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Sports The Battalion Page IB • Thursday, September 26, 2002 ism school were ev "ench militan imoussoukro.v airplanes wi| ma Thursday n officials said children # ags out of car convoy heai the region's very happy one girl said5. >t past, cial forces sp C-130 cargo p d down in i daftemoon fn nt in neighb: i ramps came: soldiers hir: nd metal bo.w post at the sr. rench troop, er to move i imoussoukro'i merican oft iy what the sc 0 do next. nn ind win insisted Presuf ide no decisiot I id is still wortif United Nations m. ifeld saida/wA| Tered dieirteta'f IA Deputy ^! zhlin briefedNATf defense min*' Tuesday on t gravity oi 1 threat. ross-country bringing confidence to Minn. By Jeff Allen THE BATTALION Texas A&M’s men’s cross country team is preparing 0 take another test this Saturday at the Roy Griak nvitationai in Minneapolis, Minn. The meet comes on he heels of a second-place finish behind the No. 27 Jniversity of Washington team in last week’s Sundodger nvitationai in Seattle. “Up in Seattle things went really well,” said head :oach Dave Hartman. ”We were a little short handed ... a louple of our top runners from last year’s team, senior luan DeBastos, who is nursing an injury, and junior Tommy Bonn, who is still recovering, were missing and he guys still managed to go out and run a great race.” Despite the medical set backs, the Aggies managed [he strong showing because of senior Andrew Cook and junior Jonathan Lewis. “They ran some tremendous races,” Hartman said. Those guys have really come into form ... their per- howed that. They went out there and ran with some of the better runners in the country.” Following the race, Lewis said he feels confident as the rest of the season approaches. “We didn’t know that we could go out there and com pete with a top-25 in the country and we did pretty well,” CCS securedth; f ormance Salurdus forest-lined an >ukro, cleam; jmvees that a Lewis said. “We're pretty boosted, with two of our top runners getting better we think we have a pretty good chance of getting to Nationals.” The Aggies are hoping to take that confidence boost with them to Minneapolis this Saturday. Hartman said he and the team are looking to compete against some of the better squads in the country this weekend. "A big reason for going up there is to see if we can beat a ranked team, but more important is getting these guys in a big race against some national type competition,” Hartman said. “It will help us prepare for the Big 12 and the regional race.” The men will be looking to Cook and Lewis to carry the team as Tommy Bonn will not be back to full strength and DeBastos will be out again. Hartman, how ever, is looking for both to be at full strength by the time conference and regional competition starts. The Aggies are hoping to use this week’s shorthanded squad to gauge their strength as a team leading up to conference competition. “That should give us a real idea of where we are,” Hartman said. “We'll get a good idea of how our guys stack up against the three, four and five runners on other teams, and we will be able to tell w'hat we can do against them later in the season.” FILE PHOTO • THE BATTALION Texas A&M men’s cross-country team members lead the pack in their meet last season. Waco-based AFCA awards BYU's Edwards WACO, Texas (AP) — Former Brigham Young coach LaVell Edwards will receive the 2003 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award from the American Football Coaches Association. The award, which honors those "whose services have been out standing in the advancement of the best interests of football," will be presented Jan. 7 during the 2003 AFCA convention in New Orleans. Edwards will speak Jan. 6 during the "Master Coach" session. "I remember seeing this award presented as a young coach, but I never thought I'd receive it," Edwards said. "This is a credit to the play ers and coaches I've worked with over the years." Edwards retired in 2000 after 29 seasons at BYU with a career record of 257-101-3 (.716), second-most by a Division l-A coach at one school. His teams won 20 conference titles and appeared in 22 bowl games. In 1984 Edwards was named AFCA national coach of the year after going 13-0. Edwards was a five-time winner of the AFCA's regional coach of the year award. He was a member of the association's board of trustees SPORTS IN BRIEF from 1978-1987, serving as AFCA president in his final year. The award is named in honor of a man who was instrumental in founding the Waco-based AFCA in the 1920s. Stagg is considered one of the great innovators and motivating forces in the early develop ment of the game of football. Recent winners include Bo Schembechler, Tom Osborne, Vince Dooley and Joe Paterno. A&M golf set to open season in N.M. The roster for the Texas A&M's women's golf team is a young one. It contains six freshmen, three sophomores and only one junior, with no seniors to be found. As a result, the Aggie golf team will be competing as an inexperienced team up against tough competition this season. The first test in its fall campaign will begin today in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Dick McGuire Invitational. Three freshmen will be representing the team on the trip. After watching these women compete with one another in practice, head coach Jeanne Sutherland is optimistic. "Qualifying (for the tournament) was very competitive, which I am very excited about," Sutherland said. The Aggies will look to last year's stand-out freshman Nicole Melton to lead the team this semester. Melton had five top-10 finishes in the 2001-2002 season, was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and was second-team all Big 12. "She (Melton) is already leading the team. Nicole and Mira help the freshmen to get better everyday," Sutherland said. The team is young and inexperienced but sometimes that can be an advantage, she added. "You don't have any expectations when you are a freshman, and most of the time you play your best golf when you have no expecta tions," Sutherland commented. The Aggies will look for a solid start for the season by making a stand in a field filled with top-20 teams. "Consistence is the only thing that might not be there," Sutherland said. The 54-hole competition will run through Saturday with 18 holes per day and will be hosted by the University of New Mexico's Championship Golf Course. p ta dt e Out of this World Excitement! COMEPIM User Tug in a GIANT SPACESHIP m Rudder Piaia jMSC Film Society's Aggie Cinema Presents: Men in Mack/i in the theater at 7:30pm & 9:30pm Only $1 with ID In the basement ALL NIGHT LONG Free Bowling Free Billiards Free Dance Dance Revolution Free Poocorn «&Soda Arts «& Crafts FREE FOOD all night UveMusic in The Zone Plaza & Flagroom GIANT INFLATABEES Win Prizes just for showing up Must Show A&M ID at Check-in locations around the MSC For more information contact 845-1515 Friday, September 27 8pm - Midnight In the MSC Pteasz move your vehicle out of any designated 12th man lot by 6:30 p.m., the evening BEFORE the football game. Let's make this a NO-TOW weekend! GAME DAY SHUTTLE - ride the off campus routes to the game for FREE! See our website for more information. Jgg, Protected Wellborn Road pedestrian crossing at south end of Kyle Field - 3.5 hours before game time and until 1 hour after game ends. 847-RIDE www.ptts.tamu.edu 862-PARK
