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BY BLAINE DIONNE
The Battalion
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s facing national parks
urban sprawl and vandalis
dried five new ones, bn
said attacks on the parks;;
tot eased.
line of our national parks®!
he Texas A&M track and field
i announced the Spring 2000
uobilos. a private park*: 1““* ‘^ Wednesday, highlight-
aup said Wednesday,as I 1 ?.*' ^ d,, , 10n ?' lour ° Texas
real the 10 lederai narb "P hl « h scl ’ 0 ° l spnnters and a state
most endangered. i m P ,on "'rower,
c National Park and CoiJr^ am ' V * v00lcn ol Boncanvillc is cur-
twsocialion removed fi. *n> K 1116 Class 5A state leader in both
irom Iasi year’s imperil. ^ 100- (10.1 seconds) and 200-meter
‘^|hes (21.10). Wooten is also a mem-
of Duncanville’s 400 relay team,
b hold the state’s sixth-fastest 5A
ie this year. He is currently undefeat-
a disgrace,'’ complainec'sl this season and is expected to con-
m, president of the group, vj|ute immediately to the Aggie men’s
\ purpose is as a pnvatevdeani when he arrives next year,
rthe federal park system. HtiS“ Adam (Wooten) can flat-out run,”
jaid associate head coach Ed
Marcinkiewicz. “He has great range
and he will help keep A&M a national
force in both relays.”
■ Jonte Buhl of Pllugerville Connal-
js currently number one in the coun-
■ in the outdoor 400. He also ran the
fastest indoor time this year and won
— Tom Ki« National Scholastic Indoor Cham-
ident of The National pfcmship in the 400. Buhl is also signed
I Conservation Associc as a football recruit to play as a defen-
live back for the Aggies.
“Jonte Buhl is a great quarter-
me of our m
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ting a
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s system’s biggest
me a shortage of money to
massive backlog of repairs
king die list for a second yei*i
(the most popular and well lav 1
J parks: Yellowstone,
Mountains, and the Ev
■ parks that were replaced
a included Gettysburg Nat
lument in Pennsylvania#t®he Texas A&M men’s tennis team has bro-
ements were made in a :en into the top lOofthe national polls for the first
Msitors center; the Giime in school history as they move up three spots
i because steps are being too No. 8 in the WingspanBank.com Collegiate
congestion; and Voyage® Tennis Rankings and up three spots to No. 10 in
I irk in Minnesota because he Daily Tennis Coaches Weekly Top 25 poll,
II uni on Jet Skis. ioth released Wednesday.
, the group said a gamm This week’s ranking shatters the Aggies' previ-
jeopardize the p:uk ' lUS best in both polls which was No. 11 inthecom-
ticludes more than WingspanBank.com poll last week and
un the w idely known pai®
.lone to historic battle.
lonuments, seashores;- ,
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owstone in northwest
ng was the nation's firsts,
k, created in 1872, buttoi,
. s as one of the mostenfe j
said the association.O'.;
ng with motor vehicles:'
recreation, including |
snowmobiles, is “pumpif;
pollutants into the air,"i
aid.
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sly a huge proposed gold®|
park caused concern,!:
mine have been abandoned
iting class
miler,” said Marcinkiewicz. “I le will
be playing football here, but he will
definitely impact our sprint crew
next season. I am anxious to see what
he can do for us, because he is one of
the top sprinters in the nation.”
Nick Nichols of Fort Bend
Austin is the top returning sprinter
in the Houston area this season. He
placed fifth in the 100 at the 1999
Class 5A State Championships and
third in the 200.
The men are not the only ones who
will be able to welcome highly-touted
newcomers next season, the Aggie
women will have Adrian Albrow of
Houston Westbury and Karen Honea of
Ingram Tom Moore.
Albrow is an integral part of West-
bury’s relay teams and is one of the
best female sprinters in the state. She
has been part of three state champi
onships in relays over her past two
seasons. Honea is defending her Class
3A state title in the discus, and has been
a three-time regional qualifier for In
gram Tom Moore High School.
“I’m very pleased about all our
signees,” said head coach Ted Nelson.
“We are really excited about the addi
tions to our program, and I’m looking
forward to seeing them contribute to
Texas A&M track and field.”
