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Phone orders OKYWe ID Messina Hof 4545 Old Reliance Road (409) 778-9463 The Battalion SPORTS ^ j J~J r J 1 J ^ KcUtigs tcikcs aim at the roil ByIeffWebb Staff writer Senior Stacie Karnes has one ad vantage over her competitors before she even enters the pool. Karnes can intimidate. Her own apparent lack of fear to ascend great heights of ath leticism is why she is one of the top swimmers in the Big 12 Conference. Teammates have respect for her, enough to elect her team co-captain for her senior season. Sophomore Monica Stroman cited her leadership and presence in the pool as reasons for the nomination. “She's very focused," Stroman said. “If I weren’t on her team, I would be intimidated by her. She’s very powerful. She’s an unbelievable swimmer and athlete.” Karnes began her fearless aquatic journey at the age of 10 as a member of the City of Shreveport Swim Team at her parents’ urging. It ranked as one of many sports that the youthful Karnes would participate in before concentrating on swimming when she reached high school. “I was the only girl in the Dixie Boys Baseball League,” Karnes said. “It was a neat experience. I just went to tryouts and was the only girl. I pitched one game and played first and second base. I was never made fun of.” But the choice was simple. She was too good at swimming “My parents put me in it when I was 10 years old,” she said. “I really didn’t want to, but I guess I was forced. Swimming took over as the favorite after a while.” Karnes proved she was one of the top swimmers in the country last year when she posted an automat ic bid in the 200-butterfly. Karnes enters the water with a focused at titude to achieve her success, but teammates say breaking up tension in practice and before events seems to be her speciality. Before a confer ence event last season, sophomore Tracy Evans said Karnes enter tained other Big 12 swimmers in the ready room with her performance of “fat guy in a little coat” from the movie Tommy Boy. “We joke around in practice,” she said. “Other people wouldn’t know. We have little jokes and comments under our breath that keep us going during our workout. We make fun of them (the coaches), little do they know. They don’t know what’s going on down in the water.” One thing Coach Don Wagner said he does know is Karnes has been the example he wants others to fol low in the pool. “I think she has been a great ex ample for her team in many of the competitions we’ve had in the past two years,” Wagner said. “This year she's having the best year she’s ever had. She’s very directive in training and very centered.” Karnes has enjoyed a successful career in all respects at Texas A&M and it is beginning to sink in that her time in college swimming is winding down. 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