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By Andria P. Goldwire
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Few athletes can be successful in
i! have .I B 0 collegiate events, but lasa Lan-
Iton has managed it.
“I’m proud to have contributed so
Much to Texas A&M’s women’s ath-
SSI lies,” Langston said.
| avv | ike i Langston is the all-time leading
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ler career point total is 1,615, and
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I her senior season last year for the
10 i fedy Aggies.
She also holds the school record
(182 seconds) in the 60-meter hur-
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“My goal was to help establish a
od, balanced foundation for wom-
i’s athletics,” she said. “I’ve rep-
sented A&M on the regional, na-
mal and international levels and
All-Xe* Bxomplished my goal.”
The 1986 track season was the
jrst time Langston had participated
track events since high school. She
da good season, but she wants this
ar to be better.
“I’m much more serious about
ack this year,” she said. “Last year,
iiston, Sr. I'ran to take my mind off of basket-
iams, 6-2 ball. This year, I’m thinking compet-
as; LamBively.”
CU, Sr I Langston is confident in her abil-
arrylMidBY to compete with the leading
furdlers in the conference, espe-
ally Karen Nelson of the University
|f Texas.
Langston placed second in the 60-
eter hurdles at the Southwest Con-
rence Indoor Championships be
hind Nelson and has qualified for
lie NCAA Track and Field Indoor
lhampionships March 13-14 in Ok-
homa City.
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Her best time this year is 7.82 sec
onds, and her goal is to become an
All-American.
“Competing against the best is the
only way to see how good you really
are,” she said. “Anyone can be de
feated at any time. A person can
only do the best that they can with
the athletic ability that they have.”
Langston demonstrated her team-
oriented athletic ability in basketball,
but she feels that track has given her
a chance to really concentrate on
herself.
“Basketball is a team sport, and
you are only as good as the people
around you,” she said. “Track allows
the selfish part of me to come out.
The only person I can blame for
anything is myself.
“I’m not expecting as much of my
self in track as I did in basketball.
There’s not as much pressure, and
no one is really depending on me.”
The only weaknesses Langston
feels she has are the lack of formal
training in the hurdles and lack of
form coming out of the starting
blocks.
“I’ve had very little formal train
ing in hurdle technique,” she said.
“Right now, it’s just me and the God-
given talents that I have.”
She said the mental aspect of track
is also very different from basket
ball.
“Basketball is so mental,” she said.
“Track is simpler for me because I
concentrate on myself and not nec
essarily on the team’s efforts.”
However, the team’s performance
is important to Langston. She said
she is excited about its fifth-place
finish at the SWC Indoor Cham
pionships last month, and she is
Lisa Langston
looking forward to the outdoor track
schedule.
She will be competing in the 100-
meter hurdles, long jump and possi
bly the sprint relay.
“Our performance at Indoors was
a confidence booster,” she said. “No
one thought we were going to do
that well.”
Langston is also concentrating on
her education. She received her
bachelor’s degree in physical educa
tion, and she is taking graduate level
courses.
“I’m not officially in graduate
school, but I will get my master’s,”
she said.
Meanwhile, Langston wants to go
to Europe to play professional bas
ketball with a club team or with Ath
letes in Action, a religious-oriented
athletic club. She may also look for a
professional track club if this season
goes well. Eventually, she wants a
coaching and teaching job at the sec
ondary level.
A&M men's
tennis team
falls to Duke
The Texas A&M men’s tennis
team lost to Duke 5-2 in the first
round of the Corpus Christi
Team Tournament Wednesday.
The Aggies play their second
match of the tournament at 3:30
this afternoon against Oklahoma
State. The Aggies will be looking
forward to avenging a 5-4 loss to
OSU in the Cowboys’ tournament
earlier this year.
The final two doubles matches
were called off in yesterday’s
match after Duke’s victory in the
No. 3 doubles match clinched a
win. Scott McTeer and Mark
Mance defeated A&M’s Shaun
O’Donovan and Steve Kennedy
6-2, 6-3.
Aggie Coach David Kent said,
“They just outplayed us. We have
no excuses.”
The only Aggie victories came
in the No. 2 and No. 3 singles
matches. Dean Goldfine beat Mc
Teer 6-4, 6-4 in No. 2 action; and
Marcel Vos won his No. 3 match
with Ken Bourian 6-1,6-3.
Duke’s Jeff Herst beat Dean
Johnson 6-3, 6-4 in No. 1 singles.
A&M’s No. 4 player Brent Hay-
garth lost his match 7-6, 6-3. Ken
nedy lost his No. 6 match to Ricky
Peck 6-7, 7-5, 6-0.
O’Donovan lost his first match
as an Aggie in No. 5 singles, fall
ing to Duke’s Mark Nance 1-6, 7-
5, 6-0.
Kent said he was going to make
a lineup change, moving O’Dono
van up to the No. 4 spot instead
of Haygarth.
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