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Mountain
bikes at A&M
just an image
M ountain biking is quickly
becoming to the United
States what road cycling is
to France. A walk across campus
is evidence of the popularity of
these “utility vehicles” of the bicy
cle world.
But as transportation? In the
incredibly mountainous region of
the Brazos Valley?
Granted, mountain bikes are
great for hopping curbs and cut
ting across fields. But the knobby
tires make for really lousy road
performance.
Hybrids and touring bikes are
much more appropriate for the
trek to school or work. In fact,
there is really no legitimate rea
son for riding a mountain bike
around the B/CS ruraplex.
There's nowhere to ride
The only two trails in the
Bryan-College Station area are
awful at best, and there aren’t
even any hills, much less moun
tains. The only possible reason for
the plethora of mountain bikes on
this campus is image.
It’s just plain cool to own a
mountain bike.
Meet Joe-Dude Mountainbiker.
I ran into Joe-Dude right outside
of Evans Library as he was getting
on his bike.
CP: “Hey Joe-Dude, cool moun
tain bike. What kind is it?”
JM: “It’s a Truk
2500003.33SXJ52 with road slicks,
Shibango dual-clicker A500 gears,
Hambone L-bend bar ends for easy
maneuverability, and a Pinetti AK
shock absorbing front suspension
stem.”
CP: “Wow! Impressive. Was it
expensive?”
JM: “Well, the front fork cost
an extra $250, so the total cost
was $1250.” ),.
CP: “So you ride competitive
ly?”
JM: “Well, I ride as fast as I
can.”
CP: “No, no! Do you go off-
roading in competitions?”
JM: “No way man! I wouldn’t
take this bike off-road! I spent too
much money on it.”
Joe-Dude isn't alone
Unfortunately, Joe-Dude is not
an anomaly. It seems like image
is the most important competition
in the biking community at A&M.
Even little kids are riding plas
tic replicas of mountain bikes. Of
course, they probably ride off-road
more than most of the students on
this campus.
Only a handful of these bikers
have been on terrain rougher than
College Main (well, perhaps that
does constitute off-road.) And
mud? No way.
Maybe the university can spon
sor a “Mountain Bike Parade” to
raise a little money to build some
decent trails for the few serious
off-roaders in the community.
That way everyone ends up happy.
The fashion conscious can show
off in the parade, and the real off-
roaders can have a decent trail to
ride on.
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Montgomery native Kristen Sauer practices her serve in a drill at the Texas A&M
Tennis Camp.
Aggie’s shortstop doesn’t stop short
A&M star makes U.S.
national baseball team
Battalion file photo
A&M shortstop Robert Harris tries to complete a double play. Harris is playing for
the U.S. National Baseball team.
Kent and crew host
one of southwest's
most popular camps
By Mark Smith
The Battalion
As the hot summer sun beats down
on Texas A&M, some visitors to campus
are outside in the heat practicing their
overhand serve and their baseline vol
ley.
These visitors are tennis players
wanting to improve their game by at
tending the Texas A&M Tennis Camp.
The camp is in its second of four ses
sions.
The campers come from all over the
state and country to receive instruction
from A&M head tennis coach David
Kent and some of the southwest’s best
tennis instructors.
Kent’s son, Todd, said the camp has
students from all different skill levels.
“This is a camp for everybody,” Todd
Kent said. “We have beginners as well
as more advanced students.”
Those differing skill levels range
from kids who were state finalists in
the Texas Sectionals and tournament
winners to kids who are just beginning
to play.
They also come from a variety of high
schools, ranging from 1A to 5A. One
camper, Susan Nordyke, talked about
how she came from a town that had no
tennis courts.
“We had to play in the streets,” she
said. “We had about seventy-five people
trying to play on the two city courts we
had.”
Nordyke and her teammates from
Bullard High School tried to get
$20,000 from the booster club to build
the team four courts. They had to win
the state title in order to get the money.
The players aren’t the only ones who
come from all over. The counselors are
made up of high school coaches, college
players and college coaches who work
during the fall and spring throughout
the state.
