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The Battalion Sports Monday • February 23, Track team gets last test before Big 12 mei OfeOirgSl ®1T(M)®gfW CKMm® O/T Campus Suulcnt Sorvicoif Department of Student Life A Division of Student Affair?* MSC Barber Shop Serving All Aggies! Cuts and Styles All Corp Cuts $7. Regular cuts start at $8. 846-0629 Open: Mon. - Fri. 8-5 Located in the basement of the Memorial Student Center TEXAS A & A/I & tActuebingen Are offering a reciprocal exchange program that allows TAMU students with 4 semesters of college German to spend the 1998-99 academic year in Germany! INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS: Thurs., 2/19, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Rm 154 Tues., 2/24, 1:00-2:00 p.m. Rm 154 Wed., 2/25, 11:00-12:00 p.m. Rm 154 Requirements: 3.0 GPR, U.S. Citizen, and Junior status at time of exchange. By Michael Ferguson Staff writer HOUSTON — The Texas A&M Ti ack and Field Team competed this weekend in the Houston Invitational at Robertson Stadium on the Univer sity of Houston campus. In a meet which Texas A&M used to prepare for next weekend’s Big 12 Champi onships, the Aggies still brought home five first-place and four sec ond-place finishes. The most outstanding perfor mance of the day was turned in by freshman Meshell Trotter, who fin ished first in the women’s shot put and second in the weight throw. Trotter’s effort in the weight throw of 54 feet, 5.25 inches was enough to eclipse the school record of 53- 7.25, set by junior Kelli Schrader just two weeks ago. In the shot put, Trotter’s throw of 14.58 meters (47.10 feet) was not only enough to bring home the gold, but it also qualified her pro visionally for the NCAA Champi onships. She appears to be peak ing at the perfect time and attributed her success to her preparation prior to the meet. “Tve been throwing pretty good in practice, and I came in feeling pretty good about myself,” TYotter said. With seniors Larry Wade and Adrien Sawyer having previously qualified for Nationals in the hur dles, they were reassigned to the 60-meter dash to work on several facets of their race, including their starts. However, sophomore Chimi- ka Carter and freshman Kris Allen were there to pick up the slack. Carter finished first in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.43 seconds. Allen finished fourth in the men’s 60-meter hurdles. Coach Ted Nelson said the change was part of his plan for this weekend. “He (Wade) ran so well in the hurdles last week, we just kind of wanted to give him a change,” Nel son said. “He needed some exercise to get some things done and just give him a little speed work.” Sophomore Richard McDonald continued Texas A&M’s dominance in the pole vault, finishing in first place with a vault of 16 feet, 6.75 inches. With the meet already won at that height, McDonald attempt ed to improve on his provisional mark of 17-6.50, but was unable to clear the bar at 17-7. Sophomores Jason Jacob and Travis Grasha finished 1-2 in the men’s weight throw. Senior James Menze ran a tremendous 3,000-me- RYAN ROGERS T-:; Sophomore Chimika Carter won the 60-meter hurdles this weekendinHa 1C | ters and was just edged out at the lot linalsandtiyingtostayhea| i] 1 ] finish line, finishing in second. At the conclusion of thei JuniorToya Jones continued his recent success, placing second in the long jump and qualifying for the finals of the 60-meter dash. Jones said the team is in a good po sition right now to compete in the Big 12 Championships. “Everybody’s coming iiround, recov ering and getting our legs,” Jones said. “We were working real hard at first and now we’re recovering and getting ready Nelson said the Aggies a; plished his goals for iheconi)):' 1(1 "We had some thingstha; ,. pretty good,” Nelsonsaid.‘( 5 1 I think it’s going togetusffl next week’s meet.” Fhe Aggies will travel to ! Iowa, this week to compete two-day Big 12 Champion; which will take place Frida; Saturday, Feb. 27-28. Study Abroad Programs 161 ftizzell Mall West 845-0544 Aggie Sports Briefs from staff and wire reports GREG MCREYNOLDS/The Battalion Shuon Madden hits a backhand Friday. Men’s tennis ousts Southwest Texas The Texas A&M Men’s Tennis Team defeated Southwest Texas 7-0 Friday afternoon at the Omar Smith Tennis Center and defeated Texas Tech 7-0 yesterday in Lubbock. Leading the Aggie sweep of South west Texas was freshman Shuon Madden, winning his No. 1 singles match, 6-1,6-2. Also victorious in sin gles play for the Aggies were fresh men Dumitru Caradima and Brian Lu- bin, and sophomores Juan Aramburo, Gonzalo Anderson and Tony Young. The Aggies also won all three doubles matches against South west to win the doubles point. The Aggies will face No. 8 Texas next Sunday in Austin. Women’s team bounced by Tech The Texas A&M Women’s Basket ball Team (7-17, 3-11) lost to the Texas Tech Red Raiders 77-65 Satur day afternoon in Lubbock. The Aggies played valiantly in the first half, trailing by only two points at the break. In the second half, however, the Red Raiders picked up their defensive intensity and held the Aggies to 30- percent shooting from the field. The Aggies’ leading scorer and re bounder, Prissy Sharpe, was limited in her playing time due to a foot injury. Se nior forward Kim Linder started in the place of Sharpe and did an admirable job, scoring 10 points in 17 minutes of play. Sharpe came off the bench and played only 26 minutes, scoring 15 points and grabbing nine rebounds. The big bright spot of the £■ the Aggies was the play of junior guard Kim Tarkington. Tari wentfourfor | from threw range on her I to 15 P0i!* goalongwit | en assists 1 two steals. Texas was led h niorAII-Anw :u| | forward Thompson had 35 and 13 rebounds. Junior fa Rene Hanebutt had 12 points.: junior center Angie Brazielte points to round out Tech’s see" The Aggies’ next gam Wednesday against KansasSs . . G. Rollie White Coliseumat7| e ] MU Outdoor IMF mmmmM&rnmmm •**%*... ini Intramurals Rlgis Handball Feb. Badminton Feb. Pickleball Feb. 4-on-4 Flag Football Feb. 1 Squash Rf.gistratk )n Feb. 16 - 24 Feb. 16-24 Feb. 16 - 24 Feb. 23-Mar. 3 Feb. 23-Mar. 3 EeTi/iAX-e ion , Aquatics ' CfiALs* Prcx;ram Dait • Adult Learn to Swim Mar. 2-5, 9-12 • Intro to Platform Diving Mar. 2-5, 9-12 • Advanced Adult Learn to Swim Mar. 23-30 • Advanced Springboard Diving Mar. 23-Apr. 2 Register at Rec Center Member Services Desk Feature Programs Beginning in January and February. Register or inqui Center Member Services Desk. • Yoga • Fresh Start Total Wellness • Start Smart • Body Basics Sport Clubs Dati Time • Archery Feb. 27 4-1 Opm • Archery Feb. 28 7am-6pm • Men's Rugby Feb. 28 2-5pm • Women's Lacrosse Feb. 28 I-2pm • Archery Mar. 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