Page 12/The Battalion/Monday, February 18, 1985
No surprises for Texas A&W
at SWC indoor track meet
Photo by DEANSAITO
Texas A&M’s pole vaulter Mark Rutledge
tries to clear the bar in the finals of the
Southwest Conference Indoor Track and
Field Championships Friday night at the
Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort
Worth. The Aggies finished fourth overall.
ByJIM HINEY
Reporter
At the Southwest Conference In
door Track an Field Championships
held in Fort Worth over the week
end, there were few surprises.
Arkansas captured the men’s
overall title for the fifth year in a row
and Baylor and Houston finished
second and third, respectively.
No surprises.
Even the Texas A&M, track team
wasn’t that surprised by its fourth-
place finish.
The Aggies had hoped to finish in
the top three, but A&M Track and
Field Coach Charlie Thomas didn’t
seem at all disappointed with the
team’s performance at the Tarrant
County Convention Center Friday
night.
“We knew going in that Arkansas
would probably win the meet. But
we felt like we had a chance to get
second-place,” Thomas said. “I think
we’ve had a real good season
though.”
Senior sprinter Rod Richardson
had the best finish of the night for
A&M, winning his third SWC bO-
yard dash title in an exciting photo
finish.lt took judges 25 minutes to
finally determine the winner of the
race.
Richardson and ECU freshman
Roscoe Tatum hit the finish line to
gether. Lane judges gave the race to
Tatum, but, after studying an At cu-
trak picture of the finish, meet of fi
cials ruled Richardson the winner.
The record books will show Richard
son winning the sprint in 6.13 sec
onds, just .02 seconds ahead of Ta
tum.
Thomas wasn’t surprised that
Richardson faced tough competi
tion. Richardson had only run in one
previous meet this season because of
a leg injury. Most of the other com
petitors had run in four or five
meets.
“Two or three of those guys had
been running well all year long,”
Thomas said.
In terms of the caliber of competi
tion at Fort Worth. Thomas said it
was the best meet the SWC has ever
had.
Although A&M only had one
first-place Finish, it did turn in a
number of fine performances.
“IVe knew going in that
Arkansas would probably
win the meet. But we felt
like we had a chance to get
second-place. I think
we've had a veal good sea
son though. H — A&M
Track and Field Coach
Charlie Thomas
The Aggies’ 4 x 440 relay team,
;d of
composed of junior Matt Holt,
freshman Kyle Hargett, freshman
Maurice Holt and sophomore Ken
drick Wesley, took second behind
Baylor.
A&M senior Arturo Barrios
placed third in both the mile and two
mile events. Barrios’ two mile time of
8:46.00 was only 14 seconds of f of
his own school record.
Thomas said Barrios ran a good
race, considering the distance. Bar
rios had to run a mile Friday morn
ing to qualify in the event, and then
run another mile in the afternon
against two favored Arkansas run
ners.
A&M senior Ethan Glass placed
third in the high jump with an effort
of 7-foot-1, while Francisco Oliveras
placed fourth in the triple jump with
a leap of 52-3 3/4.
Defending 440-yard champion
Tony Grier finished fourth in that
event with a time* of 4H.5(> seconds
and Rickey Alexander placed fourth
in the 60-yard hurdles with a time of
7.47 seconds.
The Aggies indoor season was
composed of five meets this year.
A&M attended two meets in Okla
homa City, one in Baton Rouge, one
in Dallas and the SWC meet m Fort
Worth Friday.
The first four meets were
scoring meets so there were n<
places. However, there wen
school records set.
Barrios set a new school record
for the two mile run. Freshman
Chris Walker set a record in the long
jump and Oliveras broke the schools
triple jump mark.
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A&M’s Rod Richards:
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