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jbatin'te'ii Swimming and Diving Team hopes to break into the top-ten for first time
BY JASON LINCOLN
SON, Wis. p The Battalion
in was placed .1
robation Wedit r ^vith three top five-seeded relay teams and
NCAA describe jgh, individuals multi-qualified for the NCAA
inauthorized sp /i e l’ S Swimming and Diving Championships,
lub money. eTs A&M University is poised to improve on
penalties are i 99,',’s school-record finish of 16th and break
tajor violation n t 0 the nation’s top ten.
chair ot the Whe meet will be held
1 Commitfejhlrsday March 25 through
is, said. The darch 27 at Indiana Universi-
iroperly overset y
lubs were doinp ^fter a third-place finish in
d the probatior he Big 12, team members
ibarrassment : ,aid they have the talent to
he school’s te ;et [he job done, with eight
enalties concen wimmers qualified in 17 in-
lournaments, Uvidual events and four re-
ces and scholar: ays
fill the stipulatic■we’re in a really good place to score more
the university joints and finish higher than in any other sea-
duct an inter ;on,” A&M men’s swimming coach Mel Nash
an fund raising ,aid.
lop a programc Brhe Aggies will look to use the relays to
ICAA rules. joist A&M into position for breaking into the
■ annual c op en. Relay points will count double for the
\glies, leaving the individuals in a more re-
ire the athletic: axed position to achieve their goals.
NCAA compi:;' B We always try and build from a team
italdpoint, and if we can finish with these [re-
temal audit ray teams], we’ll be in a good position,” Nash
of cases of unr. laid. “There is nobody carrying our relays,
of booster t Tverall they are very well-balanced.”
/able items. P The Aggie swim team will be led by 1999
e for such thi^’an American Team members and NCAA
ises, travel am: Championships veterans Jerrod Kappler and
and tickets to Oev in Howard.
dil showed77m Kappler is ranked fifth in both the 50-yard
iding athletic dir ind 100-yard freestyle going into the meet,
eceived reimb;
NAFTANEL
while Howard qualified in the 200-yard and
400-yard individual medley and the 200-yard
freestyle.
The team also will look to build on the ex
perience of last year’s championship team,
which included six of this year’s eight quali
fiers, including Michael Colligan, David Mor
row, Alfred Mansour, Keven Kehlenbach, Kap
pler and Howard.
“The men look real good in the water and
seem very focused,” Nash said. “They don’t
seem overly nervous because they’ve been
there before.”
National Team diver Mark Naftanel will try
to best his 1998 third-place finish off the plat
form in his third and final NCAA Champi
onships.
Added to this squad of veterans are fresh
men Riley Janes and Nik Tate. Janes enters the
meet ranked tops in the nation in the 100-yard
backstroke by over a half-second with a time
of 46.75 seconds.
Conference champion University of Texas
is the favorite going into the meet, with all five
of their relay teams ranked in the nation’s top
five and with 13 individuals qualified. The Ag
gies also will look to overtake Big 12 rival Uni
versity of Nebraska in the championships af
ter a narrow loss in the conference meet.
“We’re not a school that has to swim in a
weak conference,” sophomore David Morrow
said. “With teams like Texas and Nebraska as
our regular-season competition, we know that
we have what it takes.
“We didn’t have as good of a conference
team as Nebraska, but we definitely have a
stronger NCAA Championship team.”
The Aggies enter the championships ranked
12th in the Speedo America’s College Swim
ming Coaches Association Poll.
Championship Bound
A&M individual qualifiers for the 1999
NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving
Championships:
NAME EVENT TIME
Devin Howard 200 medley 1:50.30
400 medley 3:54:15
200 fly 1:46:15
Jerrod Kappler
50 free
100 free
:19.71
:43.54
Michael Colligan
50 free
:19.82
100 free
:44.73
David Morrow
50 free
:19.93
200 free
1:39.00
100 free
:43.97
Alfred Mansour
50 free
100 free
:20.34
:44.61
Nik Tate
100 breast
:55.78
Riley Janes
100 back
:46.75
200 back
1:46.51
100 free
:44.86
Keven Kehlenbach 100 free
:44.72
iter accounts.
s D NASCAR returns to Texas Motor Speedway
* U C fpORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — They have tried and
ky DTried and tried again. This time, Texas Motor Speedway
*vl Uy lAjippears finally ready to host a Winston Cup race with
ittention focused on what happens on the track instead
if on the track itself.
tches off
f When NASCAR returns to the su-
S (AP) — Jack S), er |p eec j wa y we ekend for the
p sity of Oklihonfjiniestar 500, drivers should be
ouglas ot Iowa (eased to see a 1 1/2-mile track that has
have teen nanttgen remolded to their liking with wider
estling Coaches %n S and smoother transitions into and
rate 01 league coaamjof straightaways,
loners fin/M b “This is like a new speedway,” Ster-
'ad ot two-time defqg Marlin said following two days of
“This is like a
new speedway”
— Sterling Marlin
NASCAR driver
ion and
n k e d
State,
S. The
Ivanced
ights to
cham-
includ-
Big 12
1 Shane SW
isting earlier this month. “If we can get
good groove worked into the track, we’re going to have
bme real good racing here.”
jThere were high hopes for the gargantuan $130 mil
lion facility when it opened with the Interstate Batteries
100 in 1997, only to have drivers complain all week
ibout tight turns with rough exits.
