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THE BATTALION Thursday, February 13, 2003
Track teams close regular season in Iowa
By Marcus White
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M men’s and women’s track
and field teams will close out a successful
indoor season this weekend when they travel
to Ames, Iowa, to compete in the Iowa State
Classic. This will be the Aggies’ last indoor
meet before the Big 12 Indoor
Championships in Lincoln, Neb.
A&M’s last action was at the Houston
Indoor Classic Saturday, where it placed first
in five events. The Aggie men and women
posted especially strong performances in the
field events, taking four of five gold medals.
The Aggie men performed well enough in
Houston to crack Trackwire’s top 25 weekly
power rankings. A&M is ranked No. 18 over
all, tied with Big 12 conference rival and
perennial track and field powerhouse
University of Texas.
Senior Chris Pinnock posted a season-best
7.78 seconds to take first place in the 60-
meter hurdles.
“(Chris Pinnock) has a legitimate shot at
winning the national championship (in the 60-
meter hurdles) and an outstanding chance at
winning the conference championship,”
A&M track and field Head Coach Ted Nelson
said. “He’s the best hurdler in the Big 12 and
arguably the best in the NCAA.”
Several of the nation’s top athletes will be
competing in the men’s events. The 60-meter
dash features Oregon’s Sarnie Parker and
UTEP’s Taiwo Ajibade, two of the country’s
top 10 sprinters. Top Aggie hurdler Chris
Pinnock also faces stiff competition in the 60-
meter hurdles from Oklahoma’s Jason
Stanley, ranked third nationally in the event.
On the women’s side, freshman Abby
Ruston impressed again, winning the shot put
competition for the third time in four events
this season.
Ruston’s winning throw of 48-5.25 also
broke the school indoor record of 48-2 set by
Amy Paulsen in 1991.
Associate Head Coach Ed Marcinkiewicz
could only beam about Ruston’s performance
this season to reporters.
“Abby has been nothing short of spec
tacular this season,” Marcinkiewicz said in
a press release following the meet in
Houston. “She will continue to improve as
she gains experience.”
Many of the top women’s track and field
programs will accompany the Aggie women
to Iowa this weekend, including No. 9 Illinois
and No. 15 Kansas State.
Senior Perdita Felicien heads into the Iowa
State Classic as the top women’s hurdler
while Nicole Whitman is among the top
triple-jumpers in the country.
“We are having some people start to come
around for us,” Illinois Head Coach Gary
Winckler said in a press release after last
week’s Ulini Classic. “Nicole (Whitman)
continues to jump very well, and we had a
number of people set personal bests in their
respective events. We plan on getting a little
better each week, and that’s what people are
starting to do.”
Kansas State’s Lady Wildcats have risen
steadily in the rankings since the beginning
of the indoor season thanks in part to the
increasingly impressive performances of
3000-meter runner Amy Mortimer.
Mortimer posted a NCAA-qualifying time of
9 minutes 38.20 to become one of
Trackwire’s top seven runners in the
women’s 3000-meter run. The Lady
Wildcats’ field crew will depend on Rebekah
Green to continue her six-meet unbeaten
streak in the shot put. Green’s throw of 56-1
last week at the Adidas Classic in Lincoln,
Neb. bested the second-place mark by more
than 4 feet and solidified Green’s place atop
the women’s shot put nationally.
The Iowa State Classic is set to begin
Friday at Lied Recreation Center in Ames,
Iowa.
49ers hire Erickson to fill coaching vacancy
By Greg Beacham
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO —
Dennis Erickson’s big plans for
the San Francisco 49ers are
mostly small adjustments to the
franchise’s successful formula.
Erickson
was introduced
Wednesday as
the49ers’ 14th
head coach.
He replaces
Steve
Mariucci, who
was fired by
owner John erickson
York on Jan.
15—and he plans to add one ele
ment to the 49ers that consistent
ly was thought to be lacking dur
ing Mariucci’s tenure.
“I think it all comes down to
aggressiveness,” Erickson said.
“I want us to be aggressive on
offense and on defense. 1 want
to throw the ball down the field.
1 want us to hit hard, tackle
hard, block hard. That mental
aspect is the most important
thing 1 can pursue.”
The 49ers hired Erickson on
Tuesday after their lengthy
coaching search culminated in
two intense interviews during
the final four days. Erickson met
with York and general manager
Terry Donahue at the team’s
training complex in Santa Clara
on Saturday, then hammered out
contract details in Portland,
Ore., on Monday.
York and Donahue firmly
believe Erickson can improve on
his 31-33 record with the Seattle
Seahawks from 1995-98. Though
the 49ers retained several assis
tant coaches, kept their venerated
West Coast offense
in place and gave
Erickson no say in
personnel matters,
the team’s bosses
insist Erickson will
have the leeway to
build the 49ers in
his image.
“I would be
very disappointed
if he didn’t
approach this team
with a sense of
independence and
freedom to do what he wants to
do,” Donahue said. “This is his
team to coach, and we’re just
here to work together with him.”
York, who skipped the news
conference to announce
Mariucci’s firing, is pleased with
the choice. After years of organi
zational infighting with Mariucci,
York has cleared out every major
football-related component of the
49ers hired by Eddie DeBartolo,
the 49ers’ former owner and
York’s brother-in-law.
“I think Dennis is going to
have a better relationship with
the organization (than Mariucci
did), and I think he’s going to
be more aggressive in his offen
sive approach,” York said.
“Dennis wants to be here, and
he wants to win.”
Erickson has known
Donahue since 1982, but his
best memory of their relation
ship was a 1988 game in which
Erickson’s last Washington
State team beat
Donahue’s top-
ranked UCLA
squad. Months
later, Erickson
was hired by
the University
of Miami,
where he won
two national
titles.
True to
York’s desire in
a strictly regi
mented organi
zational plan, Erickson has no
interest in being involved in
player personnel decisions.
Donahue and his front office
staff will conduct the draft and
all free-agent signings.
“I don’t want the power to
make every decision personnel-
wise,” Erickson said. “I want to
coach football. That’s what I
was hired to do.”
The players apparently
approve of the choice, as well.
On his flight from Portland to
San Francisco on Tuesday
night, Erickson was surprised
in the first-class cabin by All-
Pro receiver Terrell Owens.
They had an amiable chat — a
good first sign between the
coach and his most talented
player.
“I think he was definitely the
right .person for this job,” said
Pro Bowl quarterback Jeff
Garcia, who earlier criticized
the 49ers’ long search as embar
rassing. “I look forward to
working with him. We finally
have a coach in the fold, and I
think it’s somebody who defi
nitely deserves to be here.”
Erickson also got the
approval of Walsh, the former
coach and general manager
who’s a top consultant to
Donahue and York. .
“I don’t think they’re that
much different,” Walsh said of
his West Coast offense and
Erickson’s offense. “I just think
he’ll emphasize a part of our
offense that we haven’t empha
sized much recently. I think he’ll
throw the ball down the field.
“His track record is as good
as anybody out there. It’s
impeccable. Dennis is the guy
that can get this offense turned
around. Last year, the ball just
wasn’t getting released to our
receivers downfield.
“It wasn’t for me to coach it,
or to complain and try to change
it. Our coaching staff was doing
the same things it always did,
but it just wasn’t happening. Our
downfield game was nonexist
ent. I think he can shake things
up and get us going again.”
This is his team
to coach, and we’re
just here to work
together with him.
— Terry Donahue
49ers general manager
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