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Tuesday, April 17,
MATHEMATICS CONTEST
Annual FRESHMAN and SOPHOMORE Mathematics Contest
THURSDAY, APRIL 19,1990 • 7:30p.m.-9:30p.m.
Freshman Contest - Room 216 Milner Hall
Sophomore Contest - Room 304 Milner Hall
No Calculators! All test material will be provided.
Place Winner - $100
Second Place Winner - $60 Third Place Winner - $40
Prerequisite for Freshman contest is knowledge of calculus through Math
151 or equivalent, for the Sophomore contest knowledge of calculus
through Math 251 or equivalent.
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Olympians take Marathon
BOSTON (AP) — Olympic cham
pions Gelindo Bordin and Rosa
Mota both made history Monday by
becoming Boston Marathon cham
pions.
Bordin won the men’s marathon,
becoming the first Italian and first
Olympic champion to accomplish
the feat. Mota, of Portgual, ran away
with the women’s race for her re
cord-setting third Boston Marathon
victory.
The 31-year-old Bordin did what
nine other men’s Olympic cham
pions failed to do by overtaking
Tanzania’s Juma Ikangaa at Heart
break Hill and winning in 2 hours, 8
minutes and 19 seconds. It broke the
Italian mark of 2:09:27 Bordin set in
finishing fourth at Boston in 1988.
“It is not easy being an Olympic
champion,” Bordin said. “For three
or four months, I couldn’t move
without people stopping me — at a
restaurant, on the road, everywhere.
If I didn’t go, I hurt the sport.”
He’s about to become even more
well-known. The race was broadcast
live in Italy, with the announcers
screaming as Bordin covered the fi
nal yards.
“Gelindo’s victory on the streets of
Boston brought back for me the
emotions of the Olympic Games in
Seoul, emotions which I thought
couldn’t be repeated,” Gianni Gola,
president of the Italian Track Feder
ation, said. “But today the emotions
were even more intense.”
For Ikangaa, it was another heart
breaking defeat. It was the third
straight time he has finished second
at Boston. Ikangaa, a one-second
loser to Kenya’s Ibrahim Hussein in
’88 and beaten by 50 seconds by
Abebe Mekonnen of Ethiopia last
year, finished 1:33 behind Bordin,
in 2:09:52.
Rolando Vera of Ecuador was
third in his marathon debut in
2:10:46, a South American record.
Mota, who also won at Boston in
1987 and 1988, led the women’s di
vision the entire way, finishing in
2:25:24. Her other winning times
were 2:25:21 in 1987 and 2:24:30 in
’88.
Mota finished 42nd overall and
beat runner-up Uta Pippig of West
Germany by nearly three minutes.
Pippig finished in 2:28:03, while
Maria Trujillo of Mexico was third
in 2:28:53.
It was the stirring performancf
the unconventional Bordin
most excited the crowd that lined
26-mile, 385-yard course from
urban Hopkinton to the finishlii
downtown Boston.
Running a smartly paced race,
let a group of African runners In
themselves out with a blisteringet
pace before making his move
the hills — especially over the
ing Heartbreak Hill, the 20-tO'
mile mark of the race.
“They run crazy — 4:20 thefi
mile,” Bordin said of the Africans
understand it impossible towinj
race at that speed. I just run by
self, control my pace.”
This was his first victory sinceni
ning the Olympic gold at Seoul.
He and Mota each colleen
$50,000 from the $350,000 purse
While Mota’s victory was an e
one, there was some drama ini
men’s field. The group of Afrit;
runners, including Ikangaa
Hussein, went out so quickly it
peared the world best of 2:O6:50y
by Ethiopia’s Belayneh Densimo
1988, would be broken.
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senior tourney debate
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.
(AP) — In the matter of major tour
nament victories, Gary Player is at 16
and counting. By his estimation.
Jack Nicklaus is at 2 and 18. By his
count.
No one knows because there is no
clear-cut definition of precisely what
constitutes a “major” championship.
The U.S. and British Opens, the
Masters and the PGA generally are
considered to be the major titles in
professional golf. But that is only by
acceptance of the players, press and
public. There is no rule.
Nicklaus has won those events a
total of 18 times: six Masters, five
PGAs, four U.S. Opens, three Brit
ish Opens.
Player has won three Masters,
three British Opens, two PGAs and
one U.S. Open, a*otal of nine.
But Gary insists he’s won 16 “ma
jors.” He also includes two Senior
U.S. Opens, one Senior British
Open, one Senior Players
Championship and three Senior
PGAs, the last of which was gained
over the weekend.
“To the players on the Seniors
Tour, that is the most important
tour in the world,” he said before a
flight home to South Africa. “These
are our majors.
“They are as important to us as
any other tournaments are to any
other players.”
“I don’t know what the Seniors
majors are,” Nicklaus said.
There isn’t much history to go on.
The Seniors Tour is only 11 years
old. Most of golfs over-50 set, in
cluding Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer
and Lee Trevino, agree the PGA Se
niors and the Seniors U.S. Open
would qualify.
“I’m not sure what else might be
there,” Palmer said.
