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Aggie swimmer to compete in 2001 Deaf World Games
Women’s tennis signs
No. 1 doubles player
Chris Nelan, sophomore kinesiology major and A&M swimmer, will compete in the Deaf World Games (DWG) in Rome in the summer of 2001.
Mike Moran
The Battalion
if anyone ever told Chris Nelan there was some
thing he could not do, he did not hear it. This is not only
because Nelan is driven to succeed — he is deaf. The
Texas A&M sophomore is a member of the A&M swim
team and has recently been chosen to represent the
United States in next summer's Deaf World Games
(DWG) held in Rome.
At the June 23-25 DWG trials in Indianapolis, Ind.,
Nelan placed first in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter
freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle and
the 100-mefer butterfly. En route to winning five gold
medals, he set the American record in the 50-meter
freestyle for swimmers in the S15 disability category.
Competitors qualify for S15 if they have less than 50
percent hearing in their most prominent hearing ear.
Nelan said that, because of his strong performance
at the trials, U.S. team coach Bob Laughna will proba
bly be counting on him to carry the team. Nelan said
he will compete in the five events he qualified for in
the trials and also may fill in holes on the U.S. relay
teams'.
"America has always won at the DWG, and next
summer the team is going to look to me to be the guar
antee," Nelan said. "But I'm not going to put too much
pressure on myself."
Nelan said he feels he still has room to improve
since he has only been swimming year-round for the
last three years.
"The coaches here have helped a lot," Nelan
said. "I've improved 10-fold since I got here. This is
one of the fastest pools in the nation, and when you
train with fast guys, you get fast."
Nelan said this is his first trip to Europe, and he is
planning on making the most of it.
"We only swim the first six days, and the games
last for about a week and a half, so I should get to
See Swimmer on Page 4.
Christina Ohaeri
The Battalion
Texas A&M tennis signee Majorie
Terburgh finished her career at Tyler
Junior College (TJC) with two team
national championships and individ
ual rankings of No. 1 in doubles and
No. 3 in singles.
Terburgh originally planned to at
tend the University of. Kentucky, but
things did not go according to plan.
She laughs as she reflects on the path
that lead her to Texas A&M.
"I was supposed to go to Ken
tucky, but my SAT was too low, so I
went to TJC," Terburgb^aid. "I am so
glad I did, though, because if I went to
Kentucky, I would not have had the
chance to come to A&M."
Originally from Bloemfontein, a
small farming community in South
Africa, Terburgh found A&M to be a
comfortable atmosphere.
"I'm just a country girl," Terburgh
s^jid. "When I took a visit to the Uni
versity of Houston, I didn't like it be
cause the city was so big. I feel more
relaxed and at home at Texas A&M."
Terburgh felt at home not only in
College Station, but also with the
team.
"Majorie is really into being a part
of the team. She is going to fit in just
fine," said junior Aggie teammate
Leah Killen. "She has had great results
in her junior college career and and
will be a great asset to the team."
Terburgh is currently finishing up
her associate's degree at TJC and is
training hard in preparation for her ar
rival at A&M.
"She was outside in 95-degree
weather running sprints," said former
Texas A&M women's tennis coach
and current athletic director at TJC
Tim Drain. "She wants to contribute
from minute one."
After her arrival in Texas, Ter
burgh has been interested in A&M.
She likes everything the University
stands for, so when she was intro
duced to Drain, a bond was quickly
formed. Although Drain said the
school sold itself, he did call A&M
“Marjorie is re
ally into being a
part of the team.
She is going to fit
in just fine”
— Leah Killen
junior tennis player
women's tennis coach Bobby Klei-
necke to inform him about the South
African sensation. After a February
recruiting trip, the deal was sealed.
Kleinecke believes Terburgh will
bring experience and a winning atti
tude to the team.
"Majorie's got a very aggressive
game. She is fast on the court and
works very hard in her running and
weight training," Kleinecke said. "I
look forward to her playing in the top
part of the lineup."
Terburgh has set high goals for
herself as well. Individually she wants
to play at the No. 1 spot, and she
would like for the team to be ranked
in the top 20.
Terburgh will major in kinesiology
at A&M. She will remain in the Unit
ed States and will not return to South
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Groff, Potter select first Aggie equestrian head coach
Reece Flood
The Battalion
The Texas A&M equestrian team
ended its first season as a varsity sport
with a fifth-place
finish at nationals,
and two riders cap
tured three individ
ual national cham
pionships — all
without the guid
ance of a head
coach. BUCKNER
Even with this
success, Texas A&M Athletic Director
Wally Groff and Dr. Gary Potter, pro
fessor of animal science and leader of
the Equine Sciences Program, decided
She knows what each of us can do, need
work on, don't need work on and
where to put us."
looking for students whoser it wa s time for someone to take the
working at the bench, butreins and selected Tana Buckner for
ale, doing human nutrition,” the position.
he has taken many student; Buckner said she is excited about
j being A&M's first equestrian head
coach and she looks forward to break
ing new ground with her team.
