Thursday, April 14, 1983/The Battalion/Paye 17
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Juiet consistency — the best
ho describe Suzanne Shef-
Ks a member of the Texas
women’s track team, Shef-
iljl has qualified for the NCAA
lafonal Outdoor Meet two
in a row. But from her own
:t demeanor, you’d never
it.
[Maybe that’s because her
to success wasn’t exactly
!(l with roses.
fVhen she was younger, she
jted to go into gymnastics,
la vaulting accident put an
[to her gymnastics career,
o Sheffield turned to track,
r a successful stint at Plano
|h School in which she placed
Jd in the state in the 800-
:r run her junior and senior
i, Sheffield was recruited by
i Southwest Conference
lols: Arkansas, Texas, and
A&M.
Ill three schools of f ered her
larships, but Sheffield said
those Texas A&M because,
|l|te the coach, students, and
:ampus.”
Suzanne Sheffield
But all was not well.
“When I came here,” Shef
field said, “I wanted to run
track, but I couldn’t even make
the cross country team.” Her
freshman year was characte
rized by her as a “disappointing
experience — I felt 1 was going
nowhere.”
Eventually, though, things
began to change. With the en
couragement of coaches, Shef
field continued work and im
proved considerably during her
sophomore year. She consistent
ly lowered her times and placed
fourth or fifth in several meets.
But the main highlight, by
far, was when she qualified for
nationals last year as a sopho
more in the 1500-meter run at
the College Station Relays.
Women’s coach Bill Nix attri
buted Sheffield’s improvement
to a program of patience.
“Suzanne was disappointed,
at first, because she didn’t
understand our system,” he
said. “The system is one that
gives runners time to develop,
and it takes patience and dili
gence.”
Nix says his program doesn’t
churn out national champions
overnight, but develops national
caliber athletes who peak in
their later years.
Obviously, Shef f ield is climb
ing that peak. She again qual
ified for nationals this past
weekend at the Texas Relays in
Austin, but said she isn’t satis
fied yet.
“Even though the 1500 is f un,
the 800 is my favorite.” Sheffield
is referring to the 800 meters,
and her time of 2:08.1 is only
one-tenth of a second away f rom
the national qualifying time of
2:08.0.
One would think that with all
she’s accomplished this year,
Sheffield herself might even be
impressed, but she merely re
plies: “I’d say my running has
been a little more consistent this
year.”
Sheffield is quick to point out
that she didn’t accomplish it all
on her own: “The main reason I
came to A&M is because of
Coach Nix. He knows how to
train runners.”
Sheffield says another factor
in her consistency is that the
competition has been tough this
year. Disa Lewis of Rice and
Tara Arnold from the Universi
ty of Texas have been her main
rivals this season, especially
Arnold.
During the finals of the 1500-
meter run this weekend, Arnold
was ahead of tlrfe pack, including
Sheffield, with only 100 meters
to go.
And after being consistently
beaten by Arnold for the past
two years, Sheffield decided it
was time to reciprocate: “The
race was run at a fast pace, and
near the end, Arnold just took
off from everyone else — but I
followed her. With about 100
meters to go, I said, ‘I want to
beat her this time,’ so I just did
it.”
Site did it, all right — and in
an impressive manner. Her time
of 4:18.8 beat the national qual
ifying time by four seconds and
bettered her 4:28.0 personal
best by 10 seconds.
She is consistent.
As far as her future is con
cerned, Sheffield says she wants
to win some SWC titles and
hopefully some national honors.
Not a remote possibility, since
Nix says that they are just now
beginning to tap Sheffield’s
potential.
As for Sheffield making an
Olympic team, Nix says, “It’s a
definite possibility.”
“Right now, that’s in the hack
of my mind,” Sheffield says,
“but I have always wanted to go
to the Olympics.”
A boxer Ayala convicted in rape case
1 null.H(B United Press International
" :is " ^PATERSON, N.J. — Boxer
tum Ayala Jr. faces 50 years in
'j orl frison following his conviction
ine rape of a West Paterson
oman.
Jkfter deliberating for S'/a
Wednesday, the jury of
ite women and seven men
iliild Ayala, 20, guilty of aggra-
Blsexual assault, threatening
Jkill, making terroristic
jveais, burglary and two counts
Timlawful possession of a
nile.
/fyala, of San Antonio, faces
i to an additional 10 years in
I ill Texas because the convic-
Iviolates his parole in San
Antonio. He had pleaded guilty
to aggravated assault charges in
1978 in San Antonio and paid
$20,000 to the victim’s family in
exchange f or being placed on 10
years’ probation.
Bexar County District Attor
ney Sam Millsap said he will
move to have Ayala’s probation
revoked and a 10-year prison
term restored. Both the New
Jersey woman and her room
mate have agreed to tesify
against Ayala in Texas.
Ayala, an undefeated junior
middleweight contender, stood
expressionless as the verdict was
delivered in the packed cour
troom. He glared at the victim as
he was let! from the courtroom.
Ayala’s common-law wife,
Lisa Ayala, and the defendant’s
mother, Pauline, held each
other and sobbed as the jury
foreman returned the six guilty
counts.
“We are delighted with the
verdict,” said the father of the
rape victim, identified only as a
30-year-old former math
teacher. “I’m the father. What
else can I say?”
Ayala, who testified in his own
defense during the 2'A-week
trial, claimed he was framed by
overzealous police and a venge
ful woman. He testified the
woman invited him to have sex
with her but later became angry.
The prosecution contended
that Ayala forced his way into
the home and terrorized two de
fenseless victims.
Defense attorney William De
Marco was expected to appeal
the conviction, but said Ayala, a
top fighter with a 22-0 record,
including 19 knockouts, was “in
no condition to discuss an
appeal.”
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Pennee Hall
chooses Tech
United Press International
RUSTON, La. — Southern
California defeated Louisiana
Tech recently for the NCAA
women’s basketball cham
pionship, but the Lad) Techs-
ters scored a recruiting victory
Wednesday over the Women
of Troy.
Highly recruited Pennee
Hall, a 5-8 point guard, signed
a national letter of intent with
the Techsters. The senior at
Barbers Hill High School in
Mount Bellvieu those
Louisiana Tech over USC,
Texas and Louisiana State
University.
“She’s the best point guard
I’ve seen this year,” said Lech
co-coach Leon Barmore.
“And considering who else
she was recruited by, that says
a lot for our program.”
Hall was a major catch for
the Techsters, who lost their
chance at a third straight na
tional title when they were de
feated by USC earlier this
month. The Techsters lost
standout guard Jennifer
White and top forward Lori
Scott to graduation this year.
Hall scored 3,587 points —
a 26.2 average — and had 875
assists in her high school
career. Her team won the
state Class AAA title the past
two years. Hall was a three-
time all-state basketball selec
tion and this year was named
Class AAA most valuable
player.
Hall will be groomed to
take the place of Tech point
guard Kim Mulkey, who gra
duates next year, said Kent
Prince, Tech sports informa
tion director. She also may fill
the shoes of White, who often
rotated with Mulkey as point
guard.
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