Regardless of their identity, Nick
laus said, Seniors victories shouldn’t
be counted in any listing of majors.
“No more than I count the ama
teurs,” Nicklaus said. “I won two
(U.S.) Amateur Championships, but
I don’t include them with the others
because I wasn’t playing the best
players in the world there. They are
in a different category.
“I’d list them as two amateurs and
18 major professional tournaments.
If I win a Senior major, I’d say it was
2, 18 and 1.
“You wouldn’t count a senior ma
jor in with the Masters and U.S.
Open. They’re in a different cat
egory, just like the amateurs, be
cause you don’t have all the best
players in the world playing in
them,” Nicklaus said, then gestured
toward the course that served as the
site of the PGA Seniors.
“You didn’t see Greg Norman and
Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo out
there, did you?” he asked.
Brewers crush Sox, 18-0
BOSTON (AP) — The Milwaukee
Brewers recorded the largest shut
out in the club’s history, pounding
out 20 hits and beating the Boston
Red Sox 18-0 Monday before a Pa
triots Day crowd of 35,478 in Fen
way Park.
Dave Parker and Greg Brock had
four hits each and Gary Sheffield,
Edgar Diaz and Brock drove in three
runs apiece. Milwaukee had nine
doubles, one triple but no home
runs.
Ted Higuera (TO) allowed two
hits in 6 1-3 innings as he won in
Fenway Park for the first time after
five losses. Tom Filer and Dan Plesac
finished the combined three-hitter.
Mike Boddicker (1-1) gave up six
runs and six hits in 2 1-3 innings and
Dennis Lamp followed by allowing
three runs and four hits in 1 1-3 in
nings. Rookie Dana Kiecker allowed
four runs in 1 1-3 innings and Mike
Rochford gave up four runs in 2 1-3
innings.
The major league record for the
largest shutout was the Pittsburgh
Pirates’ 22-0 victory over the Chi
cago Cubs on Sept. 16, 1975.
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take her place.
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college standout Shawn Medina
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left by the graduation of
year point gaurd Herner.
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reer, Medlock went to McLennan
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where she was a two-time all-
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chipper,” Hickey said. “We
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young lady,” Hudson said,
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just because of the type of person
she is.”
Last weekend in Odessa, Med
lock showed a strong perfor
mance in the “Texas’ Best"junior
college all-star game. She scored
23 points and dished out 13 a
sists in two games, including
points and six assists in the Nona
90-79 upset over the East.
“We can use Shawn in either
the point or swing postion,
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ness, is a good scorer and, mo?
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Texas A&M basketball coach Ker-
mit Davis Jr. on Monday signed Har-
din-Simmons’ Tommy French, last
season’s player of the year in the
Trans-America Conference.
French is the sixth recruit A&M
has picked up. Along with French,
the Aggies received committments
from Isaac Brown, Ayodele Ojo,
Gabe Ramirez, Darrin Terry and Ed
Wheeler.
A&M lost four seniors from last
season: All-Southwest Conerence
guard Tony Milton and forwards
Ray Little, Darryl Duncan and Dar
ren Rhea.
Because H-SU is dropping out of
the NCAA after this season into
NAIA play, its players are eligible to
transfer before next fall without los
ing any eligibility.
The 6-5 French, who will be a se
nior, averaged 21.4 points and 4.9
rebounds for the Cowboys last sea
son. He hit 63 percent of his field
goals, including 56 percent from
outside the 3-point line, and hit 73
percent of his free throws.
H-SU recruited French from Cla
rendon Junior College, where he av
eraged 25 points as a sophomore.
His most prolific game in junior col
lege was a 62-point effort against
Western Texas Junior College.
He was all-state and honorable
mention all-America as a high school
player in Albuquerque.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Da
vid Robinson is feeling better, which
isn’t calcucated to improve the dis
position of San Antonio’s remaining
opponents.
The Spurs’ sensational rookie
bounced back from his worst game
of the year with 25 points and 12 re
bounds Monday night, helping San
Antonio tie the NBA record for the
most improved team with a 110-101
victory over the Charlotte Hornets.
who have lour games lelt.
“They aren’t that far ahead
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them and win our last two games
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little now. I’m just a little weak. Now
I’ve got a day to rest and get it to
gether,” said Robinson, who scored a
career-low five points against Sacra
mento on Saturday night when he
was suffering from a stomach virus.
The Spurs are 53-26 after win
ning only 21 games last season. The
53 victories ties the club record and
the 32-game improvement ties the
Boston Celtics, who did it in 1979-
80, Larry Bird’s rookie season.
Robinson struggled with his shot
for most of the game, hitting just 4-
of-15 in the first three periods be
fore going 4-of-5 in the fourth quar
ter.
“I settled down in the second half
and let the game come to me,” Rob
inson said. “I got a lot better shots. I
had a couple of plays run for me and
I posted up real well.
The Spurs also pulled within 1 '/z
games of idle Utah in the race for
the Midwest Division championship.
The Spurs have three games re
maining, including a home date
Wednesday night against, the Jazz,
pulled Charlotte to 97-96 on a
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with 24 points and Kenny Gattisi
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