"There's no set rules or anything
set in stone," Buckner said, "so we're
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getting to do all the beginnings
of it. It's kind of scary in that
you don't know exactly
what direction it's head
ing, but it's also a lot of
fun and exciting, and
I'm looking forward to
the directions that it is
going to go."
Buckner is stepping
into a position she al
ready knows. She served
as the western discipline
coach for the Aggie
equestrian team last year
while completing the re
quirements fora master's
degree in agriculture.
Senior rider Danielle
Aeck thinks Buckner's
familiarity with the
program will make it
stronger.
"She knows what
she's doing," Aeck said.
"She knows how to help Tana Buckner will serve as head coach for the Texas A&M Equestrian team. Until now the team has
us all and our little quirks, lacked a head coach.
Senior rider Tiffany Pate is expecting
a challenging season under Buckner.
"I think now that she knows all the
members ... it's going to be a lot
tougher this year," Pate said.
I think she is going to ex
pect more from us and
want more from us."
Before coming to
A&M, Buckner coached
the English and west
ern disciplines at Col
orado State University
while earning her under
graduate degree in
equine science. She thinks
her previous coaching ex
perience helped her gain
her new position.
"I have an awesome
opportunity here," Buckn
er said. "I was lucky
enough to be where I was
and get a foot in the
door and get this
opportunity be
cause they're hard to get."
Since last year was the equestrian
team's first year as a varsity sport,
A&M's Athletic Department chose not
to assign a head coach then. It went in
stead with graduate assistants Buckn
er and Meghan Nolan. Nolan will be
joined by another graduate assistant to
replace Buckner.
Despite its lack of a coach last year,
the equestrian team found success and
proved it was one of the top programs
in the nation. Buckner said taking over
a program on the rise may bring addi
tional pressure.
"There is always going to be that
pressure," Buckner said. "You always
want to be the best, but then next year
you've got to try to equal it or do better,
and I totally believe we can do better."
Buckner said having the opportu
nity to do what she loves for a living is
a dream come true.
"To get coaching in, to get teaching
in and to still be able to ride these hors
es — it's the full package — plus I get
paid for it," she said.
Netum Steed training facility tones athletes, offers students health care
Mike Moran
The Battalion
Inside the Netum A. Steed Physiology Research and
Conditioning Laboratory, one will find athletes from all
sports working out using specialized equipment. The mis
sion of the 23,736-square-foot facility located near the
southwest corner of Kyle Field is to enhance the athletic
performance of the Texas A&M student athletes.
The lab, constructed in 1984, contains one of the largest
I weight rooms in the country. Mike Clark, assistant athlet-
j ic director and strength and conditioning coach, said there
I is no better place in the country to train collegiate athletes.
"Not counting offices and bathrooms, this facility has
118,000 square feet to train athletes," Clark said. "It has a
I tremendous surface and enough space to do some dy-
| namic movement exercises. Because it is so wide open, we
I are able to do things most people can't."
Clark has been able to utilize the facility's space
[through the development of a modular station which
[combines a rack, bench and platform. He said he got the
[ idea of a modular station while visiting a workout facili
ty in a small Romanian town in 1984.
| He said when he came to A&M in 1990 there was not
Ian immediate need for the development of the modular
Istations. After about a year and a half, more athletes be
gan utilizing the facility, and coaches started asking him
to design workout programs for their sports. Clark
teamed with Wynmor, a division of York Barbells, to de
velop what was originally called the "Aggie Power Sta
tion" but is now known as the Wynmor Modular Station.
"We are able to do 90 percent of our lifting at the mod
ular stations," Clark said. "During a workout, we could
potentially have 60 athletes doing the same movement
and 120 training at the same time."
Clark said another change during his tenure at A&M
is an increase in the number of athletes using the facility
during the summer. He said that the first summer session
he was here, about 40 football players stayed to work out.
The number increased to 55 for the second session. He
said the number slightly rose the next year as other ath
letes noticed the improvements in the players who stayed.
Clark said now there are only one or two players who do
not stay the entire summer to take part in the voluntary
workouts.
"Coaches can't require anything from the players in the
summer, but the athletes just come in and do it because
they know it is better for them," Clark said.
The center also contains the Applied Exercise Science
Laboratory. This part of the facility focuses on testing
athletic performance and physical fitness. The labOrato-
Junior agricultural economics major and football player Stowe Campbell does squats at the Netum Steed
Laboratory weight room.
ry has more than $500,000 in equipment, including re
search-grade ergometers, two electrographic stress-test
ing systems and two automated gas-analysis systems for
See Netum Steed on Page 4.