Grand Reopening
Celebration
Ladies and LorBs
Bridal and Tuxedo
$50.00 Gift Certificates to Every Bride
PLUS
Drawings For....
*$500.00 in Gift Certificates for Wedding Apparel
*A Romantic Dinner for Two
at the Sandpiper’s Bistro at the College Station Hilton
* Drawing at the Reception
Tuesday, February 25, 1997 5 to 7 p.m.
Ladies and Lords is located in the Gray and Rose Building at Texas
and Walton across from the East Gate ofAdrM.
CONGRATULATIONS
to
RYAN C. RUNKLE
Philosophy major with minors in Biology and Political Science
JENNIFER M. SCHMIDT
Political Science and Bioenvironmental Science Major
STEPHEN T. SYWULKA
Agricultural Development Major
These students have progressed to Finalist standing in the
Harry Truman Scholarship Competition. They will present
themselves to regional interviews in March which will de
termine whether they will be named Truman Scholars.
Texas A&M University is one of a handful of universities
who have three candidates in this competition. Students
who will be named Truman Scholars will receive $30,000
in scholarships for graduate and/or professional education.
The three students wish to thank the TAMU community
who helped interview, brainstorm, critique and proofread
their applications:
Dr. Diana Burton, Forest Science; Dr. Gretchen Casper, Political Sci
ence; Karen Cole, Honors Program; Dr. Donald Deere, Econom
ics; Dr. Warren G. Dixon, Political Science; the Eisenhower Project
Team; Dr. Susanna Finnell, Honors Program; Dr. Heather Gert, Phi
losophy; Trisha Hames, student; Judge W.T. McDonald; Dr. David
McWhirter, English; Dr. Jim Rosenheim, History; Jason Tardy, stu
dent; Judge David Wagner; Dr. Larry Yarak, History; Djuana Young,
Honors Program.
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Monday • February24j
Aggies finish 11th at
Big 12 Championships
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Sophomore
at the A&M
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track last week.
Tim Moog, The Battalion
Price (left) practices his sprints
Staff and Wire Report
Rosa Jolivet, a senior All-American, blazed to a second-
place finish in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.79 to
highlight the Texas A&M Track and Field team’s perfor
mance in the inaugural Big 12 Conference Indoor Track
and Field Championships.
“I thought Rosa ran great in the 55 hurdles," A&M
Head Coach Ted Nelson said. "She had a little bit of a bad
start, and that hurt her. I still thought she had a chance to
win, but you can’t make any mistakes in the 55 hurdles.
I’m extremely proud of her.”
Senior All-American Russell Nuti broke his previous
school record by nearly three feet in the 35-pound weight
throw with a mark of 56-4 and one half.
"Russell had a great meet even though he didn’t place
that high,” Nelson said. “He hasn’t been competing in the
weight throw very long, but he really competed well
against a strong field. “
The men’s and woman’s 1600-meter relay teams also
placed. The woman’s relay team of Rosa Jolivet, Adrien
Sawyer, April King and Taneshia Canady placed sixth
with a season-best time of 3:34.34, while the men’s re
lay of Derrick Woods, Travis McAshan, Stephen Pyles
and Johan Lannefors placed fourth with a season-best
time of 3:15.79.
Sophomore Mike Lowrance and senior Donyale
Canada both posted qualifying marks in the shot put and
long jump respectively. Lowrance placed third, with a ca
reer best throw of 58-10 1/4, which qualified him for the
NCAA’s for the first time. Canada, who has already qual
ified in the 55-meter dash, also placed fourth in the long
jump with a qualifying leap of 20-0 1 /4.
Despite these performances, the men’s and woman’s
teams both placed 11th overall.
“We didn’t have a real strong meet on either side, but
we finished on a positive note with the mile relays,” Nel
son said. ’’This was a very good experience for the young
guys. I thought we had some real strong individual per
formances and some of our young people stepped up and
proved they were ready to compete.”
In all, five A&M athletes have qualified in six events for
the NCAA Indoor Championship which will be held
March 7-8 in Indianapolis, Ind.
