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MSC Film Society Presents.. FRI. MARCH 26 ® 7:00 & 9:45PM IN RUDDER THEATRE LAST SAMURAI n ' in MSC Flagroom |j Tl\6 Last SaiHUrai at 7:00 & 9:45 pm in Rudder Theater $1 w/ TAMU ID In Collaboration w/ MSC Film Society *Free activities in the MSC Basement: pool, bowling, arts & crafts and DDR in Collaboration with Cepheid Variable * FREE FOOD and Drinks!!! PRIZES: Nintendo Game Cube & Digital Camera Drawing held at 12:30 am in MSC Flagroom!!! 979.845.1515 aggienights.tamu.edu For special needs, please contact us three days prior to the event at 845-1515. the spring bridal march 26 & 27 gvg n widest selection original designs exceptional service 8 Friday, March 26, 2004 SUlfoVOR THE BATTd Track and fields runs to El Pas By Craig Martin THE BATTALION With less than half of the season left ahead of it and only six weeks until the Big 12 Outdoor Championship, the Texas A&M track and field team is heading to El Paso determined to bring a victory back to College Station. The air will be thin and the weather will be hot, but A&M head coach Ted Nelson said he feels his athletes are very well prepared and will make A&M proud. A&M will travel to El Paso this weekend to compete in the University of Texas-El Paso Springtime Invitational. The meet is a five-school event, pitting the Aggies against the University of Oklahoma, UTEP, Texas Tech University and the University of New Mexico. Nelson said he is looking forward to seeing where the team is so far in the season. “We’d also like to follow up with a good show ing after last week’s performance at the College Station Relays and Multis,” Nelson said. The El Paso meet will be the first team-scored meet of the season, and will showcase the abilities of many athletes looking to qualify for regionals. El Paso’s altitude will play a major role in the discus, shotput and javelin competitions. Senior discus thrower Josh Ralston said the altitude will cause less air resistance on the disc. “The thin air should allow for some records to be broken" Nelson said. Besides chalking up a victory for Ralston will be attempting to break hispti best of 206 feet. The meet will be especially exciti Ralston, who is looking to redeem himself last year’s performance. “I was in a slump last year, so I’m ing forward to this event,” Ralston said The Woodlands native is also looking to victory over rival Jason Young of Texas Ted head-to-head matchup will be worth watcli gars'a the competition will stay heated in El Paso, University of Oklahoma co-head coai Lancaster is also looking forward to thisinviii “This meet will be good, it will get petitive juices flowing," Lancaster said. Monique Lee, an A&M freshman from Navasota, is looking to qualify forra als in the 100-meter dash after 200 at last week’s event. Lee, who will compete in the El said she hopes that in addition to qualifyitj Regionals she will break her personalrecori said she believes that a solid 11.7 secondti be enough to qualify for regionals. Herpei best time is 1 1.56 seconds, just a fractionles what she plans to run this weekend. The next home meet for the Aggies Saturday April 10, when they host the A&M Invitational. Aggies Continued from page 5 “I think we’re playing well,” Mechem said. "After we had a bump in the road against LSU, it has shown us, in a good way, that we have to be ready to go every single day. It kind of refocused us.” Oklahoma State (5-6, 1-2 Big 12) and No. 17 Oklahoma (11-1, 1-0) will be formidable opponents this weekend. The Cowgirls, although 1-2, will not be overlooked by the Aggies. “With Oklahoma State, you never know about them,” Kleinecke said. “They play very well against us, and we are going to have to be ready to play. We’ll just see what they throw at us.” Oklahoma State has been ranked as high as No. 38 this season. Since then, it has fall en out of the top 75. “We’ll be really ready," Mechem said. “They beat us last year in the tournament championship so that will pump us up.” After tangling with the Cowgirls, A&M will meet Oklahoma on Sunday. That will be A&M’s toughest test up to this point in the conference season. “They are having a very good year” Kleinecke said. “We’re expecting a dog fight. They compete hard. We’re expecting a great battle.” The Sooners have been very impressive so far this season in building an 11-1 record. They have beaten seven ranked teams this season, including recent wins over No. 34 Brigham Young University and No. 21 William & Mary. They boast the No. 6-ranked player in the nation, senior Anda Perianu. She is 9-1 this season and has five wins over ranked oppo nents. Perianu will face A&M senior Jessica Roland, the No. 16-ranked player in the country. 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