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Read them carefully before you invest or send money. 8/98 enlighten • entertain • inspire Page 10 • Wednesday, September 16, 1998 s ports TheBa , Freshmen bring potential to CC tear kB; T he Texas A&M Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Teams both showed early- season promise last weekend, tak ing fourth and second, respective ly, at the Miami (Ohio) University Invitational. in a 30-second span. A small time span between teammates is ideal because it gives competing teams less opportunity for their athletes athletes to place between the Ag gies’ runners. w [ s;B( Measuring Success The Aggies received their first team scores of the season last Saturday in Ohio. The women scored 53 points, placing second behind Ball State. The men scored 94 points and finished fourth out of seven teams. Team scores are compiled by adding the places of the top five runners on each team. The men’s top seven runners — the number that is on the fi nalized roster — all finished within a one-minute span of each other. The women were more im pressive, having nine runners fin ish within a minute of each other. Their top five runners, which are the runners who count toward the team score, all finished with- Schedule Lightens This weekend, the Aggie Harri ers travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to compete in the Southern Missis sippi Open on Sept. 18. This will mark the third week end in a row the Aggies have competed. After this weekend, they will begin racing every other weekend. They will also get their first glimpse of district competi tion at the Texas A&M Invitation al in mid-October. Another Bonn from Lockk High School, Tommy Bonn, edged A&M freshman Brando Beasley in the 1600- and32l meter races to prevent him fro sweeping the distance events, Beasley won the Texas Statel crown earlier in the year. Freshman Melissa Gulliisd rently ranked seventh on the Texas Track and Field All-Timt 3200-Meter Rankings withaG of 10 minutes and 37 , seconds...Sophomore Jim Pat Darcey has come a longways nem( joining the team as a freshraa: "u walk-on. After redshirting last (g c j e] ft c 0 stude 1 et, slei npork ealthy Stud year, he has become a solid ni " ave re Odds and Ends This year’s freshman class brought an impressive resume with them. There are a combined eight state championships among them as well as numerous All-State and All-American honors. Chris Lee won the Texas Chris tian Interscholastic League Cross Country, 1600-meter and 3200- meter titles while at Dallas Jesuit High School. Kayci Waters was a three-time Texas State Cross Country Cham pion at 3A Devine High School. Lockhart standout and USA Track and Field All-American Kristy Bonn won the Texas State 4A 1600-meter title. rm ht Chet ner for the Aggies, coming in,* A&M’s top finisher last week- F F end...Freshman Lane Bartleis the only A&M runner to cornu- out of 2 A Poteet High school: b mer Aggie standout and final 1 Southwestern Conference Cha pion Matt Priest was also a ner for Poteet. J[' t MUC: juldb ley mt lan wt Runners of the Week This week’s Runners of the Week are sophomore Jim Pat Darcey and freshman Melissa^. 1 Gulli. Darcey led the teamwj ^ ^ 14th-place finish while covera | the five-mile course in a timei 26 minutes and 19 seconds.Q taking the honor for the secoi straight week, led the women with a fourth-place finish. She ran the three-mile course ina time of 18:46. Tech prepares to host resurgent Fresno Stat LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — After two weeks, Texas Tech hasn’t allowed a touchdown, leads the Big 12 in total offensive yardage and has scored more than 30 points in each game. But those stats were forged in victories against lightweights Texas-El Paso and North Texas. This week’s matchup against Fresno State will be the team’s first real test. While not attracting much attention before the sea son, Fresno State has bolstered its reputation by giv ing No. 16 Colorado a scare last weekend, threatening to tie the game in the final seconds. Colorado hung on to win 29-21. Tech players said they took notice of Fresno’s per formance and expect a tough game. “They have a real quick defense,’’ said offensive guard Erik Carruth. “They don’t have a lot of big guys but they swarm to the ball the way our guys do. They’re definitely the best team we’ve played this year.” Coach Spike Dykes conceded that Fresno will be a chance for the team to gauge how good it really is. “It’s nice to be 2-0, don’t get me wrong,” Dykes said. “But the schedule has a lot to do with that.” In Tech’s first game of the season, running back Ricky Williams ran for a career-best 251 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Red Raiders to a 35-3 victo ry over UTEP. The following week. Tech left North Texas with ~ lingo o Lack on of' fibod y.Thi lemor ecome tudent lation. Scier eep d< re wit fries t heads bowed on the bench after a 30-0 beating. In that game, Williams ran for 170 yards ani plenit touchdowns, and the team gained 531 yardsaif .Asa first downs while holding the Eagles to 125 yank pmor But defensive end Montae Reagor said the teari Jt rele not taken those victories for granted. id this “We can’t be patting ourselves on the back on (turn thing like that,” Reagor said. “Fresno is tough." ave pi have great athletes on both sides of the ball. VI tin a pect them to come out and give pstan good game. Maybe they’re h !teof than people think they are.” ihausi Reagor said his team needsti Inth nore the team’s reputation andfo faith [ on playing well. iirwhi “Our job is to not come into in red game expecting this or that,” Re jetion said. “We come out and play the imuni we can if it’s the No. 1 team pgprol nation or the No. 100 team.” REAGOR Fresno State’s loss to Colorado was the team's game of the season. Bulldog coach Pat Hill said he expects Tech to tough challenge and struck down insinuations thi should be pleased just to have played Colorado d “I don’t believe in four year-year plans and year plans,” Hill said. “Nothing else is acceptaH me. Not being young or any of that crap. 1 beta winning now.” flj O'i P 1 |L>ir temir Join us at this Sunday! leasui On Campus Bus Pick Up 9:15 a.m. Quad • Commons Fish Pond mese: ache Des] icreas ecess. ome 1 meric The ready cent age. 1 1.25 a 596 C Welcome Back Brunch Free Food! Texas Avenue at 28th Street Just 4 Miles North of University Drive www.fbcb.com pprov lise, b mt $5 Jare Polic mploy ercen imins ley di The imed tie to smar rimar lensat arns,’ The nly ai eing] rorkir lid in Ben