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A&M track jumps into respect
Aggies use results
to prepare for SWC
tournament meet
By Stewart Doreen
The Battalion
The Texas A&M track and field
teams took first place Saturday at the
Texas A&M Invitational, a meet that
was the Aggies head track coach said
was a warm-up meet for the confer
ence tournament.
“We felt like we took care of busi
ness,” head track coach Ted Nelson
said. “I feel really comfortable going
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Germaine Gist, a member of the
Texas A&M track and field team,
long jumps at the A&M Invitational
Meet on Saturday at the Anderson
Track and Field Complex. Gist
jumped 22'-7". A&M's Tim Bryant
placed second with a 23'-11" jump.
into conference.”
The men’s teams easily defeated the
field by a 30-point margin despite the
absence of two-sport star Danny Mc
Cray, who was involved with spring
football for the last few weeks.
The Aggies took advantage of good
showings by the hurdle crew who
brought much needed points early in
the meet.
Freshman Larry Wade led the
charge tak
ing second
place in the
men’s 110-
hurdles.
Sophomore
Curt Young
continued
his steady
running
with the
third place in the 110-meter hurdles
and 400-meter hurdles.
“I think were growing and as the
season goes on the stronger we get,”
said assistant coach Abe Brown.
The men also received strong per
formances in the 800-meters in
which senior Mike Miller ran down
Mike McLin of Lamar University in
the last 100-meters making up 10
meters in the process.
Miller finished with a season’s best
time of 1:49.9 while senior Scott
Garvin, the SWC 1,500-meter fa
vorite, finished third with a time of
1:51.3.
“I ran good considering I didn’t
get enough time to warm-up,” Miller
I expect big things at conference.
We have yet to run our best.
-Rosa Baker,
A&M 110m record holder
and Olympic qualifier
said. “After the workouts this week, I
know Tm going to do well in confer
ence.”
A&M’s Ted Reynolds and Larry Tay
lor took first and second place respec
tively in the men’s shot put.
Reynolds’ throw of 55’-2.75” was
inches better than Taylor’s 54’-5.25”
The surprise of the meet for the
guys was the performance of triple
jumper, Eric Hopkins.
Hopkins,
who is at
A&M on an
academic
scholarship,
jumped 47’-
4” and 1/4
to place
third giving
the Aggies
another po
tential point producer at next week’s
conference meet.
The women had a tougher time
with their meet and 1/2-point win
over San Jacinto Junior College.
Freshman Anjanette Kirkland and
senior Rosa Baker led the way contin
uing their strong running in the
women’s 100-meter hurdles.
Kirkland’s time of 13.43 was a
NCAA provisional qualifying time and
a personal best.
“She is one of the better hurdlers
in the NCAA,” Nelson said.
Baker, the Aggies’ record holder in
the 100-meter hurdles and Olympic
trial qualifier, is returning after a
See Track/ Page 6
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LUBBOCK — Texas Tech catcher Robin Harriss hit a
home run in the bottom of the eight inning, lifting
the Red Raiders to a 6-5 victory and a doubleheader
sweep of Texas A&M.
Tech (3 5-12, 9-3 Southwest Conference) beat A&M
9-5 in the first game, and the two victories kept the
Red Raiders in a first-place tie with Texas Christian.
The Red Raiders jumped to a 3-0 lead, but the Ag
gies’(27-1 8, 3A7)' ralliear fof a 5-3 lead in the top of
the eighth.
Designated flitter Brandon Welch then tiecl the
garrtef'at five with ^‘tWo-run home run to set up Har
riss’ game winner.
Freshmen pitchers Matt Miller and Jimmy Frush
held the Aggies scoreless in the ninth to preserve the
lead. Frush earned the save, allowing no hits in 1-3 in
nings.
Miller (2-2) allowed two hits in two innings to
A&M baseball ‘virtually
eliminated’ from SWC race
after losing Saturday’s
doubleheader at Lubbock
pick up the victory. Chad Allen (4-3) took the loss for
A&M.' .
, In'The first game, Tech was led by shortstop Saul
Bustos, who was 2-for 4 with four RBIs. Bustos led
the Red Raiders as they overcame a 2-1 deficit with a
five-run third inning.
Jeff Peck (2-1) allowed six hits in six innings for
Tech to pick up the victory. Chris Clemons took the
loss for the Aggies, falling to 4-5 after giving up nine
hits in two innings.
Texas A&M 8, Texas Tech 5 (Friday)
Texas Tech pitcher Travis Smith gave up three
run-scoring singles in the 1 Oth inning Friday night
as Texas A&M beat the Red Raiders, 8-5.
Smith, one of four pitchers Tech used in the
10th, walked one Aggie to load the bases then gave
up singles to Chad Allen, Chad Alexander and Rich
Petry.
Reliever Matt Sherwood earned the victory for
Texas A&M (27-16, 3-7 Southwest Conference), al
lowing no runs and one hit in 3 2-3 innings.
Ryan Nye (9-3) took the loss for the Red Raiders
(33-12, 7-3).
First baseman John Curl led A&M, going 2-for-4
with two doubles and four RBIs. Allen went 3-for-5
with a pair of RBIs.
Luke Potter led Tech on 2-for-2 hitting and an
RBI. Catcher Robin Harriss got one hit, extending
his hitting streak to 1 2 games.
Lady Aggie tennis
falls to ‘aggressive’
Lady Gamecocks
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
The home finale of the 1993-94 season for
Texas A&M women’s tennis team was a disap
pointing one, as the I8th-ranked University of
South Carolina beat the Lady Aggies in five out
of six singles matches Sunday afternoon at the
Omar Smith Tennis Center.
The Lady Aggies’ lone match win came
courtesy of junior Christine DiNardo, who
won two straight games to take a 3-6, 6- 4. 6-2
match victory against USC’s Claire Hammond.
"You can't take anything away
from South Carolina, they just
came and out and beat us.
- Bobbif Kleinecke,
head women's tennis coach
Head women’s tennis coach Bobby Klei
necke said DiNardo’s comeback win was a re
sult of playing the waiting game.
“Christine just had to hang in there long
enough to get (Hammond) to make some er
rors, Kleinecke said. “(Hammond) was very
aggressive, and we finally got some deeper
balls on her, then made her hit more and more
balls.
“That kept her off balance a little bit.”
Out of tne other five matches, only fresh
man Nancy Dingwall was able to avoid being
beaten in straight sets, losing to Heather
Greene, 6-1,3-6, 6-0.
Despite the ease of most the Gamecock vic
tories, coach Kleinecke said he was not upset
with the team’s performance because of USC’s
dominating play.
“I didn’t think we played badly, but we
couldn’t do anything, they were too aggressive,
“ Kleinecke said.
“(USC) came out and played extremely
tough. We weren’t as intense as we were the
other night against Texas, but when you play a
schedule like we do, you have to be ready to
play every time.
“You can’t take anything away from South
Carolina, they just came and out and beat us.
They were the better team today for sure.”
Sunday’s match was also the last home ap~
I earance by stand-out senior janine Burton-
urham, who fell to South Carolina’s Helen
Crook in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
The 3Oth-ranked Lady Aggies will play next
in the Southwest Conference Championships,
hosted by Rice University, starting on Friday.
A&M’s opening round opponent will be Texas
Tech.
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