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THURSDAY
April 4, 1996
Sports
Page 7
sports
GLANCE
Oilers' McNair nailed
on animal cruelty
EAST GREENWICH TOWNSHIP,
N.J. (AP) — Todd McNair of the
Houston Oilers has been charged
with mistreating 22 pit bulls seized
at his property where authorities say
the animals were being trained for
dogfights.
McNair, 30, was arrested Tues
day on cruelty-to-animal charges
and released from the Gloucester
County Jail in Woodbury after post
ing $10,000 bail.
The arrest followed an investiga
tion prompted by the local Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals, township police Lt. Scott
Coess said. The dogs were chained
at a vacant property owned by Mc
Nair, he said.
Neighbors reported hearing dogs
barking and crying and seeing pup
pies and adult dogs in cages filled
with dog feces. Goess said all the
animals were in poor condition and
one dog had a broken leg.
SCORES ROUNDUP
NL
St. Louis 5, New York 3
San Diego 7, Chicago 5
Houston 5, Los Angeles 2
Philadelphia 3, Colorado 1
Atlanta 15, San Francisco 2
Montreal 8, Cincinnati 4
NBA
New Jersey 100, Los Angeles 94
Indiana 102, Philadelphia 87
Cleveland 105, Los Angeles Lakers 89
Detroit 89, Charlotte 83
Orlando 98, New York 85
San Antonio 117, Sacramento 96
Seattle 118, Houston 103
Minnesota at Vancouver (n)
NHL
Washington 5, Buffalo 1
Ottawa 3, Florida 2
Boston 4, Montreal 1
I Tampa Bay 4, Hartford 2
Chicago 5, Toronto 2
Winnipeg 3, Dallas 1
St. Louis 6, Colorado 3
Vancouver at Calgary (n)
Edmonton at Anaheim (n)
Detroit at Los Angeles (n)
AL
Minnesota 16, Detroit 7
Chicago 4, Seattle 2
New York 5, Cleveland 1
Baltimore 7, Kansas City 1
Texas 7, Boston 2
Toronto vs. Oakland(n)
Milwaukee at California (n)
Aggies try to break bad luck in Texas Relays
By Tom Day
The Battalion
Uh, oh. It’s that time of year again.
Beginning Friday and running through the weekend,
the annual Texas Relays in Austin will commence with
the A&M Track and Field Team taking part in the activ
ities once again.
When taking a look back at the glorious history of the
Aggies at the Relays, A&M’s honor as outstanding team
in 1970, 1971 and 1980 stands out, as well as its 23 titles
won in relay events. But, recent history has not been so
kind on the Aggies as they have failed to win a relay
there since 1993.
But this is a new year and a new team, and A&M
Head Coach Ted Nelson is optimistic that this year’s Ag
gie relay teams will start a winning trend.
“It’s been five years since we took a solid relay team
to this meet,” Nelson said. “We’ve always taken some
good individuals there, but not a good relay team since
1990. But we feel real good about our chances this year.”
The 400-meter relay team, comprised of sophomores
Michael McKinney and Billy Fobbs and freshmen Toya
Jones and Michael Price, has posted the third-best time
(39.77) in school history.
The same foursome makes up the 800-meter team while
McKinney joins senior Curt Young, junior Danny McCray
and freshman Ricky Pfister on the 1,600-m relay team.
“The 4 x 200 relay will be a good race,” Nelson said.
“The 4 x 400 team finished sixth at the National Indoor
Championships. They’re not running too great right
now, but they should do strong.”
The A&M Men’s Team is riding a huge wave of mo
mentum going into Austin. Last weekend in a dual
match at the Anderson Track and Field Complex, the
Aggies spanked perennial power Texas 98-55.
Fobbs said A&M’s convincing victory serves as a con
fidence booster for the team heading into this weekend.
“Texas is usually the winner of the (Southwest Confer
ence) and we beat them pretty solidly,” Fobbs said. “That
may have sewed up the conference and that feels good.”
