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The Battalion
Page 3
A&M racewalker speeds up career
Yarbrough takes eighth at
World University Games
By KYLE BURNETT
The Battalion
Texas A&M racewalker Dana Yarbrough
grabbed an eighth place finish at the World Uni
versity Games in Buffalo, New York, Wednesday
night.
Yarbrough finished the 10k event ahead of six
other competitors with a time of 40:34.7.
Yarbrough, who has only been competing in
this event for one year, has amazed even herself
with the speed at which she advanced in the
sport.
"It's been real quick," she said a few hours pri
or to the race. "I didn't expect to be where I am
now and a lot of people didn't expect it either.
We are all real surprised."
Yarbrough said she is enjoying the experience
of competing in the games in New York.
"It is real exciting," she said. "I've been to
only one other international competition. You
meet people from all over the world and the fun
ny thing is, most all of them speak English.
"We trade pins and jackets. That's a lot of fun."
Yarbrough became involved with the sport to
take a break from marathons.
"I wanted to take it easy for a while because
my muscles were sore," she said. "I had read a
book on race walking and talked to my sister-in-
law about it. I started doing it and won my first
race the next week."
Yarbrough's former trainer Frank Thomas said
Yarbrough is a natural.
"She is an outstanding walker," Thomas said.
"It is phenomenal to be that fast."
After only three smaller races, Yarbrough en
tered her first 10k and won. That race was the
qualifier for the Olympic Trials.
"Things completely fell apart (at the Olympic
Trials)," she said. "I took off and tried to keep up
with the leaders. It was kind of dumb."
Yarbrough bounced back though, and at the
World Cup Trials in Washington D.C., she fin
ished sixth.
The top five finishers qualified to compete in
the World Cup in Mexico and Yarbrough made it
to competition as the alternate.
In Mexico in April she finished 42nd out of
128. She then followed that up with a sixth place
finish in June at the National Track and Fields
Championships.
"I had fifth but I got passed right at the end,"
she said. "It was kind of disappointing."
Disappointing as it might have been, a sixth
place finish was good enough to qualify her for
both the World University Games and the U.S.
Olympic Festival to be held in San Antonio on
July 30.
That may seem a lot for a competitor so new to
the sport but Yarbrough has higher aspirations.
"I would like to take a shot at the Olympics in
the next three years," she said.
Thomas said not only are Yarbrough's chances
of qualifying good, but the chance of winning the
Olympics is within her grasp.
"The key is '96." Thomas said. "With the
Olympics here in Atlanta, you are looking at
weather conditions she can train in here while
other walkers have to train in cooler climates."
Yarbrough is not only optimistic about her fu
ture, she is confident the sport will continue to
gjow in popularity.
"There is a lot of competition right now and
we are all real close on time," she said. "It is get
ting more interesting in the U.S. because it's more
competitive right now."
Yarbrough said she is excited about the possi
bility of continued improvement.
"They tell us it takes three years to do any
thing or really progress," she said "So in three
years it ought to be real interesting to see what
my times look like."
Thomas said Yarbrough has the opportunity
to be as successful as she wants to be.
"She has gotten so good so fast, but she must
maintain her enthusiasm and her mental edge,"
Thomas said. "She has the ability to be world
class."
Rugby team to host tournament this weekend
By KYLE BURNETT
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Rugby club will
host the 17th annual Summer Seven
rugby tournament on the polo fields
Saturday.
About 40 teams from Texas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexi
co will compete in the tournament
called "The Hottest Rugby in Texas."
D.J. Jones, vice president of the
club, said the tournament will not be
short of action.
"This is some of the best rugby in
the county," he said. "We have some
of the best teams around coming in."
The tournament is a regional
qualifier, meaning in order for a
team to compete for a national
championship, a victory must first
he obtained at this level.
"The competition is intense,"
ones said. "For some teams, they
have to play here because they
didn't win at another qualifier."
Two divisions have been estab
lished in order to accommodate
more teams. Teams that are from
outside A&M's region will compete
in the Social Division.
"The quality of play is fantastic,"
Jones said. "We have an extraordi
nary field in the Qualifier Division,
and the social is real good as well."
Jones said A&M has a good
chance of winning because they will
have a team, or side as it is called,
competing in both the Qualifier and
Social Divisions.
"We are split down the middle,"
Jones said. "But our advantage is
that our sides are equally matched,
and we have good players on both
sides."
Oscar Perez, the club's program
chairman, said the team has an ad
vantage over some of the competi
tion.
"We have some real speed on our
side," he said. "In addition, we
have good endurance which is real
important in a tournament like this."
The tournament is a condensed
version of regulation rugby play
which has 15 players per side and 40
minute halves.
The teams in this tournament
have seven players and the game
consist of two seven minute halves.
Add in a two minute halftime and
time for penalties, and the tourna
ment game are still under 20 min
utes.
"It is very fast action," Jones said.
"It is high scoring and very fan ori
ented."
Perez said, "the tournament ought
to be real exciting because we have
some real good teams competing."
Among the collegiate teams
A&M could possibly face are the
likes of Texas, Rice, Sam Houston
State and Southwest Texas State.
Jones said A&M would like to
face any of the competitors but there
are a few teams they would most
like to play.
"We hate Texas of course," he
said. "But we really, really hate
Rice, those sons of bitches."
A few of the key teams that are
not collegiate are the two clubs from
Dallas and Arlington.
Jones said A&M has a setback
when facing these teams.
"We are collegiate side so we are
really pressured," he said. "(These
clubs) can draw on better players,
like all those players that have gone
through collegfc and are now experi
enced. They have a larger draw."
The tournament will begin at 9:00
a.m and run through 6:00 p.m. The
final is expected to be around 5:30
p.m.
Aggie softball
duo chosen to
USA Select team
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Two Texas A&M softball players are heading for Hol
land this weekend to represent the United States in an
international tournament.
Jennifer Mc-
Falls and K.K.
Kalhoefer have
been chosen to the
USA Select team.
The two compiled
the highest indi
vidual batting av
erages in A&M's
history last season,
leading the team
to a 34-14 record.
McFalls, a 1993
first-team All-
American, batted .427 this season, and Kalhoefer, first-
team All-Midwest region, had a .388 average.
"I'm real excited to be representing Texas A&M and
the United States," Kalhoefer said in a press release.
Kalhoefer, a senior from Kingwood, has completed
her college eligibility.
"This will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me. I
never thought I would have a chance to do something
like this," she said.
McFalls
Kalhoefer
McFalls and Kalhoefer will play short stop and center
field, respectively, on a team with eight All-American
players.
McFalls, a senior from Grand Prairie, said, "I'm look
ing forward to being on the same team with players I
have competed against and learned to respect.
"Our team should be really strong," she said. "There
isn't any reason why we can't compete with the other na
tional teams."
The tournament will host teams from China, Italy, the
Netherlands and the Dutch Antilles in Haarlem, Holland
on July 17-25.
A&M softball coach Bob Brock said, "It is real exciting
that two players from A&M have been chosen to play on
a team from the U.S. and compete internationally. These
girls have devoted a lot of time and effort to softball.
"It is also exciting that Jennifer and K.K. will be able
to showcase their talents after missing the NCAA tour
nament this past season," he said.
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