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Aggies making strong mark early A&M is off to fast indoor start with four NCAA qualifications, two school records On Saturday, the Texas A&M Track and Field Teams will travel to Reno, Nev., where they will compete in the Bill Cosby Invitational. This will mark the third meet of the indoor season for the Aggies. They have competed in Oklahoma and Houston so far this season. Get The Bus Ready For Nationals In only two weeks of competitive action, Texas A&M has already had four athletes qual ify for the NCAA Championships. In Okla homa, senior Adrien Sawyer automatically qualified by running the 60-meter hurdles in 8.16 seconds. After their performances in Houston this weekend, three more Aggies have become members on the list of provisional qualifiers. Senior Larry Wade qualified by running the 60-meter hurdles in 7.85 seconds. In the pole vault, sophomore Jon Nance’s gold- medal vault of 17 feet, 1.5 inches was enough to pro visionally qualify him for nationals as well. In a blazing 60-meter dash final, senior Billy Fobbs’ third-place finish of 6.70 seconds qualified him also. The Carter Connection Dallas Carter High School is traditionally known for its strong football program. Carter has produced some of the strongest college re cruits on a yearly basis, including the likes of New York Giants linebacker Jessie Armstead and even a few Aggies such as Darren Lewis. However, football is not Carter’s only pre mier sport. In 1993 and 1995, Carter won the state track title, finishing second in 1992 and 1994. Fortunately, four women from those teams have chosen to continue their careers here in Aggieland. Under Coach Ted Nelson’s tutelage, juniors Detrich Clariett and April King, sophomore Taneshia Canady and fresh man Valerie Long continue to flourish, and the best is yet to come. Hopefully, the class of‘02 as well as future classes will contain members of this track and field pipeline, otherwise known as Carter High School. Made To Be Broken What is it they say about records—some thing about them being made to be broken? Heading into just the third meet of the season, both school and meet records continue to fall and it appears nothing is sacred when it comes to Texas A&M Track and Field’s effect on the record books. In the first meet of the season, junior Kel li Schrader set the school record in the women’s weight throw by throwing 50-5 112, breaking her own mark of 46-10.75, set just last season. In Houston this past weekend, three more records fell. Wade broke the meet record in the 60-meter hurdles, beating the old record of 7.93 seconds. In the pole vault, Nance’s jump tied the Houston Invitational record. Sophomore Ann Dwyer, who set the freshman school record in the 800-meter run last year, improved on it by setting the Texas A&M record of 2 min utes, 15.62 seconds in the 800, breaking the old mark of 2.T6.27 set back in 1990. Sophomore Richard McDonald has helped Texas A&M to early success in the pole vault, scoring points for the Aggies in each of their two meets. ATTENTION: FALL 1998 Student Teachers except HLTH & KINE and AGED WHAT: WHEN: Pre-Student Teaching Informational Meeting Thursday, February 5, 1998 TIME: 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Rudder Tower Room 601 This meeting is MANDATORY! AGGIE WRANGLERS “>N FOR THIRTEEN YEARS AN AGGIE TRAD DANtTE LESSONS TIME LOCATION CLASS JITTERBUG I ADVANCED JITTERBUG COUNTRY & WESTERN I COUNTRY & WESTERN COUNTRY JITTERBUG SIGN-UPS 4-5:30 647:30 6-7:30 GRW 266 GRW 266 MSC 226 GRW 266 GRW 255 GRW 266 JEJUI^DAY . . A M. - 3 P.M. ON FEBRUARY 9 & 10 (of until classes fill) COST: Adv. Jitterbug is $40 per couple, all others $30 per couple (non-students add $20/person rec-sports fee for classes in GRW) CLASSES START FEBRUARY 15 - ALL CLASSES RUN 4 WEEKS For more information, visit the Aggie Wranglers on-line at: http , /Avww.tamu.ediVaggie_wrang|ers Looking for a partner? 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