Nevertheless, Nelson said his
bunch still could be in the run
ning for the top spot this
weekend.
“We should be competing f or
the championship,” Nelson said.
“I think probably the University
of Texas should be the team to
beat, and we’ve beaten those
guys twice. But without some of
our people it’s going to be
shaky.”
The Border Olympics will be
the first major outdoor meet of
the season for the Aggie men,
who finished third in the SWC
indoor meet. I he meet will be
gin Saturday morning, with pre
liminaries starting at 8:30. Field
event finals will begin at 1:30
p.m. and running finals at 3
p.m.
Nelson said theAgeif
Nelson saitl the transition
from the indoor season to the
outdoor season won’t be as hard
for the Aggies as it might be foi
some teams.
“It’s always a good transition
for our teams because tradition
ally we have been strong in the
field events and the sprints and
the quarter-mile," he said.
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