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\Prof will carry torch for Summer Olympic
By BARBARA BROWN
Reporter
Running one kilometer isn’t
running at all for Texas A&M
! professor Will Worley, but sym-
! bolically at least it will be as im-
I portant as any of the countless
| kilometers he has covered.
Worley is one of 20,000 run-
| ners who will carry the two-
pound, four-ounce Olympic
torch across every state to its fi-
I nai destination at the Summer
| Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Worley, 62, is a master swim-
I mer and runner and partici
pates in meets, races, biathlons
and triathlons all over the na
tion.
“I have a closet full of T-
shirts,” he says, “along with
plaques, cups, medals and other
awards.” He says it more like a
joke than a boast.
Worley recently placed na
tionally at a swim meet at The
Woodlands and tied for high
point at a Rice University meet.
But the main award, he says,
is the benefit of being in shape.
“You would be surprised how
good you feel,” he says. “Until
you get in good physical condi-
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By THERESA CORNELL
Reporter
No one will mistake the Ag-
|gie Olympics — scheduled for
Sunday in G. Rollie White Col
iseum — for the real thing, but
[whatever money the three-
ed racers, human chariots
land short jumpers can make
will help to support the summer
games in Los Angeles.
The first Aggie Olympics is a
I project of Student Government,
intended not only for fun, but
also to enhance the University’s
reputation for community serv
ice.
The Aggie Olympics will help
I improve Texas A&M’s positive
I image with the public and in-
Icrease its credibility, said Jay
I Holland, student vice president
| for external affairs.
“We want people to know
I that we care about our surroun-
Itlings,” Holland said. “We
I gained national recognition
(with the Christian Children’s
Ifund — Village of Hope pro-
Ijectand we hope to do the same
fifth the Aggie Olympics.”
An entry fee of $12 is re-
|(|inred from each team to help
for advertising and public
Irelations. Teams of 12 students
lean consist of student organiza-
Ition members, fraternities and
Isororities or individual students
Iforming their own teams. Each
team tries to find businesses to
donate material for the events
or money for the 1984 Olym
pics. About 15 to 20 teams have
already entered.
“We hope to raise around
$3000 for the Olympic games,
and since this is the first year,
we will need plenty of support,”
Holland said.
Randy Matson, executive di
rector for the Association of
Former Students and an Olym
pic Gold Medalist for the shot-
put in 1968, will judge the
events, along with Bryan Mayor
Ron Blatchley and 10 students.
The games will begin at 1 p.m.
Sunday in G. Rollie White Col
iseum.
Matson will not be judging
the shot put, however. In fact,
none of the events even resem
ble anything in the 1984 Olym
pics. The judges must be pre
pared to determine a winner in
such events as the chariot race
and the frisbee throw.
In the chariot race, team
members form a human chariot
that will carry the rider around
an obstacle course to the finish
line. The chariot must remain
intact at all times with the rider
standing, kneeling, or sitting on
the chariot until crossing the
finish line.
Miss Texas A&M finals
will be Saturday night
By ED ALANIS
Senior Stall Writer
Saturday night marks the fi-
|nab for the fifth annual Miss
Texas A&M Scholarship Pag-
ant, with 20 girls entered in
fie competition.
A $1,000 scholarship, an ar-
lay of trophies and prizes, and a
pnee to compete for the title
Miss Texas are all at stake,
he pageant determines who
represent Texas A&M in
|ulyat the Miss Texas Pageant.
“It’s Showtime” is the theme
If this year’s pageant, and for-
Miss Texas A&M Cindy
leen will act as mistress of cer-
nonies. Green was first run-
Kf-up in last year’s Miss Texas
[ageant. Seven other women
’om Texas A&M competed in
at pageant, including the cur
rent Miss Texas A&M, Theresa
Jones.
Contestants will be judged in
several categories, with talent
weighting 50 percent of their
total score. A private interview
with judges makes up 30 per
cent of the score, and evening
gown and swimsuit competition
make up the remaining 20 per
cent.
In addition to the $1,000
scholarship, the winner will also
receive a $1,000 wardrobe, a
50-diamond pendant, the use of
a luxury car, and the official
Miss Texas A&M crown and
trophy. Runners-up will also re
ceive scholarships.
The pageant is sponsored by
MSC Hospitality, and during its
inaugural in 1980 it was se
lected as the Outstanding First
Year Pageant in the Miss Texas
franchise.
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tion, you really can’t appreciate
good health.”
He says the reason he was se
lected to run in the relay is ob
vious. “I’m in excellent physical
condition.”
Worley started a fitness pro
gram 13 years ago. He runs
about three miles every morn
ing at 4:45, then swims three-
fourths of a mile at 5:30, seven
days a week. He even runs in
the rain.
“Once you become addicted,
you hardly let anything stop
you,” he says.
He has participated in five
triathlons in the past two years.
A triathlon is a competition
where the athlete must swim
1,000 meters, run 10,000 me
ters, then bike 30,000 meters.
For the past ten years, he has
organized the local Masters
Swim Meet that attracts athletes
from all over the nation.
He will also be one of 20,000
other runners in the Olympic
Torch relay.
The torch will be lit by the
rays of the sun in Greece and
flown to New York City on May
Torchbearers will carry the
flame on an 82-day journey
across the country to the Los
Angeles games. It will be the
longest run in the history of the
event.
The proposed relay route
makes its way into Texas via
New Orleans and goes from
Houston to Dallas, with that
segment set for sometime in
June.
The torch will arrive in Los
Angeles July 28 for ceremonies
opening the games of the
XXIII Olympiad.
The Los Angeles Olympic
Organizing Committee Torch
Relay Foundation is asking
$3,000 from the sponsor of
each participant who runs a ki
lometer — slightly over half a
mile — in this relay.
The Bryan-College Station
Athletic Federation, which is
sponsoring Worley, has started
a drive to raise the required
$3,000 donation. Worley is also
a member of the federation’s
board.
Ramiro Galindo, president of
the federation, says the dona
tion will be used to start “Legacy
for Youth,” a multi-million dol
lar fund to promote amateur
sports training in cities and
towns throughout the United
States, and the future Olympi- 1
ans.
Worley, a former Corps offi-1
cer, says he would like to have
some support from the Corps in ,
helping raise the $3,000.
Worley has been an Aggiei
since 1939 when he came from
his hometown of Dallas to at-k
tend Texas A&M. After time,
out for the army, he graduated
in 194 / with a bachelor’s degree;
in electrical engineering.
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