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Collier S.E., F-6 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506 (A Program of Trinity Christian College) J BRIDAL J £ SHOW/ 4 presented by CASHIOn^CAIM 504 Harvey Road at The Christmas Store Thursday, February 7, 1985 J Free Admission Registration & Booths 6:30 to 7:00 p.m Bridal Show 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. Reception & Booths 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. Prize Drawings 8:00 Ag golfers go south of border By ANGELA ATKINS Reporter With the temperature hovering around 32 degrees this past Mon day, the Texas A&M men’s golf learn qualified for the Pan American Intercollegiate Tournament to be held today through Saturday in Monterrey, Mexico. The tourney, held at the Club Campestre, begins the 1985 season for the Aggie hnksters under Coach Bob Ellis. Ellis said consistency will be the key to his team’s success in Mexico. The tournament field features Southwest Conference foes Arkan sas and Texas, along with Lamar and Houston Baptist — teams all ranked in the nation’s Top 20. The Traditional SWC power Houston, ranked No. 1 in the country, will not compete in the tourney. Ellis’ Aggies are ranked No. 18 in the polls. “Our conference is so strong that we can go out and finish fourth in a tournament and still have played de cent,” said Aggie golfer Randy Wy lie. Leading the team in to its first ma jor tournament of the year is junior Jorge Coghlan. Coghlan, a native of Mexico, was a member of the 1984 All-America Honorable Mention team and was named to the All- Southwest Conference team last sea son. Ellis said Coghlan is the team’s most consistent player. Freshman Flint Nelson, from Houston, was close to winning a few tournaments this past fall and should continue to show im provement this spring, Ellis said. Texas A&M Sportscope Aggie Basketball •Vt*: liiliiillii ~ f i • • Saturday— Aggie women vs. Miami (Fla.) G. Rollie White Coliseum -*—7:30 p.m. Aggie Tennis Inclimate weather has forced cancellation of the last two worn dual matches, but the men will be in action this weekend at home. ; Friday — Aggie men vs. Lamar - -W Saturday — Aggie men vs. Southwestern Louisiana All matches scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Omar Smith Tennis Center Coach David Kent’s men's team is coming off a gt>od showing in the ll TA/ITCA Team Championships at iMuisville, Ky. The Ags dehaiet Utah and Oklahoma State to capture the consolation title. A&M'sotir loss came to No. 2 Stanford in the opening round Of (he tourney. SHC Aggie indoor Track For the second time this season, the A&M men s and women's iudw track teams will travel back across the Red River to Oklahoma fbt a mi The Oklahoma City Invitational, held this Saturday, will he the hi warm-up before the Southwest Conference Indoor Championshipsm Fort Worth next weekend. Aggie Swimming Coach Mel Nash’s A&M men’s and women’s swim teams will head it Houston Ftiday to face Rice in dual meet competition. Both teams hadv cancel last weekend's scheduled dual meet with Texas due to indimt weather. Other players composing the five- avelii man traveling squad to Mexico are junior Paul Mayo, junior Scott Lee and sophomore John Saffie. The Aggies have not been able to practice as hard as they usually do oecause of the recent inclimate weather, but most of the other teams have had the same problem. Despite that, the Aggies think they are ready to play. The Aggies may be a young team, with only two seniors, but 13 players on the roster gives them a loit [Ql depth. he seniors on the team arejok ; Pierce of Cocoa Beach, Fla. ar;| Sandy Pierce of Houston. Oik team members are: David Jones,:, nior from Missouri City; Wyt | sophomore from Knoxville, Ten: Steve Cigelnik, sophomore transit ■ from Ohio State: Mike Hatch,frail man from Fort Benning, Ga.; Re WAS Mackenzie, freshman horn Gil: pension and Neil Hickerson. pninimu of thou U.S. women’s ski team claims first gold medal who ret |has bee formers tagon, ! changei Budg is the lai tem as 1 He to stitution ?tnore c Associated Press Portions of the final two route, Saturday and Sunday will be tele vised nationally by NBC. TANK MCNAMARA Participants: David Gardner’s Jewelers • Crane Stationery Gorham • Reed & Barton • Royal Doulton David Sheilenberger’s Royal Worchester • Spode • Mikasa • Waterford Petal Patch Flowers & Gifts • Yamazaki • Noritake • Lenox Herend • CN’C Photographies • House of Prill Villeroy & Boch • Heinrich Wedge wood • Bon Cuisine • Aynsley • Sasaki Constance Leiter Linens • Darks Silk Flowers Aggieland Travel SANTA CATERINA, Italy — Di- ann Roffe, a 