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' CS Relays
I From Staff and Wire Reports
:r bitBexas A&M leaned heavily on
:r i an {freshman and spohornores during
astime college competition of the Col-
blett^ Station Relays Saturday at An
on Field, but fared well none-
jess.
&M freshman Andre Cason
lifted for the NCAA meet with a
k of 10.23 in the 100-meter
i.
Jl just wanted to start the season
stinilitli a good performance,” Cason
bi (aid. “I know I had to run a good
ini: face because of Roscoe Tatum.”
rtht®atum, of TCU, finished second.
muyMkher Aggies who did well in-
Bed freshman Mike Stulce, who
Hshed second in the shot-put corn-
otkletltion.
mtiB&M also had a winner in the jav-
d «throw, Manuel Torrez, who had
;en idistance of 63.19 to go along with a
iei (Cote of 207.3.
dsp-Bi the women’s long jump, Alissa-
lid BP set a school record af-
■umping 6.21 meters, and in the
i a nen s high jump, junior Pat Poteet
ina’ If A&M set a meet record with a dis-
art(eof'7.2.
ndsjB&M’s David Koenig finished sec-
in HH with a jump of 7 meters, and
l a: iVallv Reid of A&M finished third
| $, fth ajump of 6-11 meters.
^[)ur high jumpers came out and
■areal good job,” A&M Assistant
Jch Ted Nelson said.
Jn other events, Alfredo Gomez
Rice set a meet record with a time
*''B:51.8 in the men’s steeplechase,
B Texas Southern University tied
Heet record with a 45.50 time in
1 he women’s 400-meter relay.
■ he Aggies also had winners in
■ women’s 1500-meter run as
■nne Rode won with a time of
1:49.3, and the women’s high jump,
_ vith Melinda Clark-Stott, who had a
e um|>of5-10 meters,
yf I In the men’s 110-meter hurdles,
he V&M’s Lawrence Felton won with a
bi. 14,06 time.
j 0 b®nsh Harris of A&M won the
X p vomen’s 400-meter dash with a time
C s »f 55.64, and A&M’s Tanya Wood-
■ took the women’s 400-meter
th limlles with a 1:00.64 time.
A&M sweeps 7th-ranked Hogs
Ags face nation’s top-ranked Cowboys tonight
From Staff and Wire Reports
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —
Texas A&M, ranked sixth nation
ally, svvept No. 7 Arkansas 6-1
and 8-6 Saturday in a Southwest
Conference baseball double-
header.
The Aggies are 28-6 for the
year and 2-1 in league play. Ar
kansas dropped to 21-8 and 1-2.
A&M now faces perhaps its
toughest test of the year — a 7
p.m. date tonight at Olsen Field
against No. 1-ranked Oklahoma
State. The Cowboys are the team
that knocked the Aggies out of
the NCAA playoffs last year.
Tonight’s game will be nation
ally televised by ESPN.
The sweep of the Hogs eased
the pain of a 5-0 shutout loss to
Arkansas in the first game of the
series Friday.
In the first game, Aggie Kirk
T hompson scored on a Scott Liv
ingstone sacrifice fly and Chuck
Knoblauch singled and scored on
a John Byington double to get a
2-0 advantage for A&M.
Arkansas scored one in the
Tom Carcimie
fourth when Greg D’Alexander
reached on an error and scored
on a Troy Eklund double to cen
ter.
The Aggies didn’t score again
until the seventh and final inning,
when A&M erupted for four runs
with the help of a two-RBI single
by Knoblauch and an RBI infield
single by Tom Carcione.
A&M starter Sean Snedeker,
now 4-0, earned the victory as he
worked five and a third, allowing
four hits and striking out seven.
Razorback starter Dennis
Fletcher, who was relieved in the
fifth, dropped to 5-1 with the
loss.
In the nightcap, Arkansas took
the early lead with a two-run
homer in the first by Eklund.
A&M tied it in the fourth on a
two-RBI double by Carcione that
scored Knoblauch and Terry
Taylor.
Arkansas countered with two
more runs in the bottom of the
fourth on a two-run homer by
Kendall Trainor.
Eklund’s second homer of the
day came in the sixth, a solo shot
that put Arkansas on top, 5-2.
Both teams traded runs in the
eighth, as A&M’s Taylor scored
on a Carcione sacrifice fly to cen
ter.
Arkansas scored on a Greg
D’Alexander solo homer to left.
In the ninth, A&M exploded
with five consecutive runs. A
Mike Easley homer off reliever
Mark Swope started the inning
and the rally.
Deron Dacus doubled, Kirk
Thompson and Knoblauch each
singled and all three scored on a
Taylor double to the left field
wall.
Livingstone, who had a 21-
game hitting streak stopped in
the first game, scored Taylor on a
sacrifice fly to center.
Arkansas managed a pair of
base runners in the bottom of the
ninth but could not score.
A&M’s third reliever on the
day, Jeff Jones, earned the vic
tory and is now 5-0 while Scott
Centala picked up his fifth save of
the year.
Arkansas’ John Cebuhar
worked seven innings and struck
out 10 but saw his lead vanish.
Mike Oquist suffered the loss to
drop to 1-2.
Texas athletes dominate triathlon
By Doug Walker
Reporter
Texans can add triathletes to their
boasts of the state’s tradition for ex
ceptional athletes. Texans were top
finishers of the more than 800 com
petitors who participated in the
Texas Triathlon Seven on Saturday
morning in College Station.
