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Eight and a half points was all that separated Texas A&M Universi ty from their best finish ever in the Men’s Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships. The Aggies scored 625.5 points this weekend to place third behind the second-ranked Uni versity of Texas. Texas’ win gives the school a 19- year streak at conference dominance as they go into the NCAA meet with a bid for first. Nebraska has been third for three years running in the Big 12, but A&M has closed the gap from more than 240 points in ’97 to under 10 in ’99. “I was really pleased with our performance,” A&M coach Mel Nash said. “The Big 12 is one of the best conferences in the country. Texas, Nebraska and A&M are all top 20 teams and Iowa State, Missouri and Kansas State all have real strong individual swimmers. It was an ex tremely fast meet. “We wanted to take a run at Nebraska, and we did. The first day we were ahead and the sec ond we fell by 57, making it to close the gap to 8.5 like we did. We always want to finish as high as we can in conference, but our No. 1 goal is NCAAs.” Leading the Aggies to their clos est run ever at the Cornhuskers were nine players who will qualify for the NCAA championships on Thurs day’s announcement. The men were led by senior diver Mark Naftanel and senior freestyler Jerrod Kappler. Naftanel concluded his confer- QUALITY TIME A&M men's swimmers who have set consideratiot times for the NCAA championships March 25-2": Jerrod Kappler David Morrow Michael Kolligan Riley Janes Nick Tate Keven Kehlenbach Alfred Mansour All of the swimmers will be competing on an A&M relay team, and seven of the eight: in consideration for multiple events. The NCAA will official announce final qualifying tirr for all events Thursday. ence reign in true grace as he aced his final dive, a forward three and a half pike with three perfect 10s. The dive gave Naftanel his fourth straight conference platform championship to enter him in the record books with the most individual conference championships by an Aggie with eight. “I was shocked, especially to tie that record in the one-meter to give me the opportunity to break it on the tower during this meet,” he said. “It is an amazing honor because I grew up watching Aggie athletics. It makes me real proud to be in that same category as some of the former great Aggies.” Kappler continued the seniors' strong conclusions by being one of three swimmers in the entire con ference to have double wins. Kap pler touched the wall first in both the 50 and 100-freestyle events with ;pot in the! times to secui charnpionshij Eight Aggies managed b times that will allow themia in the national meei at Indii on March 25-27. In additiorI eight swimmers individual mances, three of A&M’srela will automatically qualify: more are in consideration. “We’re excited and po BY E Form Bsh a ■rbara ini ?rvie tht ir 55 (the NCAA effi impion.v far at th Michael Colligan ■ntial teams don’t realizi Art of t as fast as we’ll be 1 lor NCAA Ae Ser relay's our going t< a be fight A The wins in the champ lonship. iAtamt ing to be real clos Bin par The Aggies per: formanct ■end meet places them ii Ho the 17 spokes [ in the Speedo An terica 0 who ser Poll going into the 1 final prep terviewi for the champion ships an A The anapolis. ■ atmo: Softball Continued from Page 5 The Golden Gophers, on the other hand, would not be nearly as fortunate. The Minnesota defense crumbled under the barrage of Ag gie hits, committing five errors for the game. The women also beat Dayton University and Butler University, going 4-0 against the two teams. It was Butler’s Stephanie Burlien who cost the Aggie’s the first-place finish by hitting a two-run homer off A&M pitcher Jordana Barrack. The home run gave the Aggies sev- en runs t scored against, whikl nesota 1 with six. finishe d the tournaj “We were c lisappointed J they sco red the >se two runscj home ru n,” Ev, .ms said. "Wej at that p< aint we didn’t win the nament, but I thought we p well enc High to win it.” I n i r a m urals F i+ness / Feature Programs Aqua + ics Golf Course TAMU Oufdoors JL. . J Sporf Glut Golf Course • Department Challenge—March 1 3, 1999 with a shotgun start at 8:30. The Format will be a three person scramble: Teams will consist of at least two faculty/staff members and up to one stu dent worker per team. Mulligans will be available at the course. This event will be flighted on completion of play. The number of flights will be based on the number of entries The price is $35 per person. 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Green Charges Weekdays Weekends Cart Rentals Penberthy Driving Range Large bucket: Small bucket: STUDENTS $9 $12 $11 for 9 holes Affiliated $5 $3 faculty/staff $11 $14 $ 1 8 for 1 8 holes Nonaffii iatfd $6 $3.50 jRec For Information call 845-7826 or Visit our Flomepage http://recsports.tamu.edu Check out our flyers for more details on our programs.For Information call 845-7826 TAMU Outdoors Event Date Registration Kayak Roll Clinic Mar. 23 Mar. 1-22 Kayak Workshop Mar. 27-28 Mar. 1-23 Solo Canoe Workshop Mar. 27—28 Mar. 1-23 Fliking Day Trip Mar. 28 Mar. 1-23 Intermediate Rock Climbing Clinic Mar. 28 Mar. 1-23 Kayak Open Practice Session Mar. 30 - Mar. 1-29 Now available, Rock Climbing Orientation Clinics: 3p m. and 7p.m and Sat at 1p.m. and 3p.m. Sun.—Fri. at August 1999 Trip Event Date Registration Sail and Dive the Bahamas Aug. 21- 27, 1999 NOW- June 1 9 May Break Trips Event Date Registration Canoe the Buffalo River, Arkansas May 16-22 NOW- April 26 Florsebaek/Raft New Mexico May 22-29 NOW- April 26 Aquatics Program Date Registration Basic S.C.U.B.A. Mar. 22-25, 29-31 & Ap Feb. 23- r. 1 Mar. 9 Feature Programs • Low-Fat Dining in the Brazos Valley Update—Mar. 10 at 5:3! in room 281, Linda Kapusniak, R.D., author and well-knownf 1 lie speaker, will talk about her third edition of Guide to Low Dining in the Brazos Valley. Find out which restaurants ^ ' baked tortilla chips, low-fat pizza, lowfat bread sticks, plus me 1 This lecture has been one of our most popular. Come early! • Cooking Classes—Mar. 9, 30, Apr. 13 & 1 7 from 3-4:30? Cooking demonstrations and taste testing will be partofeachek 1 • Tai Chi—classes begin Mar. 23, every Tues. & Thurs. from 6-7? ! • Massages—$35 for Rec Members and $45 for non Rec Menil* j Appointments can be made at Member Services. Contact DeAun Woosley at 862-3995 for more information. Intramurals 4 on 4 Flag Football Sand Volleyball Tennis Table Tennis Registrar Mar. 1 Mar. Mar. I Mar. 1 Job Opportunities Applications are now being accepted for lifeguards. Call Ekeren at 862-3224 or Rob Porter at 862-6556 for more infofl 1 tion. in.rtmmimpgaittgECHi