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Friday, March 25, 1988/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local d his ' Cod heir lend anger Challenge team ses title by one point Af&M group settles for second with TCU win Conti e tk thep;® By Stan Golaboff dVOriB Reporter ^Ijexas A&M’s Ranger Challenge are ^Sn tailed by one point to capture •olicvjjseanid straight title win in the minis®! ROTC Region’s Ranger Chal- i' enge competition held from March 18-1^0 at Ft. Riley, Sgt. Maj. Larry ie to®dand said. nj.i®'he team, which consists of nine JjdBy ROTC cadets, scored 85 points Correction I In Wednesday’s Battalion, art- lork with a story about Aggie- Hon incorrectly was attributed to jasan C. Akin. The artwork actu- lly was done by Otto Cord ray, lie of the guests at AggieCon. “The team gives the cadets a chance to showcase their skills and show the cadre in the military science depart ment what they can do. ” — Sgt. Maj. Larry Kirkland, AScM Corps adviser at of a possible 100, while Texas isdan University came in first nd di'^istig !dn # ith 86, Kirkland said. II forirhe team w as tested on eight rolibat skills that they learned in ftM'C. They were tested on build- ■ arope bridge, a grenade assault r B rse anc l a weapons-assembly test ,M ltitli the M-10 rille and M-60 ma- • :hiiiegun. ®lso required on the test was qual- fyingwith the M-16, an army physi- fitness test, an orienteering :olrse, a 10K run and conducting a nnaissance patrol. The run and ipatrol were worth 20 points and ^■the other events were worth 10, \ (irkland said. | Klay Sumner, a sophomore politi- al science major and team me- ] Bber, said, “It gives us a chance for 1 ome high-speed training dealing s vitli military skills that w'e don’t al- va\- have time for in military sci- ' inte. Plus it’s fun.” \ BCirkland said, “The team gives ; he cadets a chance to showcase their j Bis and show' the cadre in the mili- ■l B- science department what they j an do.” I B&M was one of 10 teams that competed at FT. Riley. Five brigades are in the Third ROTC Region and each brigade sent two teams. A&M and TCU are both from the second brigade. The Third ROTC Region consists of Texas, Alabama, Arkan sas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico, Kirkland said. The team placed first in the weap ons assembly, the orienteering course and the patrol events. Even though the standings are posted af ter each event, the team did not know how well it was doing because they weren’t allowed to look at the scoreboard, Kirkland said. “I don’t let the team look at the board because I don’t want them to relax,” he said. “I want them to do their best on every event. Our goal was not to w'in every event, but to do our best and hopefully place in the top three at least.” The team has been practicing for this event since the beginning of the 1987 fall semester. The members practiced from 3:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. every day and did physical training, which consisted of push ups, sit-ups and running, every morning for an hour. The team also practiced every weekend except for two in the spring semester. The team was ad vised during practice by 2nd Lt. Dawn Simmons, a member of last year’s championship team, Kirkland said. “She really helped them learn their stuff and helped get them re ady for Ft. Riley,” he said. “She was out there every day helping them and doing the same things they were, not just supervising. She is very motivated and was a team mem ber last year, so she knows how to handle herself.” The team members are team cap tain Rob Flarris, a junior recreations and parks major; Bryce Reeves, a ju nior industrial distribution major; Steve Peck, a senior speech commu nications major, and Brian Mat thews, a senior physical education major. Other members of the rigorous team are Clay Sumner, a sophomore political science major; Eric Layne, a sophomore industrial distribution major; Chad Keith, a sophomore general studies major; Christine Lyle, a sophomore elementary edu cation major, and Johnny Fiester, a freshman sociology major. “Hester is the first freshman to ever compete in Ranger Challenge and he did very well,” Kirkland said. All the members are army ROTC cadets — one of the requirements for trying out for the team. The sport is not recognized at this time by the National Collegiate Ath letic Association. However, the cadet command in Ft. Monore, Va. is try ing to influence the NCAA to recog nize the event. There is not a na tional meet as of yet, but there are plans for a national meet next year, Kirkland said. The team’s main concerns now are maintaining their present status and getting new members involved, Kirkland said. Clay Sumner, a sophomore political science major, assembles an M-16 rifle and an M-60 machine gun simultaneously, while team captain Rob Harris, left, a junior recreation and parks major, and ad- Photo by Lucinda Orr viser Sgt. Maj. Larry Kirkland watch and time him. This was one of the eight events in which the team competed. The team won the event and took sec ond place overall. NEIL SIMON'S put 8IL0X! BLUES ^CHRISTOPHER WALKEN GEORGES DELERUE "K fromHBSIRII PAULSYLBERT PHOTOGfSm BILLBUTLER^t 4= JOSEPH M. CARACCIOLOMARYKAYPOWELL “WILSIMON RAY STARK ^MIKE NICHOLS i stAOTHt sk^Fbook ] A UNIVERSAL PICTURE [_ ^ (jfdvEflSAl. CrtV STUDIOS INC. 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