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By Jeremy Furtick
The Bait a lion
If the Texas A&M Men’s and
Women’s Track and Field teams
need motivation to buckle down
and show what they can do, this
weekend should
provide it. They
will compete in
the 103rd annual
Penn Relays at
the University of
Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia.
This meet is
considered the
premier colle
giate track and
field competition in the country,
next to the NCAA Championships.
Head Coach Ted Nelson agrees.
“It’s a prestigious meet, and, next
to the NCAAs the most competi
tive," Nelson said.
Wade
Nelson said aside from the com
petition, what makes the meet so
special is the fans.
"You’ve got 45,000 fans at this
meet who really love track and
Field," he said. “And they are knowl
edgeable fans. They like to see the
competition.”
With the Big 12 Championships
around the corner, this is a big meet
for A&M. The men’s 400-meter relay
team of sophomores Michael Price
and Toya Jones, junior Billy Fobbs
and senior anchor man Danny Mc
Cray will defend their time of 39.04
against the nation’s best teams.
In addition, junior Larry Wade
will have the opportunity to run
against national competition in the
men’s 100-meter hurdles crown for
the first time this season.
Nelson said the meet is impor
tant for his teams because of the lev
el of competition and the timing.
“The way we perform in this
Fobbs
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Nelson said he thinks Fobbs is a
better 200-meter sprinter than
anything else, even though his best
marks in the event are not as
strong as his best times in the 400-
meter relay and 100-meter dash.
But Fobbs disagrees with histo
ry and his coach. He said the 100-
meter dash is his best event. He
has the fourth-fastest 100-meter
time in the history of A&M (10.08)
and won the event at last week
end’s meet in Austin with an NCAA
provisional-qualifying time of
10.29 seconds.
Fobbs may like the one-on-
one competition in track, and he
may think the 100-meter is his
best race, but he said the team as
pect of the 400-meter relay makes
it special.
“The 4-by-100 is my favorite
event,’’ Fobbs said. “Not only do 1
win, but so do my teammates. That
makes it a different kind of victory.”
Fobbs will Finish this season by
helping A&M to a strong showing
in the Big 12 Conference Champi-
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