The Battalion
jriday • February 13, 1998
rack teams return to lofty elevation in Colorado Springs
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By Michael Ferguson
Staff writer
After a successful showdown
ainst many of the top schools in
nation last weekend in Reno,
, the Texas A&M Track and Field
ms will once again take on the
when they travel to Colorado
rings this weekend. They will
mpete in the Colorado Springs
rint Classic on the historic cam-
of the Air Force Academy.
Some of the stiff competition the
gies will face includes teams
mUCLA, Washington, Wiscon-
Colorado, South Carolina,
cansas, Auburn and the Univer-
oflexas.
The Aggies will be looking to
ike a little history of their own.
the
The high elevation should once
again be a factor, providing for
rather quick races and lengthy
throws and jumps.
Senior Larry Wade and sopho
more Desmond Powell will try to
duplicate their performances of a
week ago in Reno, where they
streaked to a 1-2 finish in the 55-
meter hurdles.
Senior Adrien Sawyer also had a
huge day, bringing home gold in
both the long jump and triple jump
and setting school records in both.
In the long jump, Sawyer jumped 20
feet, 10.75 inches, breaking the old
school record of20-2.25, set byAlis-
sa Bell back in 1989. However, she
was far from being finished. In the
triple jump, she leaped to a mark of
42 feet, 6 inches, shattering her own
school record of 41-6 set in 1996.
Junior Detrich Clariett also had
a tremendous jump of 42-0.50,
which also would have broken the
old school record. Junior Kelli
Schrader continued her streak of
breaking her own school record in
the weight throw, throwing for a dis
tance of 53 feet, 7.25 inches, break
ing her own mark by nearly three
feet. Other notable performances
included sophomore Richard Mc
Donald in the pole vault.
While the sprinters and field
athletes were burning up the track
in Reno last weekend, the distance
runners had the weekend off due
to the elevation difficulties. This
weekend, the Colorado Springs
Sprint Classic does not even give
the distance runners a chance to
compete, not offering any race
over 800 meters.
The Texas A&M distance run
ners will remedy this by traveling to
Indianapolis this weekend to com
pete in a distance meet hosted by
Butler College. This will be a big
meet with most of the top distance
teams competing. These teams in
clude Stanford, Arkansas, George
town, Villanova and Oklahoma St.
According to distance coach Greg
Hinze, the team has high aspirations.
“We’re going up there with the
intention of getting a lot of PRs
(provisional qualifiers) and setting
some school records,” Flinze said.
The teams will be reunited next
weekend as they travel to Houston
to compete in the Houston Invita
tional on February 21.
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Junior Desmond Powell will try to jumpstart the A&M cause in Colorado.
ggies hope to end slide at Missouri
•time losing streak of 14 games in sight for Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Team
Jeff Schmidt
Staff writer
n November, the Nebraska Cornhuskers
tball Team used a miracle to beat the Mis-
kri Tigers at home. The Texas A&M Men’s
ketballTeam (6-15, 0-11) will need a mira-
themselves to get their first win against Mis-
iri (13-11,5-6) in Columbia on Saturday at 7
.The Aggies are coming off of a 75-58 loss
Nebraska. Missouri lost 89-80 at Baylor. Mis-
riholds the all-time series lead 2-1.
Last season, Missouri escaped with a 61-57
tory in College Station. The Aggies led by as
nyas 15 points in the second half but could
come up with the win.
Against Nebraska, only three Aggies scored
louble figures. Michael Schmidt came off
bench to lead the team with 15 points, but
[season’s leading scorer, Shanne Jones, only
10 points.
Missouri is led by senior forward Kelly
mes, who paces the team with 14.6 points
ame and 6.2 rebounds. Senior swingman
one Lee is the only other player scoring in
jble digits. Junior center Monte Hardge is
imposing force in the middle, standing 6-
11-inches tall and weighing 300 pounds,
chigan transfer Albert White and junior
college transfer John Woods both average at
least nine points.
“Hardge has started to play very well for
them. He’s really a good player when he gets
up and down the court,” Coach Tony Barone
said. “Thames and Lee are both outstanding
swing players. White has given them some
great games.”
However, Missouri’s biggest weapon is
their home-court advantage. The Tigers are
12-2 at the Hearnes Center including an up
set win over Kansas.
“I think it’s the toughest place in the league
to play. Their fans are really loud there. They’ve
had great success at home,” Barone said.
The Tigers rank near the bottom of the Big
12 in nearly every category except three-point
field goal percentage where they are fifth. How
ever, they rank above A&M in every category
except rebounding margin. This does not bode
well for the struggling Aggies who have lost 12
straight games, 11 of them in conference play.
Despite the situation, sophomore point
guard Brian Barone remains optimistic.
“It’ll be tough. We matched up pretty well
with them last year. I think they are a good
team, especially at home,” Barone said.
“We’ve nothing to lose, so there’s no reason
to be nervous.”
RYAN ROGERS/The Battalion
Sophomore Brian Barone and the Aggies have lost
14 straight conference games. The all-time mark is 18.
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Softball team to play in Grand Prairie
By Robert Holuer
Staffwriter
The Texas A&M Softball Team (2-
0,0-0) will be looking to continue its
winning streak in Grand Prairie at
the UTA Pepsi-Cola Classic Tourna
ment this weekend.
The Aggies will play each team in
their pool followed by a double
elimination tournament on Satur
day and Sunday.
On Friday, A&M will play Tulsa at
12:15 p.m. and UTA at 2:45 p.m. On
Saturday, the Aggies will face Mis
sissippi at 11:15 a.m. Based on its
record against their pool, the Aggies
will be assigned a seed number and
will play the other teams in the tour
nament. Freshman pitcher Ashley
Lewis will start the Tulsa game.
“We will get a chance to play some
really good teams in this tournament
like Oklahoma and Oklahoma State,”
Coach Jo Evans said. “We feel like we
can win our pool. Hopefully, we can
build on that and go from there.”
During A&M’s two-game sweep
over Southwest Texas State onTues-
day, the Aggies put on a pitching
and hitting clinic, including a com
plete game shutout in game one by
Lewis. The Aggies also outscored
Southwest 11-4 in the two games.
“The team felt really good,”
Evans said. “We got some great
pitching from Ashley (Lewis) and
Amy (Vining) and some good con
sistent hitting from Jamie Smith and
Stephanie (Trumbull).”
“We also played very well in the
field,” she said. “They gave our young
pitchers some good solid defense.”
In this tournament, all of the
teams will play a minimum of five
games. This will allow the Aggies to
gain some much-needed experi
ence.
“All of our pitchers will be pitch
ing in more than one game because
we have several games clumped to
gether,” Evans said. “This tourna
ment is exactly what we need to give
our freshmen more game experi
ence before we start Big 12 play.”
Even though the Aggies will be
on the road, they are still confident
and are expecting some support
from Aggie fans.
“A lot of our players are from that
area (Dallas),” Evans said. “They are re
ally excited to be in this tournament
and they should receivealotofsupport
from friends and family members.”
Next weekend, A&M will play at
home for the first time when they
will host the Aggie Invitational Tour
nament Feb. 20-22. Following that,
the Aggies will participate in the
NFCA Tournament Feb. 27- Mar. 1
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