Some of the counselors have been
helping Kent with his camp for a num
ber of years.
“One of our counselors has been help
ing us for over eighteen years,” Todd
Kent said. “He’s been helping us since
before all of these kids were bom.”
Head coach Kent has been running
tennis camps since 1971, when he was
head coach at West Texas State Univer
sity. His tennis camp has endured,
Please see Tennis Camp/Page 4
By Brian Coats
The Battalion
Although the Texas A&M baseball
team’s season has been over for more
than two months, one player is still go
ing strong.
Texas A&M shortstop Robert Harris
is representing A&M on the 1994 USA
Baseball Team after surviving the
team’s final cut to 24 players Saturday.
Because a player has to be an ama
teur to play for the national team, Har
ris said he had to make a decision
whether to play for the team or sign a
professional contract. He was drafted
by the Oakland Athletics in the ninth
round of this month’s baseball draft.
Harris said since he did not sign,
and is playing for Team USA, he will
be returning for his senior year at
A&M.
“I pretty much had to make up my
mind one way or the other after getting
this call” he said. “I’ll be back.”
Harris, A&M’s starting shortstop
the last two years, said his experience
was a factor in making the team.
“It feels great,” he said. “The main
Please see Harris/Page 4
Page 3
Swimmers dive
into A&M’s
‘coolest’ camp
By Brian Coats
The Battalion
The latest and undoubtedly the
“coolest” camp at Texas A&M Uni
versity this summer is going on right
now at Cain Pool.
59 kids are getting individualized
instruction, learning stroke tech
niques and getting an opportunity to
stay on campus in the first of three
week-long Texas Aggie Swim Camps.
Carol Nash, the camp director and
a counselor, said the week is geared
towards competitive swimmers who
want to improve their strokes and
mechanics. Campers swim three
times a day, beginning with an out
door swim at 6 a.m.
She said the focus of the camp is
to give each camper as much special
attention as possible.
“We try to have a good swimmer
to coach ratio,” she said. “Why come
to camp if you can’t get special atten
tion?”
Nash said the camp was the first
in the nation to use underwater
video cameras to tape kids swim
ming.
“We tape the kids in the morning,
analyze the tapes, talk to the kids
about their swimming and then send
the tapes home with them,” she
said. “It’s great for the kids, and the
parents get to see what their kids
were doing all week.”
Nash added that since A&M be
gan the underwater videotaping, sev
eral other camps advertise that they
now do the same thing.
“Just as long as everyone knows
we were the first,” she said.
Several campers took time out
from a precious opportunity to enjoy
a few moments of free time on the
diving hoard to talk about the camp.
Kristi Lobpriez, 11, from Wharton,
said her favorite part of the camp is
the swimming.
However, Kelly VonDrehle, 10,
also from Wharton, said she likes
“dryland” or the out-of-the-pool activ
ities.
“I like playing video games and
hanging out at the MSC,” she said.
Kevan Haggerty, 16, from Cof-
feyville, Kansas has been to camps at
Nebraska and the University of
Texas. He said every camp has good
workout sessions, but A&M is better
in other areas.
“Nebraska was a really-intense
Please see Swim Camp/Page 4
Former Wimbeldon
champions enjoy
return to grass
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) —
They’d all been struggling, one way or
another, but getting back on their
beloved grass at Wimbledon was like
a tonic for four former champions.
“This is the place where you come
and prove yourself,” said Andre Agas
si. “It’s alway seemed to help me rise
to the occasion.”
Agassi, Boris Becker and Stefan
Edberg — winners of the six of the
past nine men’s titles — came away
heartened by solid first-round victo
ries Monday. So did nine-time cham
pion Martina Navratilova, moved by a
sustained standing ovation as she
started her 22nd and final Wimble
don.
‘T was excited, and then the ap
plause just kept going, and it was
‘Wait, I haven’t played yet. How am I
supposed to play now?”’ said
Please see Wimbledon/Page 4
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