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: Battalion s PORTS ad). Ttiis rate applie E>et an additional 5 led to end to quaiifr ross Country men, women lace 5th, 9th at Big 12 meet BY BLAINE DIONNE The Battalion PETS heartworm i 696-4179 [Going into Saturday’s Big 12 'Cross Country Championships, thp Texas A&M Men’s and •omen’s Cross Country Teams fe t good about their chances. Glider Healthy aq;™ y * • i i * python scustomc*« The Aggies were given a break ini their practice regimen last week to prepare for the meet and to give them a chance to compete with at least a marginal amount of rest. • Then the University of Col orado Buffaloes decided to show up and ruin everything. ■ The Colorado men took the tefem and individual titles for the fourth consecutive season, and the women also took the individ ual title and won their third team title in four years, reclaiming the championship they lost last year to Kansas State University. s tosr acU’s Ron Roybal was the top finisher in the men’s race, while the Buffaloes’ Kara Wheeler notched the top spot on the women’s side. )OMMATES The Aggie men finished fifth in the team competition, while the women ended up in ninth place. “The way Hartman trains us, our best race of the year is going to be in two weeks.” - SCOTT LENGEFELD CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER Senior Scott Lengefeld was the top finisher for the Aggies in the men’s individual competition with a fourth-place finish. Sopho more Andrea Bookout kept up her successful season for the women’s team, fighting through a pulled hamstring to finish first for the Aggies and 29th overall. A&M cross country coach Dave Hartman said he was dis appointed the women did not place as well as he had hoped. but he was quick to point out that winning the Big 12 Champi onships was not the primary goal of the team this season — qualifying for nationals was. “It would have been nice to run better here,” he said. “But like I’ve said all year, the meet we are training for is districts (the NCAA regional meet). That’s the one that counts.” Lengefeld said he was of the same opinion. “The way Hartman trains us, our best race of the year is going to be in two weeks,” Lengefeld said. “Last year, we ran awful at this meet (the Big 12 Champi onships), and two weeks later we did really well. Add me and Steve (Erath) to that team, 1 think it’s going to make a huge difference.” Bookout said she plans on be ing 100 percent for the regional meet. “We don’t have anything this week, but in Denton, that’s the one I’m talking about,” she said. “There won’t be any problems with my hamstring then.” SPORTS IN BRIEF ASAP, m, hot ■mo &13MS 0 Volleyball downs Missouri SERVICES ■ The 16th-ranked Texas A&M Volleyball Team ex- - tended its winning streak to four matches Saturday with a 15-6, 15-4, 15-10 victory over the University of Missouri Tigers, y With the win, the Aggies move to 18-4 overall and 9-3 in Big 12 Conference play. Missouri falls to 8-15 and 2-10 in the Big 12. 1: Senior middle blocker Amber Woolsey posted 11 <ills in the match, giving her 1,005 for her career and making her the 11th player n A&M history to surpass ;he 1,000-kill milestone. Sophomore outside hit ler Erin Gibson came off WANTED the bench and posted her first double-double of the season with 11 kills and 11 digs. Gibson also recorded a career-high .421 hitting percentage. As a team, the Aggies outhit the Tigers .319 to .084 in the match to help push A&M to its eighth consecutive win against Missouri. The Aggies’ next home match will take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum, when they host Texas Tech University, which up set Big 12 conference co leader Kansas State Uni versity earlier this week. Victory Continued from Page 7 team when they needed him the most. As tears welled up in his eyes after the game, an emotional McCown said the team came together like never before. “It looked like a totally different team out there to day,” he said. “ We pulled together like never before, like we hadn’t done all year. I think now it’s just go ing get better each week. Everybody did their job, and it worked. 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