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February 14. 2(X)<) SPORTS THE BATTALION Page 9 &M men’s swim team falls to Texas 76GUMBY 764-8629 Pizza Bar & Chill 107 Domink Dr. Hours: Sun-Wed 1 lam- 2am Thurs-Sat llam-3:30am BY BLAINE DIONNE The Battalion The Texas A&M men’s swimming oods defied the oc.B.^ on the number one team in rasing a seven-str(iB ecoun t r y Saturday at the Student Rec n holes. Just asqukiB en [£^atatonun^^jiwi^nivenjim to his own mi stake-1 fast, Free Belioarql :■ nter Natatorium Texas. val by Phil MickelwB While this rivalry usually conjures up igest PGA lour«Ip ages of brawls between players and 2 years stopped Si 1. 1S< Texas’ 164-123 defeat oftheAg- nvitational. where -Beswasdifferent in many ways, tor the first time■ For one thing, the Aggies were ba ld left Byron V finally conceding defeat to the Long- of 11 straight victim,ms, knowing that in a sport such as s\ imming, you either have the horses A 1 made it interest*-you don’t. ds said. ■ plus, both teams were more interest- al round packed e . in preparing themselves for the up- i as a major champ: Miming Big 12 and NCAA Champi- vco\ cred from t'v Miships than they were in beating up on lich other. I Because of these reasons, this meet las also about experimentation w ith lew swimming equipment by both lams - full body swimsuits and swim Ihorts known as “jammers.” I Jammers are very much like bicycle and earned a careeMhorts—-but they are engineered specif- Ically for competition sw imming, a lot of confident.■ A&M's top performer on the dav, Mickelson said, ".■ophomore Riley Janes, was wearing in the world and I vMiese “jammers” and they apparently the guy who startcMorked out quite w ell for him as he took y ended it six montblhrst place twice in the meet, m was the first vicr* His first top finish came in the 100- began w ith Woodi lard backstroke when he clocked a time ry in the NEC Imrclf 47.57, and later he took gold in the ■00-yard freestyle with a time of44.48, ne. Woods was! vhile teammate Da\ id Morrow took sil- n with 12 holesicj by finishing a mere two one-hun ter, Woods pointeci iredths of a second behind Janes, all fell to the bote i Janes' time in the 100-yard back- on the 13th holefej stroke was what is known as 3-noifsl in m 40 i back-to-back bin 1 him a lead too lai o overcome, on closed with a our-stroke victoi I Shigeki Maruyai career. He finisho Midl-Cdeek Madness “i r valid Mon- Wed only 2 LARGE 2 topping pizzas $9.99 additional topping $ 1.00/pizza Come check out our dining room! Enjoy our pool tables, dart boards and juke box. foesf deal XL (16”) 1 topping pizza $7.69 + tax 2 for $ 13.99 ^ ^additional topping^ $j .00/pizza j Larcje Meal Qea( 2 for $ f£f ^ XL Pokey St XL (16’) 1 topping pizza 6 Peproni Rolls 20 wings additional item for $4.99 cx A&M freshman Bailey Allen swims the 200-meter breaststroke against Saturday at the Student Rec Center Natatdrium. af the lead at I: )iis in Brief all drops je to Pan in auto- iM|natic standard time, which means he au- omatically qualified to compete in the Jn'CAAnational meet on March 23-25 in linneapolis. Even though the Aggies as a team lid not fare as well as they would have liked to, Janes’ strong performance was lot the only highlight of the day for the home team. They started off the day with a bang, the .meet, the 200-yard medley relay. as A&M baseba'; io games of tit-J P . against the TefD claiming victory in the opening race Broncs in Edm Die 200-yard medley team, composed of Janes, Morrow, Nik Tate and Erik Toth, posted a time of 1:28.79 to take first place. Senior Scott Taylor contributed his share of points for the Aggies by putting in a second place finish in the 200-yard freestyle. I fe also took fourth place in the 100-yard butterfly and swam the initial leg of the second-place 200-yard