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SPORTS IN BRIEF
Rangers down
Blue Jays, 11 -9
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
Pinch-hitter Herbert Perry
jed the game with an
Jighth-inning single and Alex
Rodriguez followed with a
go-ahead double, leading
the Texas Rangers over the
Toronto Blue Jays 11-9
Thursday.
Rodriguez drove in three
runs for the Rangers, who
also got a two-run homer
rom Carl Everett in a seven-
jn fifth inning.
Toronto, which wasted a
5-0 lead, was ahead 9-8
srhen Calvin Murray singled
t>ff Corey Thurman leading
pff the eighth, Dan Plesac (1-
fe) relieved and pinch-hitter
lichael Young singled.
After Perry's single and
Rodriguez's double, Rafael
^Imeiro added an RBI
^rounder.
fexans make
'oster additions
HOUSTON (AP) - The
ouston Texans have signed
ormer Dallas Cowboys line
backer Robert Jones, one of
15 roster additions the
expansion team announced
Thursday.
Jones, drafted by the
Cowboys in 1992, has
played 150 career NFL
games, with Dallas, the St.
Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins
and, last season, the
Washington Redskins. He
has seven seasons with 100
or more tackles.
The Texans also claimed
punter John Baker off
waivers from St. Louis. Baker,
a Brenham native, played
college ball at North Texas.
Hitting her mark
Bloodlines, natural skill help A&M’s Mary Zorn become world-class archer
STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION
By winning a pair of world championships, A&M archer Mary Zorn attending A&M since Randy Matson in 1967. Zorn will compete at
became the first athlete to win a world championship while the Texas Shootout this weekend at A&M.
By True Brown
THE BATTALION
T he most decorated athlete at Texas
A&M is one of the hardest to find.
This world champion does not
tread on the turf at Kyle Field or on the
hardwood of Reed Arena.
Her stomping grounds do not get the
constant care of Olsen Field’s resident
groundskeeper, Leo Goertz, or stay under
the constantly watchful eye of A&M
Director of Facilities Billy Pickard.
No, the place Mary Zorn calls home is
a long walk from Kyle Field, past the
Varsity Tennis Center and Penberthy
Field. Tucked in behind the tennis courts
is where you will find her, shooting on
A&M’s outdoor archery range where she
practices at least three hours a day.
“Not that many people know about
archery,” said Zorn, a sophomore archae
ology major. “It’s even less known in
Illinois (her home state) because no one
bow hunts up there.”
But Zorn is doing all she can to give
archery some press, especially around
College Station. In her first semester on
the college scene, Zorn set three records
and won three tournaments.
Zorn, a native of Warrenville, Ill.,
proved it was not a case of beginners luck
as she claimed a pair of world champi
onships in March 2001, becoming the
first athlete to win a world championship
while attending A&M since shot-putter
Randy Matson won a world title in 1967.
It was a quick run to the top for Zorn,
who did not start shooting until the sum
mer before high school.
But it seems like it is in her blood.
Mary’s mom, Nancy Zorn, is ranked in the
top five in the country, and has also won
her share of tournament titles. In fact, mom
and daughter each have a spot on the U.S.
archery team but still face each other in
competition from time to time.
“If there is one person I don’t want to
shoot against, it would have to be my
mom,” Zorn said. “When I first started,
she was the perfect person to learn from,
because she had been there and done that
and knew how to get there. But then I
started beating her.”
With a few wins over mom, Mary set
up a pretty good family rivalry. That
rivalry escalated in May 2001, at the
World Target Trials in Flushing, N.Y.,
where Nancy edged out Mary for a spot
on the U.S. outdoor team.
Mary finished in fifth while Nancy
took the fourth and final spot on the
national team.
“There can be a little bit too much
competition when I go home,” Zorn said.
“It can be hard to have the competition
end on the field, because when I go home
we have to live together and eat together
and practice together. And then having to
shoot against your mom (in competition),
it can be kind of rough sometimes.”
The next chapter in the rivalry will be
written this weekend at the Texas
Shootout hosted by A&M. Both Zorn’s
are scheduled to be in the competition.
“You’ll see me standing over here and
her over there,” Zorn said. “They’ll keep
us separated.”
But there is one area that Mary has
bragging rights in: two indoor world
championships (one individual and one
team) that she won in Castellahza, Italy,
just over a year ago.
Since the championship is held once
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