BY BLAINE DIONNE
The Battalion
This weekend will be hectic for the Texas A&M
women’s tennis team (9-8, 5-1). Two Big 12 Con
ference matches are on tap for the Aggies. The first
is on Friday in Fubbock against the Texas Tech
Lady Raiders (2-12, 1 -7) and the second is on Sun
day in Boulder for a match against the Colorado
Buffaloes (6-6, 3-4).
The Aggies take a 5-1 conference record into the
road trip and, according to women’s tennis coach Bob
by Kleinecke, a high level of confidence as well.
“You always get a little bit of confidence after a
close win (5-4 against Nebraska on Sunday),” Klei
necke said. “I feel like the girls are ready for this trip.”
They may be ready for the trip, but what is wait
ing for them once they get there is still somewhat
of a mystery to Kleinecke. Although both Tech and
Colorado have losing records, they have the po
tential to be dark horses of a sort because of their
individual player strengths at the No. 1 and No. 2
singles positions.
“We don’t know much about either team,” Klei
necke said. “Colorado may be little bit stronger than
Texas Tech, but both teams have high quality top-two
singles players.”
The Aggies have seen their share of high quality
singles players as of late, most recently last Friday
when they were able to pull out victories in two match
es against then-second ranked Pepperdine University,
and in each loss they pushed the Waves to three sets.
Kleinecke said he thinks the team should be able
to pull on that experience for the rest of the season.
“It’s always difficult to lose like that, and we strug
gled a little bit after Pepperdine (against Nebraska),”
Kleinecke said. “But if we just take care of business,
SALLIE TURNER/I hi: Battalion
Texas A&M sophomore Martina Nedorostova looks to lead the Aggies into a vital weekend on
the road against Big 12 opponents, Texas Tech and Colorado.
we’re right where we want to be.”
Two more conference victories would certain
ly help the Aggies in the rankings. So far this sea
son, they have not been able to build much of a
winning streak, and this upcoming road trip may
be their best opportunity.
Kleinecke agreed.
“The effort has been there all season, we just
haven’t been getting many breaks,” Kleinecke said.
“Like at the end of the Pepperdine match when it could
have gone either way. Eventually, we’re going to be
able to pull those types of victories out.”
men’s tennis team breaks into top 10 for first-time ever at No. 8
when they were ranked No. 11 on May 5,1998 fol
lowing their big 12 Tournament Championship.
It also surpassed the modem mark achieved by
the 1985 Aggie squad that advanced to the first-
round at the NCAA Team Championships final site.
The Aggies also set a new mark in the coach
es poll by reaching No. 10. They were No. 11 for
two weeks in March.
“I’m excited about our progress this season
and we recognize that the rankings are an indica
tion of that,” A&M men’s tennis coach Tim Cass
said. “At the same time, we are sort of at the mid
way point in the season and hopefully this gives
us confidence.”
In the WingspanBank.com poll, the Aggies are
the second highest ranked team in the Big 12 Con
ference, behind only No. 7 Baylor University (14-
4). The only other Big 12 team in the top 25 is the
University of Texas (15-3).
In the Daily Tennis Coaches Top 25, the Ag
gies are also the second highest ranked Big 12
team behind only No. 8 Baylor.
The Aggies’ recent surge is due in large part
to their 4-3 victory over No. 2-ranked Pepper
dine University last Friday night at the Varsity
Tennis center.
It was the biggest win over a ranked opponent
in school history, and the highest ranked opponent
any athletic team at A&M has beaten since the
football team topped No. 1-ranked Kansas State
University in the 1998 Big 12 Championship in
double overtime.
“I think our strength of schedule is very appar
ent,” Cass said. “You never know what people will
be ranked when you make the schedule, but I look
at it now and see that we have five wins in the top
25 with wins over the number two and three teams.”
A&M has posted wins this season over cur
rently ranked No. 2 University of Florida, No. 3
Pepperdine, No. 17 University of Miami, No. 19
North Carolina and No. 22 South Alabama.
They still have regular season matches scheduled
at No. 13 Texas, and with No. 37 Tulsa University at
home. All five of the Aggies’ losses have been on the
road to currently ranked No. 5 Duke University (4-
3), No. 6 University of Illinois (6-1 ),No. 7 Baylor (4-
3), No. 10 Louisiana State University (5-2) and to
No. 15 Texas Christian University (4-3).
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