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Tuesday, July 19, 1988/The Battalion/Page 5 Sports Coaches: Barnes set for Seoul Aggies Heard, Kerr reach semis at Trials -■■■■ Battalion Hie photo Former A&M track star Randy Barnes has a shot at a medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea. By Anthony Wilson Sports Editor Former Texas A&M shotputter Randy Barnes’ feats in the Netum L. Steed weight room have become leg ends of almost Herculean propor tions. When Barnes positions him self under 600-plus pounds for a few sets of bench pressing, even the likes of footballers John Roper, Adam Bob and Jerry Fontenot stop to gawk. “When he’s lifting, he puts on a pretty good show,” A&M Assistant Track Coach Barry Colburn said. “It’s something to watch. He can lift the side of a building.” However, what Barnes has accom plished in Steed is nothing com pared to what he could pull off in Seoul, South Korea in September. Barnes will be the first Aggie shot- putter to be competing for the U.S. Olympic team since Randy Matson did in 1968. He will also be trying to bring home the first gold medal to Aggieland since Matson’s victory in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. The 6-foot-4, 285-pound Matson won the United States Olympic Tri als in Indianapolis Saturday with a put of 71-9'/2. The throw bested the second place finisher by over three feet and set a stadium and meet re cord that had stood for 16 years. Barnes’ domination of the compe tition may have startled some ob servers, but it was certainly no shock to his A&M mentors. “I don’t think it was a surprise — certainly not to us,” Colburn said. “Randy’s been here training the whole year with Coach Parker and we’ve had a first-hand look at every thing he’s doing. Last week I saw his final workout and he was going about half-speed flipping the ball off his fingertips and was throwing over 68 feet. “Before he ever got on the plane to go to Indianapolis, we knew he was getting ready to throw well. How good we didn’t know. But we knew he’d be in the running for it.” Barnes will be the 11th Aggie tra- ckster to compete in the Olympics. The last was javelin thrower Juan de la Garza who competed for the Mex ican team in the 1984 Los Angeles games. However, unlike Garza, Barnes will be one of the favorites to win his event. “I don’t know if you can ever pick anybody to be the favorite to win anything because anything can hap pen on any given day,” Colburn said. “We think that Randy will be in the hunt and up in the medals some where. If it’s his day, he can do it.” Colburn said that at this point the Soviets and East Germans do not have an advantage over Barnes. “I think it’s about even-steven at this time,” he said. “They’ve got to do the same thing — go out there on that one day at that one moment and throw their best. It always comes down to that one moment.” Barnes sat out the 1988 collegiate season after two outstanding cam paigns to concentrate on his training and improve his chances for making the Olympic team. Barnes, who would have been a junior last season, won the 1987 Southwest Conference outdoor shotput championship and was a two-time SWC champ in the discus. He owns the SWC record toss of 71-9V2, the second best ever by a collegian and fifth best American mark. Barnes’ combination of size, strength and speed made him highly sought recruit for A&M, but no one imagined that his career would blos som into Olympic glory. “I think the staff thought that Randy was going to be a good one,” Colburn said. “I don’t think you can go down the line and say a guy’s going to be an Olympian or a gold medalist because there are too many intangible things that have to hap pen. “You can want a guy to be great, but if he doesn’t want to be great, it doesn’t happen. You can say a guy’s got Olympic ability and want him to be a gold medalist, but if it’s not im portant to him (it won’t happen). But it became important to Randy. And when it becomes important to a guy like Randy who’s got the tools, you can get the job done.” Barnes may return to A&M after the Olympics, but because he would the miss fall semester because of the games, he may not be eligible to compete for the Aggies. If he is eligi ble or does seek to return to colle giate competition, Colburn believes Barnes will be tossing iron for A&M. “I think if Randy can get eligible or is eligible, I don’t think he would go anywhere or compete for anyone but Texas A&M,” Colburn said. “I think we have a good working relationship with Randy. It’s a two- way street. We appreciate everything he’s done for us and the program at A&M. “Anytime you have a great person like Randy, it’s always a plus. I think Texas A&M is considered one of the better throwing teams in the United States and partly because of Randy.” INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Texas A&M’s Floyd Heard and Stanley Kerr finished third and fourth re spectively in the 200-meter dash, while Carl Lewis breezed to victories in the first two rounds of 200-meter heats at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Floyd and Heard advanced to the semifinals, which will be held Wednesday. Lewis, who already has won the 100-meter dash during the Trials, in a wind-aided 9.78 seconds, the fast- est-ever run, also was to compete in the longjump Monday night. Other finals scheduled Monday night were the hammer throw, the men’s and women’s 800 meters, the women’s javelin and 400 meters, and the men’s 10,000 meters. The final of the men’s 200 also will be held Wednesday. After that, it will be determined whether Lewis again will make the U.S. team in HOUSTON (AP) — Popular Houston Rockets guard-forward Robert Reid, a fixture on the Rock ets roster the past 10 years, was traded to the expansion Charlotte Hornets Monday for guard Bernard Thompson. Reid, 32, has played his entire ca reer with the Rockets. He averaged 6.3 points in 62 games last season. Thompson, 6-6, 210, was ob tained by the Hornets in the recent expansion draft, after playing the last three seasons for the Phoenix Suns. “This is an excellent deal for us,” Hornets vice president and general manager Carl Scheer said in a pre pared statement. “It not only pro vides us with a veteran player who could help us considerably in the early years, but it also assures of a fu ture young player.” Reid was a key part of the Rockets’ three individual events, as he did four years ago. He also qualified for a possible spot on the 400-meter relay team by winning the 100. Although he is not yet assured a lace on the relay team — that will e determined by the coaches — Le wis most likely will anchor the 400 relay. He anchored U.S. teams to world records in the relay at the 1983 World Championships and 1984 Olympic Games, and ran the final leg on last year’s winning team at the World Championships. Lewis eased to victory in the first round of the 200 in 20.32 at the In diana University Track and Field Stadium, then ran a sparkling 20.03 in the second round. “I felt confident in both races,” Lewis said. “Physically, both felt very easy. They weren’t real fast.” drive to the 1986 NBA finals against the Boston Celtics. The Rockets also scheduled a news conference Tuesday, with the announcement likely concerning Los Angeles Clippers third-year guard Michael Woodson. Woodson and Patterson had ear lier confirmed their contract talks. Reid missed the start of the 1987- 88 season after undergoing knee surgery and dieting to lose weight. He returned to the lineup, but his playing time was limited as the sea son progressed. Reid ranks fifth on the Rockets’ all-time scoring list with 8,823 points and is third on the all-time list of games played with 762. The Rockets selected Reid, from St. Mary’s University, in the second round of the 1977 draft, the 40th player chosen overall. 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