Triathletes from around the state
and country participated in the an
nual event, one of the biggest of its
kind in the nation.
Competitors began by swimming
one kilometer at Wofford Cain Pool,
followed by a 10-kilometer run
across the Texas A&M campus and a
30—kilometer bicycle race along EM
2818.
In the individual overall competi
tion, David Palmer of Dallas won the
men’s title with a time of one hour,
34 minutes and 58 seconds. He was
followed by Will Visser of Fort
Worth, the defending champion,
who posted a time of 1:35:09. Detlef
Schwarz finished third in 1:35:41.
Colleen Burke of Houston took
the individual women’s title in
1:46:49. Patricia Cason of Dallas
placed second with a 1:46:59 timing
and Joan Fowler was third in
1:47:28.
Age group winners included
Todd Ayars of Garland in the 14-19
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division, who won in a time of
1:44:37. Amy Berry won the girls’
14-19 division in 2:02:33. In the 20-
24 age group, Chriss Toriggino of
Austin was first in 1:40:04 while
Beth Baker of Austin won the wom
en’s title in a time of 1:58:46.
The 25-29 title went to Joe How
ard of Dallas who finished in 1:39:44
and Gay Goodwin of Austin won the
women’s title in 2:03:39. Ray Ash
worth of Nashville took the 30-34
men’s division with Sherry Dempsey
of Galveston winning the women’s ti
tle.
The 35-39 age group featured Bill
Choate of Austin winning for the
men and Patti Cooper of Houston
taking first for the women. Gary
Covington of Midland won the
men’s 40-44 title and Trudy Garrett
of Houston won the women’s divi
sion. Richard Hyre of Fort Worth
won the Masters (40 and above) for
the men while Jo May was first in the
women’s Masters competition.
The 45-49 division had Jim
Stubbs of Missouri City winning the
men’s title and Diana Koerting of
Amarillo won the women’s division.
William Smith of San Antonio won
the men’s 50-54 title and Lynne Bar
nett, also of San Antonio, won the
over 50 women’s title.
Lady netters
lose, win one
this weekend
By Curtis L. Culberson
Assistant Spurts Editor
It was a weekend of ups and
downs for the Texas A&M women’s
tennis team, which suffered its first
9-0 defeat of the season Friday. But
as A&M Coach Bobby Kleinecke
said, it was just another part of a rol
ler coaster season.
The Lady Aggies bounced back
Sunday from a sweep by ninth-
ranked Georgia to defeat Wisconsin
5-4 at the Omar Tennis Center.
The Lady Aggies’ weekend split
moves their season record to 14-5
while their league record stays at 3-
1.
A&M could take only two sets
from the Bulldogs in the singles
matches but played Georgia close in
doubles.
A&M’s Lisa Keller injured her
shin in singles play and was replaced
by Traci Nix who joined Gaye Lynn
Gensler in the No. 1 doubles seed.
The makeshift team played the na
tion’s 30th-ranked doubles team of
Stacey Schefflin and Lisa Apanay
close out lost 6-1,3-6, 7-5.
Cindy Crawford and Susan Wil
liams also played tough for the Lady
Ags in doubles play but lost to Eliza
beth Alexander and Jill Waldman 7-
5, 6-7, 6-4.
A&M’s No. 2 double’s team of
Cindy Churchwell and Derryn Hay-
garth lost to Jane Cohodes and
Lianna Bebeau 7-5, 6-3.
“We didn’t come out on fire — we
were a little fiat,” Kleinecke said.
The Lady Aggies bounced back
Sunday against the Wisconsin Bad
gers on the strength of a Gensler vic
tory in the No. 1 seed.
The Lady Aggies were down 3-2
in singles with Gensler still battling
on the court againt Wendy Gilles.
Gensler won a close victory over
Gilles 3-6, 6-4, 7-6. Gensler has won
three out of her last four matches.
Churchwell and Nix also gained
victries in the singles while Keller,
Crawford and Williams were de
feated.
With the singles tied at 3-3, A&M
had the momentum in doubles play
and won two of three matches, al
lowing it to squeak by the Badgers.
The
TlOCl
New England
Conservatory
Chorus
goes
Since founding the New England Conservatory Chorus in 1949,
Lorna Cooke deVaron has conducted some of the country’s
most gifted vocalists. During her career with the Chorus, she
has toured America, the Soviet Union, Spain and Israel. Under
her direction, the Chorus has performed annually and made 18
recordings with the world renowned Boston Symphony
Orchestra.
1988 marks the retirement of Mrs. deVaron from the NEC. Her
farewell tour to Texas will be remembered as the end of a
musical era. The New England Conservatory Chorus will
perform in Rudder Auditorium, Tuesday, March 29 at 8 p.m..
Tickets are $3.50 ($2.50 for students) and may be purchased at
the MSC Box Office. 845-1234.
f MSC
J.M
OPAS.
Stark
Concert Series
aune
—4J Conce
MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society • Memorial Student Center • Texas A&M University
Tickets $3.50 for adults
2.50 for children under 12
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MSC
Political
Forum
The
Soviet
Program:
Past,
Present & Future
by Alexander Kharkovsky
Soviet Emigre
Former Writer for Vokmg Sveta
Soviet Engineer
Tuesday, March 29
7:30 p.m.
212 MSC