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By Chris Curiel
THE BATTALION
Future Olympic hopefuls
Itvill grace the track this week
end when the Texas A&M track
ind field team travels to
Houston to compete at the
onard Hilton Memorial.
For A&M senior Jon Peschel
nd junior Jennifer Johnson, the
Olympic trials are only a few
nonths away. Peschel hopes to
qualify for the summer
Dlympic trials in the 60-meter
lurdles. Johnson will compete
in the same event for the
women.
“My motivation is indoor
nationals, and look to tryout for
the Olympic trials,” Johnson
said. “1 try to beat my personal
best every (meet).”
Johnson will be called upon
o help lead her teammates this
veekend at the Yeoman Field
Jouse on the University of
Jouston’s campus.
A large number of returning
ithletes has Coach Nelson con-
ident in his team’s prospects
n 2004.
"A lot of our guys are back
his year,” said A&M head
:oach Ted Nelson. “Last year
ve finished second in the (Big
12) Conference.”
The meet, which brings
op schools from around
Texas, including TCU,
Baylor, Texas and the
University of Texas at San
Antonio, will be held Friday.
The Aggies are looking to cap-
talize on various key athletes
such as Peschel. who placed first
in the 60-meter hurdles last
Saturday at the OU Classic. He
will be competing this weekend
in the same event along with the
4x440-yard relay.
Sophomore Fabrice
Lapierre grabbed the gold in
pe men’s triple jump, and
enior Ellison Collins came
)ut with a gold medal in the
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Sophomore Chris Scott running the 400-meter in May 2003 in College Station.
shotput last weekend.
“We are just going to take it
one meet at a time.” Peschel
said. "I look for our team to win
the championship. The good
start showed us w here we are at
and need to be.”
Another Olympic hopeful,
junior Jarrad Matthews, looks to
win gold in the javelin.
“Our strengths lie in the field
events," Nelson said.
Jarrad and his sister, fresh
man Jennifer Matthews, and
brother, senior Jason Matthews.
will also be competing on the
field for the Aggies this week
end. Jennifer and Jason will be
competing in the pole vault.
“We have a lot of domi
nance in the throws,” said
Jennifer.
The Aggie track team began
its season last Saturday at the OU
Classic., claiming three first-place
finishes within the men’s division.
The A&M women placed second in
the women’s 60-meter hurdles
and third place in the women’s
pole vault.
Aggie swimming visits Louisiana
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By Jordan Meserole
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M swim team couldn't ask for
a better start to the season. The men’s and
women’s teams are both ranked No. 14 in the
nation, and both have achieved a 5-1 record.
It’s likely that Louisiana State University will
be nothing more than a bump in
the road this Friday when the
Aggies pay them a visit. The teams
may even be more preoccupied
with the casinos in Baton Rouge
■ than with breaststrokes or relays.
I However, they know they must
■ sustain their focus, or risk gam-
Ibling a near-perfect season away.
“They're going to come after
I us with all they’ve got,” said
I A&M men’s head coach Mel
■ Nash. “They're going to give us
■ more of a challenge than we had
I anticipated.”
Junior Alfredo Jacobo also said
■ LSU isn’t quite the underdog they
1 seem to be.
“(LSU) always swims pretty
■ fast towards the end of the sea-
1 son,” Jacobo said. “Our team is in
la good place, but we must maintain our focus.”
Junior swimmer Danielle Townsend said it
■ should be a good match up, but she hasn't
I thought too much about other teams. Townsend
They re going
to come after us
with all they've
got They're
going to give us
more of a
challenge than
we anticipated."
— Mel Nash
A&M men's swimming
head coach
said in order to keep her focus, she concentrates
on one match at a time.
“I just get in and go,” Townsend said. “If you
overthink it too mufch, you psych yourself out.”
Jacobo and Townsend are both coming off sea
son-bests after previous weekend meets. Jacobo
placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke champi
onship final at the Dallas Morning News Classic,
while Townsend finished first in the
100- and 200-yard freestyle against
top-ranked Texas.
Friday’s meet holds a little
more for A&M women’s head
coach Steve Bultman. Buitman
helped start LSU’s swimming
program more than 30 years ago
and said he is pleased to see the
program where it stands today.
“1 want to see them do well
all the time ... except of course
when they’re going against us,”
Bultman said.
The men’s team will finish its
stay in Louisiana with a meet on
Saturday against Louisiana-
Monroe, while the women’s
team will take on Louisiana-
Monroe and Tulane.
Nash said he hopes to cross
the Texas state line with a couple more marks
in the win column, but isn’t too overconfident.
“You’re going into cajun country,” Nash said.
“You’ll never know what’s going to happen.”
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