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Where: Dance Room, East Kyle For more information call 696-6257 Class begins Monday, June 22 Sports Heard surprises 200 field, Lewis By Homer Jacobs Sports Writer It’s hard to believe Floyd Heard just Finished his freshman year of el igibility as a Texas A&M sprinter. In the last month, Heard has won two national 200-meter dash Track titles and qual- md F j e | d died to rep- resent the United States in the Goodwill Games in Moscow begin ning July 5. The last bit of Heard heroics took place at the USA-Mobil Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., this past weekend. Heard qualified for a star- studded 200 Final, which included Olympic champion Carl Lewis, after taking his preliminary heat in a time of 20.37 seconds. “I was nervous, very nervous,” Heard said. But Heard never showed any in dication of having butterflies in the stomach, as he burned up the track en route to victory in the 200, post ing a wind-aided time of 20.03. Lewis was hoping to win his third event of the meet having already won the long jump and 100-meter dash, but he finished a disappoint ing fourth. Heard said he gained a lot of con- Fidence for the 200 after his perfor mance in the 100, where he turned in a solid 10.09 to grab fourth place. “I didn’t expect to do that high in the 100,” he said. “I expected to get fifth or sixth.” No one really expected Heard to capture the 200 either with a field that contained Lewis and Roy Mar tin of SMU who holds the world’s fastest time in the 200 this year at 19.97. The race was Heard’s first en counter with Lewis but not his last. He will soon team up with him in the 4x100 relay at the Goodwill Games. Heard and second-place Finisher Dwayne Evens (20.12) will represent the United States in the 200-meter dash at the Games. “I’ve always wanted to make the USA team and go to the Goodwill Games,” Heard said. Heard’s 200 time is the fastest time in A&M history breaking fresh man roommate Stanley Kerr’s re cord of 20.10 established at the Southwest Conference Champion ships May 18 in Houston. After Heard’s trek to Moscow, he will return to Houston for the U.S. Olympic Festival-’86 that begins July 25. Aggie Track Notes . . . Former A&M star Jimmy Howard, rep resenting the Mazda Track Club, placed second in the high jump at a height of 7-7 3 /4. Doug Nordquist of Floyd Heard Ascics Tiger didn’t jump any higher, but won the event based on his fewer misses at the height. Nordquist’s jump set a new meet record to break Howard’s old record established back in 1984. A&M signee hopes to 'run' to Europe GALVESTON (AP) — Most Americans trav eling to Europe get there by boat or plane. Texas A&M signee Derrick Florence plans to get there by running. Since leading Galveston Ball to a high school championship in track and field last month, set ting a national high school record in the process with a 10.1 time in the 100 meters, Florence has turned his thoughts to faraway places. His summer itinerary already includes Chi cago, where he posted an impressive double win last weekend, and Baltimore, where he attempts this weekend to qualify for the U.S. Junior Na tionals, set for July 27-28. How fast Florence runs when he gets to Balti more will determine if he joins the American contingent scheduled to compete this summer in Orlando, Fla.; Romania and Athens, Greece. Florence, who has yet to lose a race this year, is about to step up to a higher level of competition than what he’s accustomed to. Saturday, he ran against some of the world’s Cop schoolboy sprinters in the 15rh annual Keebler International Prep Track and Field In vitational in Chicago and kept his streak intact. Considered by many to be the country’s top prep sprinter, Florence ran away from the field to win the 100 and 200 meters, recording times of 10.36 and 20.89 seconds. Florence was invited' as one of the top eight American pre-collegians at both 100 and 200 meters. The prestigious invitational meet in prior years has attracted such notables as Carl Lewis, Dwight Stones and Renaldo Nehemiah. To earn a place on the Junior National team, which is sponsored by the Track Athletic Con gress, Florence will have to finish among the top 13 in either of the events, says his coach, Ball High’s Kermit Courville, who has continued to train Florence this summer. The junior classification comprises athletes 19 and under, which means the field will include college freshmen. Florence recognizes the degree of challenge, but is not one to minimize his chances. “I should make the team,” he says. “I haven’t thought about losing. I’m undefeated this sea son, but I know it’s going to get harder down the way. I feel the best hasn’t been brought out of me yet.” Florence says his level of improvement should directly correspond to the level of competition he faces. The pattern of his previous races — he almost always starts from behind, chases down, then blows past the other runners — suggests that Florence will run as fast as he has to. “That’s what makes me run, to see somebody out there in front of me. I know I’m not going to be the first one out of the blocks,” he said. Florence knows that, now that he’s out of high school, he’s about to step into some fast com pany, but this won’t change his mental approach to the race, he said. “Every time I run, I’m thinking the guy next to me is faster than I am. I make myself the un derdog,” he says. “That makes me run faster. You never know who’ll be feeling good that day.” Becker rips Argentine opponent on rain-drenched opening day WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Defending champion Boris Becker made a triumphant return to Centre Court Monday, capturing his open ing-round tennis match in the 100th renewal of Wimbledon, which once again was plagued by rain. But Kevin Curren, who lost to Becker in the title match a year ago after upsetting both John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors, was upset him self, falling to another West Ger man, Eric Jelen. Becker, seeded fourth, crushed Eduardo Bengoechea of Argentina 6-4, 6-2, 6-1, while Jelen eliminated Curren, the 11th seed, 6-4, 6-7, 2-6, 6-4, 12-10 just before a heavy rain interrupted play. The matches on all courts were suspended by the weather, with the exception of Centre Court, where second-seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden defeated American Scott Davis 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia, the No. 1 seed, was leading Leonardo Lavalle of Mexico 7-6, 1-0 on Court 1 when rain stopped