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which Armstrong won — or the
trek to the top of the Mont
Ventoux, in which he extended
his lead.
Also, it was much easier than
Wednesday’s stretch from Les
Deux-Alpes to La Plagne, which
features three exceptionally dif
ficult climbs.
Armstrong prefers to be
aggressive and attack in the
harder stages, in which rivals are
less likely to match his pace. At
the Plateau de Beille in the
Pyrenees and on the Ventoux, the
Texan left Beloki stranded as he
sprinted to the summit.
The ride to La Plagne takes
Armstrong over the Col de la
Madeleine mountain pass, which
he tackled last year in one of his
biggest stage wins.
Memorably, he grimaced in
apparent pain during that climb,
then sprinted up the last stretch
to L’Alpe d’Huez. He later
acknowledged he had bluffed his
rivals into thinking he was in dif
ficulty.
Bolero’s win was his second
in this Tour. He stunned
Armstrong to win the ninth
stage, an individual time trial.
However, Bolero is notori
ously inconsistent. He finished a
whopping 15 minutes off the
pace in Sunday’s climb up the
Ventoux, and is seventh in the
overall standings, 11:31 behind
Armstrong.
“Today (Tuesday) everything
went perfectly, but I’m very dis
appointed I lost so much time on
my ‘off’ day,” Bolero said.
Belgian rider Mario Aerts
was second on Tuesday, 1:51
behind Bolero, and countryman
Axel Merckx was third, 2:30 off
the pace.
French rider Christophe
Moreau dropped out after
crashing early in the stage and
cutting his lip. The Credit
Agricole leader, who placed
fourth in the Tour two years
ago, had a string of crashes in
the first week and was 41st
overall when he quit.
Page 3 • Wednesday, July 24, 2002
A&M chosen for NCAA meet
Aggi es will host 3rd NCAA championship since 2001
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
Texas A&M has been chosen
to host another national cham
pionship. This time, it is the
2004 women’s swimming and
diving championships.
The Aggies hosted the men’s
tennis national championships
in the spring and the 2001
men’s swimming and diving
championship. The meet will be
the third national championship
event held on A&M’s campus
in a four year period, something
very few schools can lay claim
to. The event will also be the
first ever women’s national
championship event hosted by
A&M in any sport.
“I’m very excited about get
ting the opportunity to host the
NCAA Championships,” A&M
head coach Steve Bultman said.
“Particularly since it is an
Olympic year.”
Although he takes heat from
many in the Aggie community,
athletic director Wally Groff is
FILE PHOTO • THE BATTALION
Texas A&M will host the 2004 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving
Championships at the Student Recreation Center natatorium. The event
will be the third national championship A&M has hosted since 2001.
largely responsible for the facil
ity improvements.
The tennis center moved
from the older facility near Kyle
Field to the state-of-the-art
Varsity Tennis Center on West
Campus. The swimming and
diving teams have moved from
the outdoor pool at Deware
Field House to one of the pre
mier natatoriums in the nation in
the Student Recreation Center.
The soccer,
track and soft-
ball fields are all
under renovation
projects right
now as well,
which will
improve their
attractiveness to
the NCAA com
mittees in the
future.
Hosting large
events like this
also helps
recruiting a
great deal. Not only do recruits
get to see the facilities but they
also get to watch the home
team compete in a high profile
meet with the home crowd at
its best.
“I think people realize that we
have a great facility” Bultman
said. “We are definitely telling
the recruits that we are hosting
this event and it will only help us.
“It will help the guys in their
recruiting too because they are
coming back to Texas A&M for
the NCAAs again. Three or four
years down the road we may
want to bid for the men again.”
At the 2001 Men’s
Swimming and Diving
Vm very excited
about getting the
opportunity to
host the NCAA
Championships.
Championships, nine American
and eight NCAA and U.S.
records were broken in front of
more than 10,000 fans. The
only site to host a larger crowd
over the three-day event was in
1986 when Indianapolis drew
11,775.
“It definitely helps having
the home pool advantage,”
Bultman said. “I’ve been [at
A&M] for three conference
meets and the
two we have had
at home we have
done very well.
We know the
facility and like
the pool and I
think that helps
a lot.
“There is a
little more pres
sure at home
because you
want to do well
in front of your
home crowd,”
Bultman said. “But I think the
crowd support more than makes
up for it.”
Assistant women’s coach
Kristen Hill said the success of
the 2001 men’s event played a
huge roll in attracting the 2004
women’s championship.
“The NCAA committee was
very impressed with the great
meet our athletic department
put on,” Hill said. “With so
many men’s records broken in
2001, the pool is well-recog
nized as one of the fastest pools
in the country. Our facility is
state of the art and tough to
beat.”
— Steve Bultman
A&M women's
swimming coach
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