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Page 1 2/The Battalion/Monday, October 24, 1983 Dixon comes from behind to win New York Marathon United Press International NEW YORK — Rod Dixon was lurking back until just the right moment, and he was hun gry like the wolf. “It’s always nicer to be the hunter rather than the hunted,” said Dixon, the two-time Olym pian from New Zealand, after using a dramatic burst in the fin al mile Sunday to overtake Geoff Smith and win the 14th New York City Marathon in 2 hours, 8 minutes, 59 seconds. second wind. I think my track background told me my legs had to turn over faster and they did. “He knew I was there and I knew he was there. It was sort of like a piece of elastic — he would pull away and then I would catch up.” “Of course, I knew I was run ning out of distance, and with a mile to go I realized I was pick ing up my legs faster than he was. I almost felt I had that Dixon, 33, experienced ham string problems from the first five miles of the race on and, after a surge brought him to third place coming off the Queensborough Bridge at the 16-mile mark into Manhattan, he said he “slipped again and felt it.” “But at 23 miles, I felt like I hit a patch in the muscle and the tension was released.” Dixon was running only his second marathon, while the 29- year-old Smith set a record for the fastest first time marathon ever run with his runnerup time of 2:09:08. Smith, 29, said he began to realize just how hard the marathon is in the final miles. “At 16 miles I felt like there was nobody else in the race and at 20 I felt the same,” Smith said. “But then entering the park (Central Park), people started yelling at me ‘they’re catching you.’ That’s when I started to panic. I knew Rod was catching I11IIII1I11 II 1 ITT 1 ITTTIUTTT HALLOWEEN TREATS NO TRICKS! 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Dixon has been one of the world’s premier distance run ners for more than 10 years. He won a bronze medal in the 1,500 meters at the 1972 Olympics and was fourth in the 5,000 at the 1976 Olympics, finishing just 0.7 of a second behind gold medalist Lasse Viren. Smith finished second in 2:09:08 and Tabb’s third place time was 2:10:46. VJE'RE READY MOW ! RIHG- ON THE /TH£ dp CHART JUST NEEDS / A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT... NOT A SNlU-t v. T/£, GUTA TFCH-tU. T/E... TECH LOSSES \ TO S/M U AND THE P/CrS... \ WE WIN THE REST... AND WE'RE \/N THE COTTON bowl / Ags-Horns tie for championship Hill takes SWC singles title By Melissa Adair A&M and Texas tied for the Battalion Staff team championship — with 34 Texas A&M’s Greg Hill defe- points each — under a format in ated Tom Fontana of the Uni- which each singles and doubles versity of Texas in three sets to win the singles championship at the first Southwest Conference Indoor Championships in Lub- bock last weekend. Hill won 5-7, 7-6 and 6-5. Fontana quit the third set be cause of leg cramps. match point. victory was worth one Texas Tech came in third place with 14 points, followed by Rice with 10 points, Houston with 9 points and Baylor with 7 points. SMU, Arkansas and TCU did not compete in the tournament. A&M also won two other singles championships. Mark Smith won the No. 2 title, defeat ing Doug Pielet of Texas 2-6, 6- 4, 6-4, and Grant Connell l>eat i hr No. 3 poMlion. (k : | ' | Edgar Griffenig of Texas to win Texas'Charles Bed f om AN M’s Joey Perry,6- Teel in uni the No. 4 po9« ai I i < <1 I home, alsoon^R l ‘ teated Arnold KeitecB AX.-M. 7-6, 7-5 towiriB single’s title. ■! SA Judson amon« high school teams! upset over weekd United Press International The upsets were few and far between among the elite teams during week eight of the Texas high school football campaign, but they started at the top. Converse Judson, the No. 1 Class 5A team in the United Press International Texas high school football poll, fell victim to a remarkable second-half rally by San Antonio Roosevelt and lost 35-24 Friday. Judson raced to a 17-0 lead and appeared well on its way to an 8-0 record when Roosevelt quarterback Mike Trigg look over. Trigg threw four touchdown passes in the second half, includ ing two to Tom Cisneros, and the Roosevelt defense snapped up four late Judson turnovers to post the upset of the year. A trio of undefeated teams now will clamor for the top spot in the rankings, with all coming off easy victories Friday. No. 2 Highland Park should make the strongest claim for the No. 1 slot following the Scots’ 32-7 win over South Garland. Highland Park quarterback John Stollenwerck threw touch down passes of 28 and 68 yards to Erik Mays and Rod Jones scored on runs of 2 and 37 yards for the Scots. No. 3 Beaumont West Brook, the defending state champion, cruised by Port Arthur Jeffer son 35-6 and No. 4. Plano, a perennial playoff contender, crushed Richardson, 28-0. “Field position, turnovers, good defense, ball-control,” said Plano coach Tom Kimbrough. “If you can do hat, you’re all right.” In Class 4A, top ranked Wil- lowridge continued its expected drive toward a second straight state title with a39-0ilsion of Brenham. MeanwhiBil Cleburne, hit hardbyB)l< tion af ter a H)82 seasonBlt the Yellow Jackets the state semifinals, in an unexpectedly toward the playoffs. Cleburne ovewliB r Joshua 56-6 SaturdayK, the four touchdown pi I (juai terback Steven Hai Halford was onlyapi starter on thejuniory last year, but his emei indicative of Cleburm tinned dominancethisyt < oach Chuck Curtis. “We’ve got a pent (luh this year,” saidCi® saw 27 seniorsgradualti 1 don’t think overall •vats _ 'met; r wise we re as strong as; team. “We’ve got more cole and togetherness and w ning easier than lastit don’t have as much tali we’ve got more ‘want» Another team that la build this year was NoJ, which w i as beaten orf Class 4 A playoffs Iasi' Willowridge and boast' record over the pastt* under coach Gene": Jasper beat No. 9 Si Friday in the only stated of ranked teams. “We had ninedefens ters from last year’s w had seven shutouts jp Walkoviak said. “This fourth shutout this)® But if Jasper’s defe' like a runaway freight offense is keyed by) overdrive. Fullback EdselFord yards and two touci lead a Jasper runningj) rolled to 305 total yard Silsbee. 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