play. After a long delay, the match was sus pended. On opening day last year, a cloudburst washed out the entire program except for Court 1, where Lendl, slipping on the wet grass, de feated American Mel Purcell, then erupted with anger when he discov- Wimbledon ered his was the only match allowed to continue. Other first-day winners in men’s play before the rains fell at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club included Americans Paul An- nacone. Jay Lapidus, Marcel Free man and Tom Gullikson; Andrew Castle of Britain; Sweden’s Peter Lundgren and Jan Gunnarsson; Czechoslovakia’s Tomas Smid; and Israel’s Amos Mansdorf. The honor of being the first win ner at this year’s Wimbledon went to American Terry Phelps, who de feated Britain’s Amanda Grunfeld 6-2, 6-0 in women’s singles. She ad vanced into the second round at 1:24 p.m. London time, 28 minutes before Denmark’s Tine Scheuer- Larsen stopped American Lea Anto- noplis 6-2, 6-4, and 36 minutes be fore Becker took to Centre Court in the traditional 2 p.m. beginning. He started right where he left off a year ago, booming 10 aces in over whelming his Argentine foe who is ranked 105th in the world, 99 places behind the redhaired, 18-year-old West German. Bengoechea dropped his serve to begin the match and never was in contention. The first set took just 29 minutes to complete. After his victory, Becker donated his first-day earnings — approxi mately $6,100 — to the United Na tions Children’s Fund, of which he is sports ambassador. Only 19 of the 64 scheduled matches were completed, with an other 16 suspended by the rain. Among the 29 matches that were scheduled but never began were those involving the two No. 3 seeds — Connors, seeking his third Wimb ledon men’s singles title, and Czechoslovakia’s Hana Mandlikova. The women’s top seeds. No. 1 Martina Navratilova and No. 2 Chris Evert Lloyd, are scheduled to begin play on Tuesday, traditional “Ladies Day” at Wimbledon. Aggie earns Games spot ORLANDO, Fla. — Texas 5 A&M senior Chris O’Neil earned a spot on the Goodwill Games swim team Monday night with a third-place —————— finish in the Swimming 1 00-meter butterfly at the World Games Tri als here. O’Neil swam his career-best time with a 53.93-seconds effort, but lost to Pablo Morales, who set a world record with his winning 52.84, and 100-freestyle record- holder Matt Biondi who swam a 53.28. The top two finishers in each event at the Trials will head to the World Games in Madrid, Spain, while third and fourth placers go to Moscow for the Goodwill Games. The swimming competi tion will be held July 4-7. A&M Head Swim Coach Mel Nash said O’Neil’s swim was great, adding that only about 10 swimmers have ever broken the 54 second barrier. Olympic great Mark Spitz’ best in the 100 fly was a 54.02. O’Neil’s previous top time was a 54.56 behind Morales at the NCAA Swimming Champion ships this year. Bias probe centers on cocaine use UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A preliminary investigation indi cates “that cocaine was involved in the death of Len Bias,” a state pros ecutor said Monday. Arthur Marshall, state’s attorney for Prince George’s County, said he was convinced that cocaine was pre sent in the dormitory room where Bias collapsed early Thursday morn ing, just two days after he was se lected by the Boston Celtics as the second player taken in the NBA draft. Marshall said field tests showed that a glassine envelope found in the car of the 22-year-old University of Maryland basketball star contained cocaine. He said the test, while not admissible as evidence in court, is usually accurate. Marshall also said he has been told that traces of cocaine were found in a urine sample tested at the hospital where Bias was pronounced dead last Thursday. The prosecutor said, however, that he doesn’t know what caused Bias’ death and doesn’t know if co caine was a contributing factor. Marshall said at a news confer ence held on the steps of the county courthouse that he will go ahead with a criminal investigation into the events surrounding Bias’ death and will begin presenting evidence to the grand jury next Tuesday. The investigation will initially fo cus on who supplied illegal drugs and who used them as Bias, his tea mmates and friends spent the early morning hours celebrating the real ization of his dream to play with the Celtics, Marshall said. If the state medical examiner de termines that cocaine was responsi ble for the cardiac arrest, the pros ecutor said it is possible that he might bring manslaughter charges against the person who supplied the drugs. Marshall conferred Monday with Alan Goldstein, a lawyer who rep resents David Gregg and Terry Long, two teammates who were with Bias in the dorm room the morning he died. Goldstein said Long and Gregg will appear before the grand jury if they are issued subpoenaes and will testify if they are granted immunity. He would not say whether they will testify voluntarily. Marshall said he is not prepared to grant immunity to anyone yet, but that he wants to talk to the two play ers and has discussed it with Gold stein. He said police are trying to locate Brian Tribble, a longtime friend of Bias, and Tribble’s roommate, Mark Fobbs. Some of Bias’ teammates have said that he and Tribble drove to northeast Washington several hours before his death. A police official acknowledged that there were reports Bias had been seen early that morning in an area known for its on-the-street drug sales. Marshall described Tribble as “a man who has been around for some time on the campus.” He said Trib ble has a criminal record involving minor theft, but does not have any recorded involvement with drugs. Marshall said there may have been a delay of 15 to 30 minutes be fore an ambulance was called, but that he doesn’t know if a delay con tributed to Bias’ death. He confirmed that the room was unusually neat, saying that every thing was in place, all the beds made and “not a beer bottle to be found” when the room was checked. “I don’t think there is any ques tion that the room where Bias died was sanitized,” he said. Drug paraphernalia was found in a garbage bin outside the dorm, Marshall said. He said University of Maryland officials “have not been as cooper ative as law enforcement officials would like them to be.” Marshall said he wants to talk to Lefty Driesell about a meeting the Maryland basketball coach had with his team hours after Bias died. There have been reports that Driesell instructed the players how to respond to questions from police and reporters.