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Sports
Page 3
THE BATTALION
Aggies compete in outdoor track competition
Seven members of men’s and women’s team, five former students compete in four day meet
Mark Passwaters
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Seven members of the Texas A&M men’s and
women’s track team competed against world-
class competition at the 2001 GMC Envoy
USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
from June 21 to 24 in Eugene, Ore. Several for
mer A&M track stars were also involved in the
competition.
Senior Bashir Ramzy, a five-time, Big 12 cham
pion, competed in the 110-meter hurdles, long
jump and triple jump.
Ramzy qualified for the semifinals and placed
16th overall in the 100-meter hurdles with a
time of 14.15 seconds, placed 12th in the triple
jump with a distance of 15.53 meters and fin
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ished 21st in the long jump with a distance of
7.24 meters.
Senior Christina Ohaeri qualified for the
semifinals in the women’s 100-meter hurdles,
finishing 11th with a time of 13.55 seconds.
Redshirt freshman Luke Marrs, the defend
ing Big 12 javelin champion, finished 15th with
a distance of 63.46 meters. Junior Melissa Gul-
li, the NCAA runner-up in the women’s 5000-
meters, gave the top collegiate performance in
the event with a time of 15:52.65. Her time
earned her a ninth place finish.
Sophomore Kendra Reimer, the national high
school record-holder in the heptathlon, finished
in 10th place with a score of 5,504 points. Sopho
more Sarah Steadman came in 28th in the 3,000-
meter steeplechase with a time of 10:56.13.
Among the former students competing in the
championships was Anjanette Kirkland, who won
a bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdles in 13.14
seconds. Kirkland was edged at the tape by
Olympic Champion Gail Devers in rainy, windy
conditions. Her time was well off of her personal
best mark of 12.63 seconds, but still earned her a
place on the United States national team.
“I am happy to have come out here and made
the team,” said Kirkland, who has been hobbled
by injuries all year.
When asked about Devers’ decision not to re
tire, Kirkland said, “I’m happy Gail decided to stay
in the sport and compete. She is a great competi
tor and I love competing against her.”
Floyd Heard, winner of the 1986 and 1987
NCAA 200-meter dash, competed in both the
100- and 200-meter dashes. His 17th-place finish
in the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.28 seconds
was not enough to qualify for the semifinals.
However, his time of20.45 seconds in the 200-
meter dash garnered him a spot in the semifinals
9th place finish overall.
Larry Wade, the 1998 NCAA champion in the
110-meter hurdles and now a member of the Nike
team, was a finalist and finished 7th overall in the
event with a time of 13.83 seconds.
Danny McCray, a member of A&M’s 1997
NCAA champion 400-meter relay team and now a
teammate of Wade’s on the Nike team, finished 19th
in the 400-meter dash with a time of 46.31 seconds.
Ricky Barker, the 1991 NCAA runner-up in the
decathlon, finished in 10th place in the two day
event with a total score of 7043 points.
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I receive a much deserved brow-beating.
In that case, people should applaud the actions of
[ the NHL’s Ottawa Senators for their handling of its
I former superstar, Alexi Yashin. For three years, Yashin
I has been trying to weasel his way out of a multi-mil-
I lion dollar contract he signed of his own free will. In-
I stead of caving to his demands, the Senators gave
I Yashin a taste of his own medicine before finally send-
| ing him out of town.
In 1999, Yashin decided he wanted to void the re-
| mainder of his contract to receive a larger pay day.
1 The Senators refused to budge, and Yashin threatened
I to sit out the season. Ottawa sent him a guide of quali-
1 ty,vacation destinations and froze his paychecks.., ,
1 Yashin took the Senators to court to try to have the
I contract voided, and the Senators countersued, claim-
| ing a breach of contract.
Yashin not only lost his suit against the Senators —
forcing him to play out the remainder of the deal — but
also lost a lawsuit filed by Ottawa season ticket holders.
Forced to return, Yashin played this season at his usual
outstanding level while griping about how he wanted
out of the supposedly “backward” capital of Canada.
The Senators’ great season collapsed with a sweep in
the first round of the playoffs against the rival Toronto
Maple Leafs. Yashin played with no emotion or effort
during the series while insinuating that he would play
better if he had a new contract. The Senators did not
tell Yashin to go to hell; they did something better.
They sent him to the New York Islanders.
The Ottawa Senators are a team on the rise with
great fans and a brand new arena. The Islanders are
an awful team with nearly no fans and an arena
that has actually been condemned by Nassau
County. Since outer Mongolia does not yet
have an NHL team, this is about as good a
fate as can be wished on Yashin.
Too many professional athletes are out of
touch with the real world. Their “prob
lems” often pale in comparison to what
99.9 percent of the American
population deals with on a
daily basis.Trying to
choose which expensive
car to drive to practice is
not a problem.
Ewing epitomized the
selfish arrogance of most
athletes during that league’s
strike with this gem: “We
may make a lot, but we spend
a lot too.” As a result, every
one with a real job should feel
pity for them.
Sure.
'There has to be a way to remind a $6 million
dollar moron that the world does not revolve
around them. Most owners are afraid to be
tough with athletes because they are afraid of
angering their fans. Perhaps this will prove to
other owners that the fans love for their play
ers is not boundless.
Some athletes have to deal with legitimate
problems. Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher
Curt Schilling’s wife is fighting cancer.
Golfer Casey Martin cannot walk because of
a circulatory disorder. Those people are de
serving of the public’s sympathy, but Yashin does not
fit into that category.
The Ottawa Senators should be commended for
standing up to the demands of Yashin as well as for
sending him to the NHL’s purgatory. It is pleasant to
have an athlete be reminded that they reap what they
RUBEN DELUNA/Twf Battalion
sow. In the aftermath of Yashin’s exile, only one ques
tion remains:
How can Deion Sanders and Kobe Bryant be trad
ed to the Islanders?
Mark Passwaters is a senior
electrical engineering major.
Sports in Brief
Astros win in
Redding's debut
folio Lugo had three hits
and scored the go-ahead run
in the eighth inning as the
Houston Astros beat the
Cincinnati Reds 7-5 Sunday
to split their four-game series.
Octavio Dotel (4-4)
pitched two scoreless innings
for the win, and Billy Wagner
pitched a scoreless ninth for
his 14th save in 15 tries.
Tim Redding, making his
major league debut for
Houston, gave up five runs,
six hits and two walks in 5 2-
3 innings. Redding struck
out seven.
Jose Acevedo, making
his second career start for
the Reds, gave up five runs
— four earned — five hits,
and four walks in four-plus
innings.
Rangers beat A's,
win series
Rafael Palmeiro and
Ruben Sierra hit back-to-
back homers in the fourth
inning as the Rangers beat
the Oakland Athletics 9-5
Sunday to win their third
straight series.
Ivan Rodriguez also
homered as Texas won
with plenty of offense and
a good start from Rob Bell
(1 -0), who allowed five hits
and three runs over five in
nings in his second appear
ance since joining the
Rangers in a trade with
Cincinnati on June 15.
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