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By Colby Gaines
Adminis The Battalion
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at younj When former A&M track standout Tim
mt, saic Bryant competes in the long jump at the
Olympic Trials next week in Atlanta,
tly bam he’ll have a little something extra help-
tobacci ing him rocket down the runway.
Something spiritual, that is.
Throughout the past track season, a
season in which the Dallas native shat
tered personal record after personal
record, Bryant maintained a routine of
listening to gospel music before and dur
ing meets.
For Bryant, the soothing sounds give
him an edge over the competition.
» “Whereas some people listen to rap
and other things, I listen to gospel be-
. , cause it relaxes me,” Bryant said. “It
■‘tyieaae, loo9enB
me up, gets me away from the
crowd and helps me concentrate and
keep my mind on the event before I hit
g in clas track.”
way. gryant's routine produced serious divb
e utterej (jemis this Spring tOf the Aggies. Alter
i n g presi taking home seeond piece in his fresh
from hi niflii and suphomore years, lirynnt litmlly
A brake through his fVwst rat inns it the
len in hii _________
evapcSl "He'» a tremendous
long Jumper, but he
will have to have a
great leap to make
Spirit drives Bryant
toward ultimate leap
The long jumper will compete in next week's Olympic Trials
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the team, 1 think he
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has that In him."
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— TED NELSON
Head Track Coach
together, Southwest Conference Championships
May 16-18 and captured first place in the
long jump.
He followed up that triumph by earn
ing All-American distinction with a sev
enth place finish at the NCAA Champi
onships held in Eugene, Ore. in late May.
Bryant considers his leap of 26.7
feet at the conference finals a personal
milestone.
“I think placing first at the SWC was
the highlight of my track career at
A&M,” Bryant said. “Being that it was
the last meet of the conference, it was
very exciting.”
As exciting as winning the confer
ence title was for Bryant, he knows it
is going to take an even greater effort
at the Olympic Trials to fulfill his
dreams. The field is open, but there
is little room for error.
Out of 24 long jump participants,
only three will have the honor of
competing in the summer games.
Though the competition will be
the stiffest he has ever faced,
Bryant is optimistic about his
chances of making the USA team.
“Anything can happen,” Bryant
said. “The last few years, rio otie
has been really dominant (in the
long jump). Mike Powell and Carl
Lewis have been strong, but I
think that the field is open.”
A&M Head Track Coach Ted
Nilsen believes Bryant has a 1@*
gitimate shot at uuaUfylng te
wear red, white and blue,
"Tim will definitely be eem=
petitive,' 1 Nelson said, “He’s a
tremendous long jumper, but
he will have to have a great
Jean to make the team, I think
he has that in him.”
To prepare for his date with
destiny in Atlanta, Bryant has
been working eut every
evening with Nelson and Aggie
umps and hurdlers eoaeh Abe
rown*
In addition to his usual teeh*
nique work around the long jump
pit, Bryant has been doing sprint
work and lifting weights to add to
his explosiveness off the board.
Like any track athlete, making
the Olympic team would be a
dream come true for Bryant; but
whatever the results of the trials,
he’ll use the experience as a step
ping-stone for the future.
“This (the Olympic trials) is a
way of getting my foot in the door,”
Bryant said. “I want to take my
track career as far as I possibly
can. I believe I have a few more
years to go.”
March to Atlanta
The number of days remaining until the Opening
Ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
Jouvet: Olympic Trials
next hurdle for senior
Continued from Page 1
A junior transfer student out
of Odessa Junior College and a
Houston native, Jolivet will com
pete in the 100- and 400-meter
hurdles at the trials.
Since qualifying, Jolivet’s rou
tine hag changed very little.
She gtiil praetieei every day
as though she were In the regular
season, keeping a strong mental
attitude as well as a strong physi
cal regiment.
"I try to not he too relaxed, but
not too tense," Jolivet said, f< Oth=
erwise, I do not perform up to my
best, I just take a deep breath,
Whatever happens happens,"
Jolivet said she eeuld net
attribute her success to just
one person,
"It would be unfair to name
just one," Jolivet said, "But I can
say that the coaches at A&M
have brought me up te another
level."
Jolivet set gchool recordg in the
400-meter hurdles with an amaz
ing time of 66.82 gecondg, enough
to earn her a trip to the trials irf
Atlanta.
But her success does not stop
there. She went on to clock a
13.16-second finish in the 100-
meter hurdles, 0.04 seconds above
her personal best of 13.11 sec
onds, giving her a second qualify
ing time for the trials.
As if this were not enough, her
accomplishments as a member of
the relay teams have given her even
more to brag about this season.
Jolivet anchors both the 400-
and 1600-meter relay teams, car
rying the 400-meter relay team to
a school record of 44.49 seconds.
It is interesting to note that
the decision to let Jolivet run in
the relay team was an experimen
tal choice made by the A&M
Track coaches.
She never had the opportuni
ty to run the event before com
ing to A&M.
The indoor season was just as
rewarding to Jolivet this past
year, The Junior
anchored the
1000-meter re
lay to a third
place finish at
the Southwest
Conference in
door Meet and a
sixth place fin
ish at the
NCAA Indoor
Meet.
The result
ing school-
record time of three minutes,
37.61 seconds earned her All-
American honors.
The only SWC track athlete to
place in the top four in both the
100- and 400-meter hurdles and
the only conference female track
athlete to win both of these
events, Jolivet has far exceeded
the expectations of her coaches.
Story by Ray Hernandez
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