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SPORTS The Battalion I 1.29.15 3 EQUESTRIAN TRACK A&M preps for pair of weekend opponents FILE Equestrian will match up with New Mexico State and Delaware State this weekend. Team returns to action after more-than-two-month hiatus By Kevin Roark No. 8 Texas A&M will host No. 10 New Mexico State and un ranked Delaware State in this week end’s double-header competition at the Hildebrand Equine Complex. The Aggies (3-3, 1-3 SEC) kick off the weekend against Delaware State be fore serving as a neutral-site host for a competition between the two visiting squads. Saturday morning, A&M will be back in the saddle to ride against New Mexico State in a clash of the Aggies. “We’ve actually never done it,” said head coach Tana McKay. “It’s going to be tough having two competitions back-to-back. It’s tough having to re member all the different patterns we’ll use for both days, and just a longer weekend for the girls and horses.” A pair of riders brought honors to the team preceding the start of the semes ter. Junior Logan Pluhar was named the Horsemanship Co-R.ider of the Month after a successful November. Pluhar was invited to compete in the AQHA Col legiate Horsemanship Challenge where she won second place. “Logan’s 4-1,” McKay said. “She had a really good November. She’s [one of] our mentally strongest riders. She’s a very tough competitor and she does both events which makes it a lot more difficult.” Junior Kaci Fisher will participate in the 2015 Sun Circuit Horsemanship Invitation. Just one of eight collegiate riders invited to the competition, Fisher has claimed two MVP awards during her undefeated 2014-2015 season. “[Fisher] has made leaps and bounds, and has become just a fierce competi tor,” McKay said. “This sport is very much mental and they kind of have to get their feet wet and see how they han dle the mental part of the game. That’s actually been one of her strengths, be ing very mentally tough. She’s got the best record out of the horsemanship. This is the second year they’ve actually done the invitational so it’s a little bit new. The schools get invited and we get to pick what rider gets to go.” This weekend will be the team’s first competition in more than two months. McKay said the team is looking to shake the rust off before priming for this double-header meet. “The girls had a pretty good break over the holi days,” McKay said. “We’ve been back in practice now three weeks. I feel like we were on a good note last semester and we picked up pretty much right where we left off. ” The Aggies will travel to Waco next weekend for a battle with unde feated No. 1 Baylor. Pull ing off a victory would ensure a significant climb in the rankings before the SEC and National Cham pionships. However, the women are focused on DSU and New Mexico State, taking things one week at a time. “The thing about our sport is we’re not going to change the game plan based on a competing team,” McKay said. “We have a job to take care of and that job stays the same every meet. We just have to ride our horses better than our competi tors. Now we do have to start think ing about the horses. We haven’t been there in two or three years so I’m sure we’re going to see a lot of new horses so that’s going to be a big challenge for us. But we’ll get time to see the horses warm up and we’ll be as prepared as we can.” The Aggies compete at 10 a.m. Fri day and Saturday morning. Longtime Aggie track coach leaves behind rich legacy Charlie Thomas, who died Monday, served the university for more than 30 years CAREER FAIR CONTINUED “Unprepared students stand out for the wrong reasons and will immediately be taken out of consideration,” Burton said. “If you have a bad interaction while at the fair, take a break, rehearse your thoughts, and then go to the next company.” Post-career fair After the career fair, the interactions are not over. Stober suggests sending thank-you emails over handwritten letters, because interactions during career fairs are typically short and companies are likely to be traveling extensively as they search for new recruits. “Unless you make it to on-site interviewing do you have to prepare a handwritten lettei,” Stober said. “This is when recruiters are flying you out to their company for an interview and taking you out to dinner. Your thank- you letter is dependent on the level of interaction. ” When it comes to actually applying for the job, Stober said it is important to be persistent, but not annoying. “A lot of students send the first email and then let the ball drop,” Stober said. “If you apply online, 2-3 weeks go by and you don’t hear anything, you need to contact them again. This reiterates your interest with recruiters and anyone you met at career fair. ” Above anything else, Sladecek said the number one secret to getting hired is to relax and be yourself. “I’m a pretty social person, I can pick up on social cues,” Sladecek said. “I just let conversation keep going or stop. I don’t try to push it, or keep it artificially afloat.” By Seth Stroupe Charlie Thomas, Texas A&M’s track coach from 1959 to 1990, died Monday in Bryan at the age of 83. Thomas leaves behind a long legacy at Texas A&M, includ ing 22 NCAA individual cham pions, 105 All Americans, five Olympic medal ists, four top-10 team finishes at the NCAA Championships and three decades of service to this university and the athletes he mentored. “He was a very well re spected guy,” said head track coach Pat Henry. “He was in it a long time. He got old in the sport. All the coach ing community is blessed to have men like him around because it puts things in perspective. Athletics is only part of young people’s fives. It’s not the end and it’s not the catch-all.” Thomas did indeed grow old in the sport where he crafted his legacy, making a name for himself as a com petitor before he took the reins as a coach. Thomas accumulated five individual state championships in high school before accepting an offer to run track for the University of Texas. He was equally as prolific for the Longhorns, where he excelled in the 220-meter dash and sprint relay. During his time on varsity, Thomas never lost a 220-meter race in the state of Texas. Thomas even tried his hand at representing his na tion. He placed fourth at the 1952 U.S. Olympic trials in the 220 meters, one place short of qualifying. In 1954, he spent time ranked No. 1 in the world in the event. Thomas was unable to attend the fol lowing Olym pic trials, having relinquished his amateur status by accepting the head coaching position at East Texas State University — now Texas A&M Univer sity-Commerce — in 1956. Three years later, in 1959, Texas A&M made Thomas its head track coach at the age of 28. Fie would go on to hold that position for the next 32 years, coaching eight world and American record holders during that time. Thomas was inducted into the A&M Hall of Fame in 1996. Thomas never stopped following the sport he loved and remained close to the program even after his retirement. “Charlie was a great ath lete and coach, but just as important as that he was also a true gentleman and leader within our sport,” Henry said. “He was a great Ag gie who loved Texas A&M. He will never be forgotten in the track and field world and will live on here at Tex- as A&M for being the coach and man he was for his ath letes and this institution.” Charlie Thomas Place an Ad Phone 979.845.0569 Suite L400, Memorial Student Center Texas A&M University When to Call 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday Insertion deadline: 1 p.m. prior business day VISA Private Party Want Ads $10 for 20 words running 5 days, if your merchandise is priced $1,000 or less (price must appear in ad). This rate applies only to non-commercial advertisers offering personal possessions for sale. Guaranteed results or you get an additional 5 days at no charge. 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