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fourth when junior centerfielder Angie
Shetler doubled to left field to score two
runs for the Aggies.
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lowed with a single to centerfield, ad
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thrown out while attempting to steal
home, giving the Aggies their third out
of the inning.
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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.
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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.”
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