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Monday, Apiil - - SPORTS lie str bract Monday April 17, 2(X)() THE BATTALION Page 7 Aggies shine at A&M Invitational -11' 'T'iit'aa imes-contlicting influencfs omc and I.atin American c strip has a strong father > mother, "i laving just :lp us focus on the relation! father and son,” Cantu sat e female influence or . from little sister Grade, rebel w ho campaigns to and great aunt TiaCannei ()ld World ways anc ies on the family. Baldo' lied Dad. tile the creators drewot wn life experiences to® Baldo’s physical featun ed after Castellanos l said the strip’s story linet ge dilemmas and familyir:l|| patric schneider/Thk Battalion ipeal to readersot all ethr. \A/| freshman outfielder Cheryl Fowler slides into second base during certainly brings a new per he Aggies’ weekend sweep of the University of Missouri Tigers. 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She held the Tigers hitless until eoiidonlyto2''’Ans,whic the top of the fourth inning when they is. Paul Newman s latest 1 scored their only run of the game. ■ning of S2.7 million,comity However, with the score tied at one in S in I,.A'K theaters. Ne» the bottom of the fourth inning, sopho- >cr who feigns a stroke tos. more designated player Kelly Ferguson blasted a three-run home run to put the Aggies ahead to stay. ^■“[Weikel] pitched well and stayed ag gressive,” A&M softball coach Jo Evans ;ials to mi iams TGOMERY Ala awmaker is decision to move s Museum out ofM t train station, gomery officials wantK hich features Williams' 52 Cadillac, movedsc the space for a tep. John Robinson. D: iid it’s actually re Williams first onally never really country music just wasn't to fit into Montgomery >inson said. “Thepeople! mt Hank.” rain station nt feature in a planned velopment. said. “She kept them off balance the whole game and is showing good poise as a freshman in Big 12 play.” The Tigers jumped to a 1 -0 lead in the top of the third in Sunday’s game, but A&M answered in the bottom of the fourth when junior centerfielder Angie Shetler doubled to left field to score two runs for the Aggies. Senior first baseman Angie Long fol lowed with a single to centerfield, ad vancing Shetler to third. But Shelter was thrown out while attempting to steal home, giving the Aggies their third out of the inning. In the top of the fifth, the Tigers scored one more run on a single with the bases loaded. With one out and the bases still loaded, Tiger Lindsay Jacoby hit into a double play to end the inning. A&M responded in the bottom of the sixth, when Long grounded to the shortstop See Streak on Page 9. BY REECE FLOOD The Battalion The Texas A&M Track team shined Saturday as three Aggies posted automatic qualifying marks in four events at the Texas A&M Invitational at the Frank G. Anderson Track and Field Complex. Leading the way for the Aggies was sophomore Brandon Evans. Evans earned a time of 10.16 seconds in the 100-meter dash and 20.30 seconds in the 200- meter dash, both of which were personal bests. "I was just thinking, last week 1 didn’t get a very good start at the (Texas) Relays,” Evans said. “I just wanted to work on my start and get a good start and car ry it all the way through the race and run with my chest up. That was my main goal—just trying to run strong the whole race through, especially from the start.” Also posting a qualifying time was junior Christina Ohaeri, who ran the 100-meter hurdles in 13.06 seconds. Ohaeri said racing at home gave her a big advan tage over her competition. “I went and wanned up at the Rec [Student Recre ation Center] because it was hot outside,” Ohaeri said. “I came outside and was sweating and so I said T’m going to the Rec.’ So that is an advantage because not everyone gets to do that.” Ohaeri said she spent her warmup time preparing herself mentally for her race. But once the race began, she concentrated on her motions and timing. ‘“I started and tried to look down at the ground, keep my head down and keep that drive phase a little bit longer,” Ohaeri said. “I did that and then there was a hurdle there and then 1 tried to attack it, and attack the next one and then I was at the last hurdle.” Ohaeri said she found herself ahead early in the race, but found a way to keep her speed up in order to give her a qualifying time. “I knew 1 was going to be ahead after the third hur dle, so I had to start racing that imaginary person in front of me. I had to run to the finish line and beat them and not let myself slow down because I was in front. This is the first time I’ve really done that.” In the field events, junior Tolga Koseoglu had a dis cus throw of 209-09, adding him to the list of NCAA qualifiers. The throw also places Koseoglu in second place for best discus throw at A&M behind Randy Mat- son who threw the discus 213-9 1/4 in 1967. Coach Ted Nelson was impressed with the near record-breaking performance. “IfTolga never gets that record, Tolga will do some great things,” Nelson said. Nelson said she was excited about his team’s per formance and a little surprised at the amount of suc cess they had. STUART VILLANUEVA/Tm: BATTALION A&M junior long jumper Jason Wyatt jumps at the Texas A&M Invitational Saturday at the Frank G. Anderson Track and Field Complex. “We’re a little better then 1 thought we were going to be at the beginning of the year,” Nelson said. “ Other Aggies who posted victories on Saturday were junior Mike Hummel in the 800-meter run, junior Jon Nance in the pole vault, sophomore Robyn Burkhardt in the high jump, junior Meshell Trotter in the hammer throw and sophomore Erica Boren in the pole vault. Nelson said the team was feeding off of each oth ers success and wanted to do well on their home turf. “You get on a roll,” Nelson said. “When you run in front of your teammates and you run in front of your home folks, it just means a little bit more. Trav eling sounds good, but we always perform well on this track.” yjoo plus $ 400 college graduate cash bonus Shakespeare. Quantum Theory. Economics. Time to put that education to use. With 2000 Mercury Cougar. Curves in all the right places. Tight in the corners. And space you don’t need to be an astronomy major to appreciate. 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