Monday, March 31, 1986/The Battalion/Page 7
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A&M wins
two from
Arkansas
Hogs' Parker no-hits
Ags to prevent sweep
By Tom Tagliabue
Sports Writer
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Ar
kansas (23-10, 5-4) picked up a
no-hitter from junior lefthander
Steve Parker, keeping the No. 13
Razorbacks f rom getting swept b\
Texas A&M in a Southwest Con
ference series this weekend.
Parker (5-0,
3-0) tossed his BOSObOll
no-hitter in t he
first game of a Saturday double-
header, which the Hogs woti 10-
0.
The Aggies (23-16, 4-2) took
the Friday matchup 6-0 as they
collected nine hits, two by Scott
Livingstone and three by Ever
Magallanes — who also picked up
the game-winning RBI for A&M.
A&M scored twice in the third
inning, but it was a four-run
ninth inning of f reliever I im Pet
ers that put away the Hogs’
comeback hopes for the night.
Starter Dale Barry, who im
proved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in
the SWC, lowered his SWC ERA
to 0.53.
However, Saturday didn’t start
right for the Aggies. Sc heduled
starter Dai ryl Fry and catchei
Maury Martin woke up sic k. Mar
tin sat out the first game, but in
the second game picked up (he
game-winning RBI.
Gary Geiger, who was sched
uled to stall the finale, pitched
the early game and served up
seven runs in the third on six hits,
one walk and three sacrifices.
Jimmy Flowers relieved Geiger
(3-4, 1-1) in the fourth and was
touched for one run in each of
the fourth, fifth and sixth in-
See Aggies, page 8
New track now Ags’home, sweet home
By Ken Sury
Assistant Sports Editor
Home, sweet, home.
At least that’s how the Texas
A&M track and field teams per
formed in the “homecoming” of the
College Station Relays at the new
Frank G. Anderson Track and Field
Complex.
The Aggies last competed at
home in the
1982 College
Station Relays
and made the
most of the cle- i
Track
and
Field
but of their new complex, located
near Olsen Field, by posting 1 1 first-
place finishes.
But A&M’s biggest win of the day
came in the shot put as Randy Bar
nes put the shot 67 feet, 7‘/i inches.
Pending NCAA verification, Barnes’
mark is the longest by a college
freshman, bettering the record of
SMU’s Michael Carter.
Barnes said being at home gave
him added incentive to put the shot
farther. In one warmup, he heaved
it a half-foot past the 70-foot
marker.
“I love this facility,” Barnes said.
“And this shot put area is just great.
With the way I threw in warmup, I
came out feeling fantastic.”
Only A&M Olympian Randy Mat-
son lias a longer outdooi put (7 1-5'/a
feet) in the Aggie record books.
While Barnes’ teammates may
have not set records, many turned in
solid performances and several qual
ified for the NCAA championships.
Senior Francisco Oliveras earned
two first places as he hurled the jave
lin 204 feet and triple jumped 52-9,
beating the old meet record of 49-7
and the NCAA qualifying mark of
52-8.
I he A&M freshmen squad of
Lawrence Felton. Floyd Heard, Ar
chie Roberts and Stanley Kerr
earned a trip to the NCAAs by qual
ifying in the 400-meter relay with a
time of 39.28 seconds, which also set
a new meet record.
Heard and Kerr grabbed some in
dividual glory as Heard sprinted to
an NCAA qualifying win of 20.38 in
the 400-meter dash, while Kerr won
the 100-meter dash with a time of
10.31.
A&M Assistant Track Coach Ted
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A&M’s Randy Barnes grimaces as he puts the shot during the Col
lege Station Relays Saturday at the new Frank G. Anderson Track
Photo by John Makely
and Field Complex. Barnes won the event with a throw of 67 feet,
7'/4 inches, and possibly set a college freshman national record.
Nelson said Kerr might have
cracked the 10.29 NCAA qualifying
time had he not lost his balance
slightly 20 meters from the finish
line.
A&M’s Chris Walker leaped 26-
Wi to claim the long jump event and
a trip to the NCAAs. Terence
Strong, in his first meet since being
injured during the indoor season,
took second with a jump of 24-1.
Also in his first meet of the out
door season, high jumper Kenny
Burke finished third in his event
with a leap of 6-11.
In the 400-meter hurdles, A&M’s
Craig Calk finished first with a time
of 51.08 seconds.
Nelson said he was pleased with
the Aggie performances, especially
the freshmen. Matt Dunn finished a
strong second in the 800-meter dash
to Baylor’s Derwin Graham and Fel
ton captured third in the 110-meter
high hurdles.
The Aggie women’s team, mean
while, wasn’t to be denied first-place
finishes of their own at the relays,
which had a women’s division for the
first time.
The A&M women finished 1-2-3
in the 5,000-meter run as twins Beth
and Becky Drees clocked in under
18 minutes —Beth with a time of
17:02.82, her best this year, and
Becky at 17:49.33. Kathy Craig cap
tured third place with a time of
18:18.83.
A&M’s Cassandra Perkins
grabbed first and Kay McMurray
took third in the discus. Perkins
threw the discus 154 feet, 3 inches
for the win. McMurray threw 136-2.
Vernell Dunn captured f irst in the
shot put tor the Aggie women with a
put of 45-5'A.
“I thought it was a great team ef
fort,” Nelson said. “I was really
pleased with our performances.”
Among the A&M freshmen not in
the College Station Relays w is mile
relay member Gary Pervis, who was
kept out to rest and heal soreness
from running in the Texas Southern
Relays the previous weekend.
Nelson said the loss of Pervis
probably contributed to the mile re
lay team’s third-place finish behind
TCU and Baylor. TCU and Baylor’s
times were good enough to qualify
for the NCAAs, while A&M was a
full second off that time. However,
those three schools already qualified
at earlier meets.
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