A&M tees off in two-day tournament
By Lara L. Zuehlke
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Women’s Golf
Team tees off today at Pebble
Creek Country Club in search of
their fourth team title in the Texas
A&M Bookstore/Monica Welsh
Memorial Tournament.
The two-day tournament fields
18 teams, including Big 12 rivals:
the University of Kansas, Baylor
University, Kansas State University
and Oklahoma State University.
Representing A&M will be senior
Wendi Wight, juniors Jamie Hullet,
Aurora Kirchner and Isabelle Ros-
berg, and freshman Anna Becker.
Rosberg brought home the indi
vidual title in last year’s showdown,
with a three-round total of 223.
The Lady Aggies look to bounce
back after a ninth-place finish at the Re
gional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif.
Rosberg said the Lady Ags have
improved since the Regional Chal
lenge and hope to bring home an
other title this year.
Waltman
Continued from Page 7
“I put forth the effort for about a month, but I just
couldn’t get it back. I couldn’t do it,” Waltman said. "I knew
then in my heart that I wasn’t going to compete anymore.”
In her three-year tenure as a Lady Aggie, Waltman
set school records in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dash,
the 100-meter hurdles and pentathlon. She was also a
member of the 3,200-meter relay team, whose record
still stands in A&M history books. . *
Taylor, also a member of the 3,200-meter relay, said
Waltman was an inspiration to the entire team.
“Linda was a real down-to-earth person and worked
really hard,” Taylor said. “She was a really positive per
son about her running and her life.”
“The first tournament is always
hard to know how the team is going
to play, but since then, we’ve had a
lot of good practices,” Rosberg said.
“We’ve been playing better and I
think we’re ready to have a chance
at winning this tournament.”
However, Rosberg said the Ags
need to overcome several obstacles
to win the tourney.
“I think it’s a matter of playing to
our ability instead of letting fear and
other things come in the way of
scoring the way we know we can,”
Rosberg said.
Freshman Anna Becker, who tied
for 23rd at the Regional Challenge,
said the Lady Ags need to focus on
what they can do, rather than becom
ing distracted by their opponents.
“We’ve got to stop thinking about
how the other people play and think
about our own game,” Becker said.
A&M Head Coach Jeanne Suther
land said the A&M squad lost assur
ance after the Regional Challenge.
“We’re trying to get our confidence
back by working on our short games,”
Waltman said she is amazed how much women’s
athletics has changed since she ran track at A&M. She
said many of today’s female athletes do not realize
how fortunate they are.
“I see a lot more support and respect from the Uni
versity for women’s athletics in the form of equipment
and facilities,” Waltman said. “As an ex-athlete, I would
tell the girls today that they have so much more available
to them to be a great athlete than what we had. They
shouldn’t take it for granted.”
Waltman and her husband moved back to College
Station in 1984. She now is the Recreation Superinten
dent for the City of CoUege Station.
In January, Waltman was inducted into the Texas Ama
teur Athletic Federation Hall of Fame in recognition of her
success and dedication to sports. She also has been in
ducted into the Texas A&M University Sports Hall of Fame
for her outstanding accomplishments.
Sutherland said. "I think once we get
into the heat of the competition, we’ll
see if they’ve gotten it back.”
Sutherland said today’s tour
nament brings in a tough field of
competition.
“There’s probably 10 people who
could win this tournament,”
Sutherland said. “There are a lot of
good players coming.”
Rosberg said the Lady Ags have an
edge over the other teams, because
they are familiar with the course.
“It means a lot playing a whole
tournament on a course you’ve been
practicing on,” Rosberg said. “Because
you know how it (the ball) is going to
bounce, and you know the greens.”
Sutherland said the Lady Aggies
are focusing on their statistics
rather than their wins, and they
hope to continue improving with
each tournament.
“If we do certain things the way
we want, then the results will
come,” Sutherland said. “We’re not
quite where we want to be at this
time in the year, but it’s still early.”
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ball Team was swept by tin
Bears for the first
time in the regular
season since
1985. The Lady
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at the Ferrell Cen
ter Saturday night.
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