One of the Aggies’ top sprinters, Fobbs’ time of
10:32 in the 100-m dash is tops on the team this year,
while his 21:17 time in the 200-Meter Dash is good for
third on the squad.
“Besides a few minor leg injuries, I’ve been doing
See Track, Page 12
Stew Milne, The Battalion
Senior Richard Harrison clears the bar during the pole
vault Saturday evening at the Anderson Track Complex.
Fenimore fills leadership role nicely
Gwendolyn Struve, The Battalion
Texas A&M senior golfer Dru Fenimore takes a moment off while practicing at the
Texas A&M Golf Course Tuesday afternoon.
By Wes Swift
The Battalion
Senior A&M golfer Dru Fenimore
does not mind being the center of at
tention on the Aggie Men’s Golf Team.
He does not mind being the only se
nior on the team, coupled with the pres
sure to repeat as the SWC co-champion.
Indeed, Fenimore said he likes the
burden that comes with his position.
“I thrive off pressure,” he said.
“It’s good to know that people are
counting on you.
“You can use pressure to help you,
or you can let it get to you. I’ve always
tried to use it to help me.”
If Fenimore thrives under pressure,
then he should have a breakthrough
spring. The senior entered the spring
as one of only two upperclassmen and
the 1995 SWC co-champion with for
mer A&M golfer Anthony Rodriguez
and two other golfers.
A&M Men’s Golf Coach Bob Ellis
said Fenimore has taken on the man
tle of team leadership well.
“Dru has done a good job to lead the
team,” Ellis said. “He helps them pre
pare for tournaments and gets them
ready to play.”
Fenimore described himself as a
quiet leader and said he tries to instill
a work ethic in his teammates.
“I’m trying to lead by example,” he
said. “I try to work hard and hope oth
ers follow my lead.
“The guys we have are really hard
workers. If we don’t win something,
it won’t be because we didn’t work
hard enough.”
That work ethic and quiet leadership
has already begun to pay off for the
team, as Fenimore has had two Top 10
finishes in four tournaments, and has
led the team to a No. 21 ranking in the
national Rolex Team Rankings.
This success came after a junior
season filled with six Top 20 finishes
and a 75.55 scoring average.
Ellis said he hopes more of the
same from Fenimore this spring.
“Dru hopes to win the SWC again
and play in the Colonial,” Ellis said.
“Unfortunately, he won’t be able to
play in the Colonial because the
(SWC) regional is on the same day.”
The senior added an All-American
honor and a first place finish for the
team to his goals for the year.
Ellis said the key for Fenimore, and
for the team’s success, will be consistency.
See Fenimore, Page 8
Burning desire
extinguished by
the system
’m not an
Olympic ath
lete, never will
be, but as the
world gets ready
for the 1996 Sum
mer Olympic
Games, I find my
self wishing I could
be a part of it.
Oh sure, I
could purchase a ticket along with the rest of the
world and participate as a spectator, but that's
not good enough. I want to really be a part of it.
Then I heard the news and got the great idea.
The Olympic torch is going to make a run
through Bryan-College Station. That’s not the
good news. The good news is that regular people
like you and I have a chance to carry it.
Okay, so the announcement I saw in the pa
per mentioned local community heroes, but why
should that stop me from doing my part for my
country? So I made my way to the person in
charge and told of my desires.
“I want to be one of the torch runners,” I
said proudly.
“And you are?”
“My name is Lisa Nance. I’m a student at Texas
A&M, and I want to serve my country as a torch
runner for the Slimmer Games.”
I was feeling confident. I would be the perfect
candidate. I would run the Olympic torch for
every A&M student.
“Well, Miss Nance, what makes you quali
fied to run the torch? What have you done for
this community?”
Tough question, but I had an answer.
“Well, I contribute to the betterment of the
community by paying my taxes and voting in all
local elections.”
See Nance, Page 12
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