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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-
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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.
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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
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