17-year-old from Wil liamson, N.Y., became the first U.S. womkn ever to win a gold medal in World Championship Alpine skiing Wednesday, capturing the giant sla lom in 2 minutes, 18.53 seconds. The first-place finish by Roffe and a third place for teammate Eva Twardokens gave the U.S. team its best performance ever in a single World Championship event and broke the Swiss hold on the races so far. Roffe also became one of the youngest women ever to win a gold medal in World Championship Al pine skiing. Elistibetn Kirchler of Austria was second in 2:19.13, as her nation’s once-mighty team has been held to only four silver medals. Debbie Armstrong, the Olympic giAnt sla lom gold medalist in Sarajevo, came in fourth in 2:19.26, adding to the American euphoria. Twardokens’ time was 2:19.21. “It’s just ^ matter of getting in there and nailing it,” Roffe siid after a flawless second run down the 343- "its just a matter of get ting in there and nailing |U;i just can't believe it's U.S. skier . ■peir re dropped from the No. 1 spot in iMLp a | 30| first run to third overall. Roffe’spn t j K> ^ rn( vious World Cup best was an eipj yj le c place last year in a World Cupgir was „ u j ( slalom in Lake Placid, N.Y. man’s st (OttlMilliMtMl meter Cevedale course that cat apulted her from fifth place in the first heat to the overall lead and the gold medal. “I just can’t believe it’s happened,” said Roffe, one of the youngest com petitors on the World Cup ski cir cuit. Her surprising victory came after the Swiss swept the first four gold medals in the championships being held here and in the nearby north ern Italian resort of Bormio. Roffe clocked 1:09.18 in the first run on an hard, icy track, <ind bar reled down the track as the first skier in the second run three hours later, clocking 1:09.35. The pixie-faced teen-ager was mobbed by well-wishers sensing a major upset, after Twardokens “In this run I was a little moreps sive,” the 19-year-old Twardokeit, of Squaw Valley, Calif., said afti turning in runs of 1:08.91 1:10.30. .the pep< * v.,, s: “I think we have a very comptf itive giant slalom team.” Also among the well-wishers the finish line was Tamara McKii ney of Lexington, Ky., the forme World Cup champion, who tooki dramatic spill on the first ninjus three gates from the finish line. W left thumb was visibily swollen she said she would still compete: Saturday’s slalom. 1 Hi “Oh yes, I’ll be there,” McKiimt said. “It takes more than thattoW me back.” McKinney’s third place in women’s combined was the o»| American showing before Wedne day during the championships. Hawaiian Open Renner's nemisis Associated Press HONOLULU — Jack Renner takes a placid, almost fatalistic view of his role as a central figure in the dramatic conclusions of the last two Hawaiian Open golf tournaments. “Things seem to happen to me in this tournament,” Renner said be fore a practice round for the $500,000 event that begins Thurs day on the 6,861-yard, par 72 Waia- lae Country Club course. It was something of an under statement. Two years ago, Renner was check ing his card in the scoring tent, as apparent winner of this title, when he became the victim of one of the more dramatic shots of the season. Isao Aoki holed a full wedge shot from the rough on the 18th for an eagle-3 that deprived Renner of the victory. Then, last year, it was Renner’s turn. Wearing his trademark white ip.H holes to tie W^tyne Levi at the end of As defending champion, he fact iyr the regulation 72 holes, and went on to take a sudden-death playoff vic tory. Ung a 144-man field that is headed W Aoki, Levi and 55-year-old Anrf Palmer, who said he plans to devoi most of his playing time to theSf niors Tour this year “Obviously, in 1983, it simply was not meant to be,” Renner said. “And last year it was meant to be. “You can’t control the actions of someone else. You have no control over his game. “All you can do is play your own game, play as well as you can for as long as you can, and then, when you finish, see where it puts you.” Among the other leading con] tenders for the $90,000 first priiij are Mark O’Meara, winner ol weekend’s Bing Crosby Pro-An] Tom Watson, Craig Stadler, Larr Nelson, Andy Bean and a couple# former U.S. Open champions, Hall Irwin and Hubert Green, eachapre vious Hawaiian winner. Last season it put him on the road to the most successful money-win ning season of his eight-year pro ca reer, $260,153. He has played only twice this young season, with his best performance an eighth place finish in the Bob Hope Classic. Also on hand are Masters pion Ben Crenshaw, Hal Suttoc John Mithaffey and West Gerntf star Bernhard Langer.