freestyle relay team. 1 lead coach Mei Nash was optimistic after the meet and said he and his team could take solace in their defeat. “We really had some great times and there were many highlights,” he said. “It is nice for the guys to see wLo they will have to go up against at conference.” On his team’s performance against the best team in the country, Nash said it will work to his team’s advantage. “Fortunately we have the No. 1 team in the country in our conference,” he said. “And we know that we will not see much better at NCAAs.” In the diving portion of the meet, A&M came away with one gold and one bronze. Sophomore Jesse Even took first SftfikRT VILLANU^V^?*! the University of Texas Longhorns place on the one-meter springboard and freshman Adam Morgan placed third in the same event. “We did pretty well on the one-meter and had some problems on the three-me ter,” head diving coach Kevin Wright said. “We have three weeks to brush up on some of the areas that gave us some difficulty today.” The Aggies finish their season at 6-2 in dual meet competition and 2-1 in Big 12 competition. A&M’s next meet is the 2000 Big 12 Championships at the Stu dent Rec Center Natatorium March 2-4. LEARN TO FLY NOW At United Flight Systems THE EXPERIENCED FLIGHT SCHOOL AVIATION CAREER TRACKS ■ While working on your college degree, accomplish your pilot’s certificates at the same time Upon finishing your college career, you can secure a job as an airline pilot. Get Your Pilot License for as little as s 50 a month!! 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Rec Fitness • Personal Fitness Profile—Fitness assessment and body compo sition. $10 if purchased with Personal Training Session or $20 if purchased separately. Register at the Member Services Desk in the lobby of the Rec Center. • Body Fat Assessment—$5, Tue. & Thurs. from 2:30-4:00 p.m. • F.l.T. Fitness Instructor Training—March 21-April 27, Tue. & Thurs. from 7-8:30pm. in room 304. This program is designed for the fitness enthusiast with limited or no experience instruct ing group exercise classes. Cost is $50 for A&M affiliates with Rec Memberships, $60 for Affiliates without Rec Memberships and $70 for the general public. Register before March 1 7. • FREE! Healthy Living Lecture Series-Wed. Feb. 16 from 5:30-6:30pm. in room 281. Chris Blume, physical therapist will discuss aerobic exercise, weigh! training and flexibility. Contact DeAun Woosley at 862-3995 for more information. • Massage Therapy—$35 for Rec Members and $45 for non Rec Members. Appointments can be made at Member Services. For more information stop by the Member Service Desk in the Rec. * * * ^ For Information call 845-7826 . Fl^ or our Homepage recsports.tamu.edu ” ""ml m Check out our flyers for more details on our pro- SPORTS grams. TAMU Outdoors Event Date Registration Backpacking Pedernales Falls Feb. 25-27 Feb. 7-22 Intro to Rock Climbing Feb. 26 Feb. 8-23 Lead Climbing at the Rec Mar. 4 Feb. 9-Mar. 1 Horseback and Hiking Day Trip Mar. 4 Feb. 14-29 Caving Day Trip Mar. 4 Feb. 14-29 TRIPS: SPRING BREAK Horsepack the Texas Frontier Mar. 15-19 Jan. 24- Sea Kayak the Texas Coast Mar. 16-19 Mar. 1 Jan. 24- Mar. 1 TRIP: MAY BREAK Rocky Mountain Climbing May 20-27 Jan. 24- TRIP: AUGUST 2000 Sail & Dive the Bahamas Aug. 19-25 Apr. 25 NOW-June 15 Golf Course GREEN CHARGES Weekdays Weekends Student Green Charges $11 $14 Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Retiree $14 $17 Guests $17 $20 Intramurals Registration Basketball Skills Challenge Feb. 7-1 5 Team Bowling Feb. 7-1 5 Tennis (league play) Feb. 7-15 Kyle Field Ramp Romp Feb. 7-22 Badminton Feb. 14-22 Pickleball Feb. 14-22 Sports Trivia Bowl Feb. 14-22 • Intramual sports registration closes at 6:00pm. on closing date. 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