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November 4, 1996
Sp
Right off the starting blocks
The A&M swimming and diving teams
defeated NE La. in their first dual meet
By Matt Mitchell
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Men’s and
Women’s Swimming and Diving
Teams went all out Saturday.
Then they swam a dual meet with
Northeast Louisiana.
Even after grueling morning
practices, the Aggies still man
aged to dominate virtually every
event of the afternoon to win
their first home meet of the sea
son by a score of 167 to 95.
“I was really unbelievably
pleased with having done a full
workout this morning,” Men’s
Head Coach Mel Nash said. “(The
men] swam 8,000 meters before
this meet plus a full weight work
out and we still had good swims.
They were good under any circum
stances, but especially considering
all the work we did this morning.”
The Aggies struck quickly, win
ning the first 17 events of the meet.
In the end the Aggies finished first
in 25 of the 37 events. The men’s
team boasted standout perfor
mances in the 200-meter butterfly,
with Aggies taking the top four
places, paced by freshman Eric
Schneider (1:55) and in the 50
freestyle, claiming the top three
spots with freshman Michael Colli-
gan leading the way (21.43).
Not to be outdone, the women
Ryan Rogers, The Battalion
Freshman Carrie Searcey won
the 200-meter butterfly with a
time of 2:1 0.54.
claimed the top three places in
both the 100 freestyle and 200
butterfly, with junior Stacie
Karnes (:52.17) and freshman
Carrie Searcey (2:10.54) the top
finishers, respectively.
“This meet really gave me an
idea where to put some people,”
Women’s Head Coach Don Wagn
er said. “Tve got a couple of kids
that didn’t swim today, but we’ll
sport a different look next week.
We’re faster than we were in St.
Louis and we haven’t backed off.
We’re going to get better and bet
ter as the season progresses, that
I can guarantee you.”
Both the men’s and women’s
teams had strong showings in the
200 medley relays as well. The
men finished first through third,
with the all-freshman team con
sisting of Kevin Kehlenbach, Scott
Taylor, Devin Howard, and
Michael Colligan capping a sen
sational performance with a time
of 1:21.23. The women were
equally impressive, taking first
and second place, with the team
of Steph Torrens, Stacie Karnes,
Lauren Buckalo, and Daniele
Svehla winning in 1:50.80.
Halfway through the meet,
the aquarians took a break to
hold the diving competition, and
met with equal success in both
the 1-meter and 3-meter spring
board competitions. The women
placed first through fourth in the
1-meter and first through third
in the 3-meter, with Jodi Janssen
winning both for the Aggies. For
the men, Mark Naftanel and
Wade Diederich finished 1-2 in
both events.
“Tm pleased with the results,”
Diving Coach Kevin Wright said.
“This was an opportunity for the
kids to be in a competitive envi
ronment and to try some new
things, some new dives, and also
to become a little bit more famil
iar with the mental aspect of what
we’re trying to do to prepare for
the competitive season.”
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The team’s strong response to bude led th
strenuous conditions is a character
istic that will serve them well in
next week’s meet against Kansas
and Iowa State in Lawrence, Kan.
“We’ve got from now until then
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to prepare physically and to perfeci 1RAVO plus
our mechanics with regard to out H
diving,” Wright said. “More impor j
tantly, we’ve got the time to preparel
to become good competitors men |
tally, which is ultimately where the
championships are won and lost’
Overall, the coaches saw the|
meet as an unqualified success|
and learned quite a bit about the
types of swimmers they haveonjj
their squads.
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depth and pleased with howevery-|
body stepped up this early in what]
is really a low pressure meet,”
said. “They still stepped up and!
competed, and that’s what we need [
to do. With all the work that we|
in this morning, it would have been
very easy to just come in and
through the motions, win the meet
and go home, but they didn’t do
that. They took care of business
very, very well.”
Oilers lose second straight, 23-16
SEATTLE (AP) — The Houston Oilers, who have
made a living on A1 Del Greco’s talented toe, died by
the field goal Sunday.
Michael McCrary blocked Del Greco’s field-goal
attempt in the final minute, picked the ball up and
lateraled to Robert Blackmon, who scored on a 61-
yard return with four seconds left, giving the Seattle
Seahawks a 23-16 victory.
The Seahawks (4-5) improved their record to 3-1
since John Friesz replaced Rick Mirer as their start
ing quarterback.
The Oilers (5-4) lost their second game in a row on a
day when Del Greco and Seattle’s Todd Peterson were
locked in a field-goal duel until the fourth quarter.
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NFL start at quarterback in place of the injured Chris
Chandler, drove from its own 20 to the Seattle 20.
Del Greco, the Oilers’ career field-goal kicker,
lined up to kick a 37-yard field goal, but the 6-foot-
4, 263-pound McCrary blocked the kick, fielded it on
a big bounce, and ran it back 7 yards.
He then lateraled the ball off to Blackmon, who was
coming up on his left side, and Blackmon ran down the
sideline for the Seahawks’ second touchdown of the
day. It was Blackmon’s first career touchdown.
Seattle tied the score at 16-16 on a 12-yard touch
down pass from Friesz to Joey Galloway with 3:30 to go
The Seahawks drove 66 yards in nine plays in 4:42.
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