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
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up, and while my upper body
felt good, both my hamstrings
were cramping.”
Smith had held the lead since
passing Gidimas Shahanga of
Tanzania on the Queens
borough Bridge, or about the
15.4-mile mark. Shahanga, nor
mally a 10-kilometer runner,
then tired badly and was over
taken for third place by Ron
Tabb, the runnerup in the Bos
ton Marathon this year.
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.
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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
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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<
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the Yellow Jackets
the state semifinals,
in an unexpectedly
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