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The top 30 collegiate track and field teams in
the country, including members of the Texas
A&M men’s and women’s track and field teams,
will converge in Austin this week for the 76th
annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
The Texas Relays will also draw some of the
world’s top professional track and field athletes,
including 2000 Olympic 100-meter gold medal
ist Maurice Greene and 100-meter world’s
record holder Tim Montgomery.
The Texas Relays have become one of the mar
quee track and field events of the outdoor season.
University of Texas officials are expecting nearly
20,000 track and field fans to pack into the Mike
A. Myers Stadium and Soccer Field.
“It’s a good chance for individuals to go out
and compete for conference qualifying bids, but
it’s really more about competition,” said Kyle
Stephens, associate UT athletic director. “This
is arguably the second largest collegiate meet of
the season. There is a higher level of competi
tion across the board.”
Traditionally, the Aggies compete in several
outdoor events before the Texas Relays. Despite a
lack of outdoor competition to prepare for the
relays, A&M Head Coach Ted Nelson said he
expects the meet to serve as an indication of how
well the team might do in the Big 12 competition.
“This is an unusual situation for us in that it’s
only our second outdoor meet of the season.
We’re still in a kind of experimental stage,”
Nelson said. “This is also the first real presti
gious meet of the season and it will be good for
us to get out there and compete against the best
athletes in the United States and see where we
are as a team.”
The Texas Relays mark the first outdoor com
petition of the season for seniors Timothy Bonn
and Chris Pinnock, two Aggie men primed to
make a powerful impact with Big 12 and NCAA
implications. Earlier this season, Bonn placed
third at the Big 12 Indoor Championships.
Pinnock continued his success in big meets, fin
ishing third in the men’s 110-meter hurdles at
the NCAA Indoor National Championships.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mike
Piazza’s suspension for charg
ing the mound in spring train
ing was reduced to four games,
and the New York Mets’ All-
Star catcher will start serving
the penalty Wednesday.
The decision to shorten the
ban by one game was made
Tuesday by Bob DuPuy, base
ball’s chief operating officer.
He heard Piazza’s appeal
Monday after New York’s sea
son-opening 15-2 loss to the
Chicago Cubs.
“Naturally, I’m glad the
suspension has been reduced,”
Piazza said. “I just want to put
this all behind me so I can con
centrate on baseball the rest of
the season.”
The Mets were off Tuesday.
If games are played as sched
uled, Piazza would be able to
return to the lineup Sunday
against Montreal.
Bob Watson, baseball’s vice
president in charge of disci
pline, originally issued a five-
game suspension and $3,000
fine after Piazza charged Los
Angeles reliever Guillermo
Mota during an exhibition
game March 12. Piazza, who
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Each ALLY has attended a voluntary
training seminar (known as an Advance), has resource information available, and has
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