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October 17,
Thursday
Page 11
October 1 7, 1996
»«;ross Country tunes up for Big 12
By Sara Duesing
The Battalion
prepares With one oot after the other,
.. I , re Texas A&M Cross Country
IDie UpSSI jam races into Arlington this
eekend for one final non-confer
ees (AP)-lti ice competition before meeting
gearing up to pi )w ith the Big 12 in twc^ weeks,
alcons whileeiei After facing top-notch oppo-
g about theMiai j nts i as t t wo weekends, the
Jimmy Johnson a m faces mild competition on
iturday at the University of
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to not getting w insand losses, but just getting
gainst the loi pd workout.”
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think what happened last
was there were a lot of ex-
ictations for our football
, but a lot of times I put a
of expectations on myself,”
yant said. “I had a slow start
instead of re-
ouping, forget-
ig about it and
oving forward, I
it bother me
get to my
ental game
than it
have. And
it's just a part of
owing up and
of maturing
this game,
ve got to learn
accept situa-
like that.”
Bryant managed
rebound from
“Kicking is 90
percent mental,
and if you go out
there with even
one negative
thought in you
head, it can
mess you up.”
Kyle Bryant
Junior placekicker
■
at the end of the sea-
, hitting eight of his last nine
speed* Id goal attempts in his last
Fortt 'ee games.
rati “After that, the pressure was
ted and it was just a game to
” Bryant said. “I had the
of mind that I needed all
It wasn’t a life-or-death
uation anymore, and that’s
I approached it. I just fo-
The men’s team has yet to beat
the Horned Frogs this season,
which remains a standing goal. As
for the women, their fortune lies
with the North Texas Eagles. The
Lady Aggies have come close to
defeating UNT several times, but
have failed to be victorious.
“This will be a challenge,” fresh
man Caroline Kohler said. “But we
should do well because this last
couple of weeks has been a pre
view of what’s to come. This will be
a break from the two big competi
tions (the North Texas Invitational
and the Texas A&M Invitational)
we just finished so we will be able
to reorganize ourselves.”
Last weekend, as the Aggies
hosted the Texas A&M Invitation
al, the men’s team placed fourth
out of 35 universities. Sophomore
Scott Lengefeld finished second
in the 5-mile race and Snider
came in fifth.
“I’d like to duplicate this past
weekend’s performance and
help the team out individually,”
Snider said.
The Lady Aggies also recorded
a fourth-place finish, as Kohler
completed the 3.1-mile race in
18:17, crossing the line 15th.
Hinze said he is relatively
pleased thus far with his team’s
standings, but hopes to see im
provement on consistency.
“I’ve seen flashes of being com-
cused on it being a game and
being fun.”
It was certainly fun for
Bryant in the Aggies’ 22-20
Alamo Bowl victory over Michi
gan at the end of last season. He
was five-for-six in field goal at
tempts with a long of 49 yards,
and scored 16 of the Aggies’ 22
points. Bryant was named Of
fensive Most
Valuable Player
for his efforts.
“To me that was
Kyle Bryant,” Bryant
said. “That’s what
should have been
happening all
along. Unfortunate
ly it didn’t, and I was
glad to get back in
the groove.”
Bryant has been
in the groove this
year as well, nail
ing eight of 11 field
goals with only
two misses inside
of 50 yards. He ranks third in the
Big 12 and 20th nationally in field
goals per game.
“You can’t be intimidated by
the situation, the distance, or the
weather factors,” Bryant said. “It
all goes back to enjoying what
you’re doing. You’ve got to love
the sport and love your position
to approach it 100 percent.”
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Freshman Caroline Kohler crosses the finish line at the A&M
Invitational last weekend. Kohler placed 15th in the three mile run.
petitive, which is important since
we’re running a young team with
many freshmen,” Hinze said.
“We’re not as consistent as I’d like,
but the more important competi
tions are still yet to come.”
Focusing on team success,
Snider said he hopes each athlete
shows his full potential.
“We haven’t had all five guys run
well in one competition,” Snider
said. “I want us all to have a good
race, run strong and together.”
Likewise for the Lady Aggies,
Kohler said it is important that the
top runners perform as expected.
“We want to see a higher rank
in the polls,” Kohler said. “We all
need a real solid race just to focus
on getting our performances and
also our confidence up.”
Dallas Stars off to best
start in franchise history
DALLAS (AP) — Aggressive per
sonnel moves in the offseason and a
bolder style on the ice have pushed
the Dallas Stars to their best start in
the franchise’s 30-year history.
Dallas improved to 6-0 Tues
day night with a 3-1 victory over
the Detroit Red Wings, the longest
winning streak at the start of a
season since the Pittsburgh Pen
guins went 7-0 to open 1994-95.
“We can’t fall in love with our
selves, but we’re not making the
errors at key points in a game that
we were making last season,”
coach Ken Hitchcock said. “The
new guys have helped, and we’re
getting effort from everybody.
Lechler
Continued from Page 9
“What we’re trying to do with
him is be more consistent,” Special
Teams Coach Shawn Slocum said.
“I think that will come with prac
tice. He’s growing as a punter. He’s
had the good ones (kicks), but what
we had to do was eliminate the bad
kicks. On those long kicks the other
day, he had a lot of pressure. He had
a fast tempo and got the ball off.”
These are points that are going to
pay dividends in April.”
The Stars missed the playoffs
last season, but they begin their
fourth year in Texas as the
league’s only unblemished team.
Free agent additions Pat Ver-
beek, Dave Reid and Arturs Irbe
have made major contributions.
Sergei Zubov, acquired in a
trade with the Pittsburgh Pen
guins for Kevin Hatcher, has up
graded the defense and quarter-
backed the power play. And the
holdovers from last season have
elevated their games. Dallas has
received at least one goal from
13 players.
Despite his success as a
punter, Lechler leaves no doubt
as to what position he would
rather play.
“I prefer to play quarterback,”
Lechler said. “When I was in high
school, I played a lot of positions.
But when I came here, all they
wanted me to do was punt. It all
comes down to when you’re
watching the game, you can’t re
ally do anything. You just have to
wait for your turn to punt and
that’s about it.”
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