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Cats' sprint medley second only to
By CINDY CONE
Optlmltt Staff
The ACU women's sprint medley
team tan the second fastest time in
the nation at the Texas Relays in
Austin last weekend.
The University of Texas team
won in 1:37.11 beating ACU by
1.84 seconds. ACU's time of
1:38.95 set a school record.
The sprint medlev team com-
prises Tracy Mayfield sophomore
from Fort Worth; Sharon Hudson
freshman from Dalhart; Alesia
Turner sophomore from Columbia
S.C.; and Yolande Straughn soph-
omore from St. Philip Barbados.
Straughn took the place of Cyn-
thia Titus in the meet because
Titus freshman from Hamlin was
not eligible to compete under
NCAA Division I academic re-
Wildcats
earn LSC
tennis
crown
Saturday's solid defeat of West
Texas State secured the LSC cham-
pionship in tennis for the men's
team.
Sophomore Matthias Foth blasted
Mike Mitchell of WTSU 6-2 6-4
in the No. 1 singles match.
The only Wildcat to not defeat
his opponent in straight sets was
Brad Walker who edged out
WTSU's Mike King 7-5 4-6 6-3
in the No. 4 singles spot.
John Walker defeated Jason Steir
6-2 7-6; Chris Collins blasted De-
wayne Pybus 6-3 6-2; Jimmy Cole
beat George Jennings 6-3 6-3; and
Lance Coleman took Chris Roach
6-0 6:2.
After loosing all six of the singles
matches WTSU forfeited doubles
play in the match. .
The win gave ACU 18 points in
the 1988 Lone Star Conference
men's tennis finahstandingsto five
for West Texas and four for Texas
A&I. It was the men's first LSC
championship since ACU joined the
conference in 1973.
The women's team also won 9-0
against the WTSU women's team
making them 12-2 in the spring
season of play. The team is ranked
third in the nation in the latest
NCAA Division II national poll.
The women lost only one point in
the competition because West
Texas brought only three players.
Donna Sykes defeated Patsy Vera
6-0 6-0; Vicky Crookes defeated
Allison Bass 6-0 6-0; and J'Lynn
Kniffen defeated Keri Stegner 6-1
6-0.
WTSU may have violated LSC
rules Saturday morning when it
pulled out of its scheduled match
against future LSC team Central
State. Both the men's and the
women's team defeated Central
State Friday.
The women were scheduled to
compete against 3-1 Eastern New
Mexico Tuesday at Texas Tech and
had the opportunity to secure a
women's LSC championship.
The men's team was scheduled
to compete against Texas Tech.
Quarterbacks call
Five hopefuls work out with football team
optimistic going into third week of practice
By KENNETH R. PYBUS
Sports Editor
The Wildcat football team
entered its third and last week of
practice Tuesday after a chilly
and windy Saturday scrimmage.
With five quarterback hopefuls
to choose from the coaches have
yet to name a permanent starting
quarterback for the fall season
and they say the starter for
ACU's first game of the 1988
season may not be named until
the week before.
The coaches have more than
four months until the season
opener September 10 against the
University of Northern Col-
orado and have been putting all
five of the quarterbacks to work.
Returning from the past
season's squad are Stan
Stephens junior from Keller;
Jim Gash from Santa Rosa
Calif.; and John Paul Webber
junior from Jackson Mo. All
three saw time at the quarterback
position in the fall semester but
one did not emerge as the top
quirements.
"If we had had Cynthia running
I don't think UT would have won"
said women's head track coach Wcs
Kittley.
"Wc could have run Cynthia" he
said "but I didn't want to break the
rules like some of the other schools
were doing. I saw other girls com-
pete who were not eligible for com-
petition either."
He said Mayfield and Straughn
ran great legs. Mayfield ran a 23.1
200-meter leg and Straughn an-
chored with a 52.8 400-meter leg.
"I was not going to let the girls
run because of the bad weather but
we decided to go for it" Kittley
said.
The 400-meter relay team of
Mayfield Hudson Turner and
Sylvia Dyer sophomore from
Jamaica placed third with a 46.41.
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Defender Larry Holland freshman from Mesquite beats wide reclever Clint Mansker sophomore from
Portland to the ball for an interception during Saturday's Wildcat scrimmage at Shotwell Stadium. The
men have one more week for Spring Training and will conduct a third scrimmage the annual Purple
and White game Saturday at 1 :30 p.m. at Shotwell Stadium.
team quarterback as head coach
John Payne and offensive coor-
dinator Bob Keyes had hoped.
New to the team are Rob
McKinnon freshman from
Thousand Oaks Calif. and Kent
Carroll freshman from Liberty
Hill.
McKinnon said the practices
have been a learning process for
him and for the rest of those try-
ing out.
"We're all learning" he said.
"I'm learning a lot but I have a
lot to learn. I'm pleased with my
progress."
Gash said the Wildcat offense
is tough for newcomers to leant
because it is more of a pro of-
fense than most colleges use.
"All this stuff is different from
high school" McKinnon said.
"It just takes time."
McKinnon quarterbacked at
Thousand Oaks High School and
took his team to the quarterfinals
both years. He said the coaches
have stressed reading the defense
and responding to it during the
practices.
Arizona State and Oklahoma State
were the first- and second-place fin
Spring Training a learning experience
Gash who kicked and quarter-
backed at Santa Rosa High and
lettered for two years said he is
pleased with the practice and
what he has seen of the offense.
"This year's offensive line is
going to be the best since I've
been here" he said. "I sure can't
complain on ofTense."
He said he did not know what
his role with the Wildcats would
be when he came to ACU.
"I didn't come here thinking
'Yeah I'm going to be quarter-
back'" he said.
All the quarterback hopefuls
said having five try out at one
time has made the practices and
scrimmages tough.
"With five guys it's just tough
to get all the work you need"
McKinnon said. "You just have
to make the most of it."
The team will be practicing
Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday at