The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 01, 1999, Image 9

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lace 5th, 9th at Big 12 meet
BY BLAINE DIONNE
The Battalion
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[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.
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* 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. It paid off.”
Valletta said he could not imagine the team being
in the hands of anyone but McCown.
“He’s the kind of guy that can just huddle every
body together and take this team down the field like
we did today,” he said. “I wouldn’t in a million years
wish to play for any other quarterback. That’s the
kind of guy he is.”
A team’s season is not defined by one game, but
with what A&M showed, it was a big step in the right
direction.
Doug Shilling is a junior
agricultural journalism major..
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