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Igl I • Thursday, April 8, 1999 s PORTS The Battalion Proving a point wrom softball pitcher to javelin hrower at A&M, freshman Katy Doyle tas lead a life of many transitions. you get an addition! heduled to end to 5 HELP WANTEC BY TOM KENNEDY The Battalion en 9*ne mechanic ttGolf. c ommissions. •mg R E license 2K»‘- S' an all-district selection in Dftpall and volleyball at St. Agnes Bsto$2i.6a/HR .capemy in Houston, Katy Doyle For'app^and'exm~ Hwflys thought sports were in her 1 8«iT> '9p.m..7K!a/sK itllre. Fun-imeTlBittle did she know the javelin • ’9i64&-234v m,.. irow would be the sport. /10T0RCYCLE | ast y ear > Doyle was a high 'chpol senior trying to decide miOO Shadow ?00m 4 yeai * Si 000.1 22-0545 y "it was a difficult ^ transition in the PETS - & cats lot ado cenent homes 823-25 .-I >es- AKC regserec FeasecaJ StBura'I EAL ESTATE I beginning, but Juan [de la Garza] helped, and the other girls helped/ — Katy Doyle A&M javelin thrower 1041 cat is. pfolei vhich university to attend. Doyle tad to weigh the importance of . VoT >oth academics and athletics. ^^^^^Rice University offered the acad- m Bryan ■ taio. Spring Hill College offered the ioftball scholarship. But only Texas i./.e foi s asf? V&ki offered the unique combina- ion of academics and athletics OOMMATES 3oyle was looking for. WP S a y° un gster, Doyle attended getackyard. $330 wseball camps at Rice, where her irother Paul played on the team. ales needed ta si !he met the Rice track coach lETiiL''..IT- vhile he was instructing the camp -r-Ki tor 3rc- . )n running form. its welcomed, be c , K He saw me there, and he re- dp throcgT; ' timbered I had a quick arm, and i $250*110tigupgjiej said he’d like to teach me to throw the javelin in college,” Doyle said. “I didn’t necessarily want to go to Rice because it is too close to home, so he talked to Juan [de la Garza], who is the A&M javelin coach, and I came and walked on here. ” The transition from softball pitching to javelin throwing has not been an easy one, but Doyle has made it look effortless. Mid way through her first track-and- field season at any level, she al ready holds the No. 3 all-time performance at Texas A&M with a mark of 165 feet. “When I first came here, Juan told me ‘Don’t think softball, be cause it is not like softball,”’ Doyle said. “It was a difficult transition in the beginning, but Juan helped, and the other girls helped.” De la Garza said Doyle’s im provement has been remarkable. “[Her development] is beyond what we thought, so far,” de la Garza said. “She’ll probably get to nationals with the mark she has now, but there are still a lot of outdoor meets left, so she could easily improve that mark.” Doyle, whose father played for the Rice football team, credits much of her improvement to her upbringing in a family full of ath letes. “Since I was born and able to walk, they started giving balls and gloves to me,” Doyle said. “Grow ing up with my brothers made me more sports oriented.” A&M track and field coach Ted Nelson said Doyle’s most impres sive quality is her work ethic. “She has a real desire to do well and improve every day,” Nelson said. LAW TALK from STCL Join Professor of Law Helen Jenkins and a panel of attorneys taking live call-in questions Tomorrow Friday, April 9,1999 at 8:00 p.m. on KAMU - TCA Channel 4 Each show in this monthly series will focus on a different topic. This Friday, the program will deal with taxes & the law. TERRY ROBERSON/The Battalion A&M freshman Katy Doyle has put her experience as a softball and volleyball player in high school to use as one of the Texas A&M Track and Field Team’s top women’s javelin throwers. Doyle said she has been fortu nate to be around people who were able to help her improve consistently. When asked who her biggest influence on her perfor mance was, she had to pause for a moment. “I’d have to say Esther Eisen- lauer,” Doyle said. “She was Big 12 Champion last year, and she’s been throwing for awhile, so she helps me out a lot on my tech nique when Juan is not around.” As for her future, Doyle said she has not set any performance goals to date. 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