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KENNEDY
wone Up for Football?
■’he Aggies can ask this ques-
ior now that they have expanded
heir roster to 42 runners. With a
|§ Her that size, they have enough
or in offense, defense and spe-
BH teams. There have been nine
idd tional walk-ons added to the
Page 1 eai a since the season opened in
etinr-Hy Se P tember -
the men’s side, freshmen
i — tha:H° n Henricksen, Brandon
3 haveH 1 * 61 ^ Slaughter, and Jason
ienced w were acldecl -
—jJ^dditions for the women in-
:liH e freshmen Ginger Beran,
™Hoke Blackwood, Shaundra
i0s . ine iden, and Tiffany Virag.
SJ^Hhomore Caroline Kohler also
li red to the team after a one-
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wnandHyhen the Aggies started the
reasoo,|998 season, they had four places
thing:nn ae team to fill with the depar-
bit. B of four starting seniors from
little year.
:ld.” Hdoscovic made the most of
]t toldaer opportunities becoming the
staff itBies’ setter.
st KansKorbelli said she saw a lot of
iper. Hmise in Moscovic when she
Coaciilvaf; recruiting her and had little
it inffliolbt that she would have a lot of
jwnsaimp.ict and influence on the court
freshman.
[Jenna is one of the top recruits
le nation,” Corbelli said. “She’s
got tremendous
talent and poise to
really make a big
difference in our
program and we
actually have seen
Jenna play even
more aggressive
than she did
against Baylor.
She’s learning
ing and getting her position
to really well.
[‘We’ve been working on a cou-
?age' lie of areas of her game that can
ance our offense. I think other
jms think just because she’s a
jhman and that she’s also setting
4st of the time, that all her focus
n that. She’s young, but she
fsn’t play young. Jenna is doing
at she’s supposed to be doing
tjji it’s really a privilege to have a
[yer like her on our team.”
oscovic has certainly done her
re in helping lead the Aggies to
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t since 1995 when the team
irted the year 10-1.
JMoscovic is averaging 12.19 as-
sts per game and has contributed
3 digs, .058 blocks and 1.15 kills
ame. She also has a hitting per-
tage of .297, third on the team,
funior outside hitter Summer
loos jrickland said Moscovic has im-
[ sort 1 ’ 'tossed her from the start, and her
y fk d ustment to the college level has
[Univoo i bgga d iff icu i t _
3 nap I “As a freshman, she is doing re-
thal’Jly well,” Strickland said. “She’s
|n’tl el ®t bothered by the fact that she is
; out |! »eshman. She’s taking everything
witl' 3 Bstride. Playing at the college lev-
jtep '■ ei doesn’t seem to bother her.
3 rof |1: fi‘'As a setter, it’s her job to run
tean 1 Or offense an d she has done a real
do^'Re job of bringing it all together,
lire? '|he does a good job of getting the
yth 1' piddles involved in the game ear-
jeen y, and she really takes charge of
fad 1 he offense. She always brings a
Jsitive attitude to the court and
»cna |iehas a lot of fun out there.”
/ouf 1 i While Moscovic has enjoyed the
per liccess the team is having, she
cttik grows her most important role on
vidu j!h' ieam is doing anything she can
A&' to improve her teammates’ perfor-
vv pances on the court.
5. I “I think my most important role
^ [l f to make the hitters better,”
,gies Moscovic said. “Making them bet-
jfe: is my job, and I like that I get to
jtarkBke part in every single play and
very mat I can have such an impact on
>t uwvery play. I can help control the di-
]0 WHction of the game,
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Coach Dave Hartman expects
the Kingwood High School prod
uct to strengthen the team.
“I think she’ll help us in track
and next cross country season,”
Hartman said. “She ran pretty
well the first few weeks.”
Ranking Woes
The men and women experi
enced different results in this
week’s South Central Region
Coaches’ Poll.
The women dropped from sixth
to eighth despite winning the
team title in Hattiesburg, Miss.
The men moved up one spot to
12th after capturing the team title
at the same meet. Hartman feels
that the poll is not indicative of
where his teams are this early in
the season.
The Aggies get to see how ac
curate the polls are this weekend.
Arkansas, which holds the num
ber one ranking in the region for
the men and women, will be run
ning in Oklahoma.
Hartman in Sydney?
Even though Coach Hartman is
on the coaching level now, he
continues to run just as he did in
college. In fact, Hartman is more
ambitious than ever, setting goals
that are far beyond what he
aimed for in college.
“I’d like to break twenty nine
minutes for the ten [kilometer
race],” Hartman said.
Other goals for Hartman in
clude qualifying for the United
States Track and Field Champi
onships in the 10,000 meters and
the 2000 United States Olympic
TYials in the same event.
Hartman also anticipates a
possible move up to the half
marathon. As for training and
coaching, he is currently learning
how to juggle his schedule since
his move to A&M.
“I’d like to workout a system
where I work on my strength during
the [Aggie Cross Country] season,
and once the season is over I can
work on my racing,” Hartman said.
Runners of the Week
This week’s runners have been
hand picked by Coach Hartman
since there were no race times to
gauge the team on.
On the men’s side, sopho
more Jim Pat Darcey earned the
award for having consistency in
his training.
For the women, freshmen Kayci
Waters and Jennifer Whatley re
ceived co-honors for their strong
running in Hattiesburg, Miss., the
previous week and for their im
provement over the season.
In their first season of running,
both have made their case for var
sity consideration at the end of
the season.
Tom Kennedy is a junior sports
management major.
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