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Sports fMmmwMmmmm. WMm The Battalion Page 9 <lnCS S SlUlIj; clion for %: n - in USfc forniatior:; Chrisiij lu 'group (|. i group) [, or inorcir; 777-S dent ■f and ■ersityfe -in Center. [ ill Rev. Mr: Metrical ar, H-’ers Sp ■cn on Elcii: or Realiij chry. 'Society: 0! iminationsf I at 7:30p; the Biocl norc infoi 346-1530. stitute fe engineetj Sections am s Eastman \theist Stir cer eleclioi p.m. in II "ormation a [ency Can )ns and nietl 11 Koldai riform. Fci .all Emil) 1 ;: A&M’s Wilbert awaits Lubbock arrest warrant Misdemeanor charge stems from brawl with Texas Tech fans after Feb. 5 win By Nick Georgandis The Battalion William Harrison/ The Battalion Joe Wilbert shoots during last season's game against the University of Houston. Texas A&M junior basketball play er Joe Wilbert has yet to receive an arrest warrant issued for him last Thursday by Lubbock County author ities relating to Wilbert’s involvement in a post-game scuffle earlier this year at the Lubbock Municipal Colise um, according to the Texas A&M sports information office. The incident occurred on Feb. 5, following the controversial ending to the Aggies’ 89-88 win over Texas Tech. As the Aggie players and coaches attempted to leave the playing floor and reach the visitors’ locker room, they were confronted by several Tech fans who had left the restricted view ing area. A braw followed in which Wilbert, a junior transfer forward who was named Southwest Confer ence Newcomer of the Year, hit Texas Tech student William Scott Patterson in the face. The 2 1-year-old Wilbert is accused of Class A misdemeanor assault, pun ishable with a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $3,000 fine. Colin Killian, A&M’s assistant sports information director, said the athletic office has been advised by University attorneys not to comment on what Wilbert’s plea will be once his case comes to trial. Jan Blakcklock, Lubbock County misdemeanor prosecutor, said a court date for Wilbert will be set after Wilbert is arrested. Wilbert declined to comment on the case, citing the advice of A&M’s legal counsel. Cowboys lose offensive starter as Gogan signs with the Packers The Associated Press IRVING — Kevin Gogan was ex pected to become the first offensive starter to leave the two-time defend ing Super Bowl Dallas Cowboys via free agency Monday. Gogan, who started at right guard last season for the Dallas Cowboys, has accepted a three-year, $3.6 million contract with the Los Ange les Raiders. The Dallas Morning News reported in Monday’s editions. A Raiders spokesman said the team had no immediate comment. Gogan, 29, was expected to sign the deal Monday, making him the sixth Cowboy to sign with another team this off-season. Tony Casillas, "They told me they'd match any offer I received, and that simply wasn't true." - Kevin Gogan, former starter for Dallas Cowboys on his signing with the Packers John Gesek, Jimmie Jones, Bernie Kosar and Eddie Murray already have signed with other teams. “Tm a little upset,” Gogan told the newspaper from his home near Seat tle. “I always felt I’d return to Dallas. “They told me they’d match any offer I re- ceived, and that simply wasn’t true.” Gogan will get a $1.3 million sign ing bonus and another $550,000 for the 1994 sea son. Each of the next two seasons are worth $875,000. He made $1.27 million over seven seasons with Dal- las. Owner Jerry' Jones had said protec tion for quarterback Troy Aikman and running back Emrnitt Smith was his top priority among free agents. Kenya’s Nedti defends Boston marathon crown, sets course record The Associated Press BOSTON — No one ever called the Boston Marathon course fast. Until Monday. Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya smashed the record in defending his men’s title and Uta Pippig of Germany broke the women’s record. Bob Kempainen, a 27-year-old medical student at Minnesota, broke the American record in fin ishing seventh on a day that saw temperatures reach the mid-50s and runners taking advantage of a 19mph tailwind. “I was not aiming to get a fast first or second half. I was only concentrating on the pace other people were running,” the 24-year Ndeti said. He covered the 26 miles, 385 yards in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 1 5 seconds — 36 seconds better than Rob de Castella’s Boston record set in 1986. Ndeti’s time was the fifth-fastest ever and the fastest in the world in six years. It was only 25 seconds off the world best of 2:06:50, set by Be- layneh Densimo of Ethiopia at Rot terdam in 1988. The 26-year-old Pippig won in 2:21:45. She broke the women’s record of 2:22:43, set by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 1983, and moved Germany’s Uta Pippig wins women’s title in record fashion as top runners benefit from substantial tailwind into third place on the all-time list, 39 seconds behind the world- best of 2:21:06 set by Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen at London in 1985. Second on the all-time women’s list is Samuelson, with the Ameri can record of 2:21:21 at Chicago in 1985. In winning for the second con secutive year, Ndeti became the fourth straight Kenyan champion. His countryman, Ibrahim Hussein, won in 1991 and 1992. Kempainen, the runner-up at New York last November, ran 2:08:47. The previous mark of 2:07:52, by Alberto Salazar at Boston in 1982. Ndeti held off late-charging Andres Espinosa of Mexico, the 199 3 New York City Marathon champion. Ndeti ran almost an identical race to a year ago, biding his time over the first half of the course be fore surging to the front. Ndeti seized the lead for good just before 2 2 miles, overtaking little-known Boay Akonay of Tan zania. Last year, after winning, Ndeti gave his 2-day-old son the middle name of “Boston.” “Last year was a miracle to me,” he said Monday. At the halfway point, Ndeti was ninth, as Keith Brandy of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., led in 1:04:52. Therefore, Ndeti ran the second half dose to 1:02:00. Kempainen was timed in 2:08:47, five seconds faster than Salazar’s previous mark of 2:08:52 at Boston in 1 9 8 2. “If somebody had told me what I ran today, I think I would have won the race or been close,” he said, “but I was seventh. “1 feel baffled because I don’t know what to make of my race, how much was it was the wind or the great field.” Espinosa’s runner-up time was 2:07:19, also under the previous course record and the sixth-fastest ever. 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