W jJ^peedway officials said drivers were overreacting to
(125],
.ightner
i John
Ward
1 0 m a
xth at
cham-
last
State
1., with
a track that was difficult, not dangerous. Then a wreck
on the first turn of the first lap set the tone for a crash-
filled, caution-slowed race won by Jeff Burton.
More than $517,000 was spent touching up the track,
but drivers were not convinced the
changes had made a difference when
they arrived for last year’s Texas 500.
Then up sprang another, more bizarre
problem: a wet track on a perfectly sun
ny afternoon.
Track officials insisted everything
would be fine on race day and even
wore T-shirts that said “Shut Up and
Drive!” Drivers didn’t like that atti
tude and continued grumbling about
the track, especially after a huge early wreck took 10
drivers out of contention, including Jeff Gordon and
Dale Earnhardt.
The next day, track owner Bruton Smith announced
plans to tear up the surface and start over. About $4 mil
lion went into a new drainage system and other track
modifications.
oint guards take center stage in Final Four
T. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) —
allhandling and running the of-
ense are part of the job. The point
rds at the Final Four drive their
itealms emotionally, too.
Mateen Cleaves guides Michigan
DCLi 5tate University, Scoonie Penn car
ries Ohio State University, Khalid El-
imericans - Amin leads the University of Con-
Lightner (sftiecticut, and Duke University
)nes (second / dominates with William Avery im-
(fifth). plementing Mike Krzyzewski’s
:’ Iowa Stale game plan.
State for fount [This tournament has as good a
impionships. I four point guards as I have seen in a
erson won tffong time,” Michigan State’s Tom
2AA individintzzo said Wednesday during a con-
rte of four Cycl forence of the coaches bringing
1-American teams to Tropicana Field. “They all
’s brother, Codnay do different things, but the
nd at 133 whit-ommon ground for them is they all
t was third at 1 nrn their teams and have the respect
tpson eighthailj|
tl meet.
conference
va State had
ipions — Hesfe’l
and Thompson/
nts, good eno:
of the other players.”
Cleaves and Penn shared Big Ten
player of the year honors. El-Amin
does whatever is necessary to help
Connecticut win, and Krzyzewski
says Avery has improved in his first
year as a starter as much as any
point guard he’s ever had.
“As much as us coaches think we
feel on the sidelines, somebody out
on the court can feel the pulse of a
team and the other team and react
instinctively to that feel,” Krzyzews
ki said of the role of the point guard.
“If you have a good one, it makes
you look great.”
None of the leaders among the fi
nalists leads his team in scoring, but
there’s no question where the Blue
Devils, Buckeyes, Huskies and Spar
tans look for guidance in tight situa
tions.
“Very simply, the people who
have the ball in their hands the most
time end up controlling the game.
That is kind of a simple explanation
of why all four of us, I’m sure, are
here,” Connecticut coach Jim Cal
houn said.
“Clearly in our case, Khalid has
been our energizer. He was 0-for-12
against Gonzaga and yet down the
stretch still was the guy who made
the difference... He makes us go, not
only physically but psychologically.
He really truly is the guy the kids
turn to for energy, for direction, and
sometimes for courage.”
The 5-foot-10 junior accompa
nied coach Jim O’Brien to Ohio State
from Boston College two years ago
and averaged just over 17 points and
four assists for the Buckeyes after sit
ting out last season.
Strawberry
helps Yankees
beat Rangers
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.
(AP) — Darryl Strawberry
knocked in three runs Wednes
day, including the go-ahead
run in the ninth, to lead the
New York Yankees past Texas,
8-6.
Strawberry, a nonroster
player battling for a spot on the
defending world champions,
hit a sacrifice fly in the third in
ning, a solo
home run in
the eighth
and the RBI
single in the
ninth.
Ricky
Ledee also
knocked in
three runs, stroking a triple and a
home run, his second of the
spring.
Ruben Mateo hit his team
leading fourth homer for the
Rangers, a two-run shot that tied
the game, 6-6, in the eighth.
Royce Clayton added a two-run
double.
Texas starter Esteban Loaiza
left after three innings with a blis
ter on the index finger of his
pitching hand. Mike Morgan
pitched 4 1/3 innings of relief,
surrendering three runs, includ
ing Strawberry’s homer.
Right hander Dan Kolb (0-1)
took the loss — then was sent to
the Rangers’ minor-league
camp — although Strawberry’s
go-ahead hit came off left han
der Eric Gunderson.
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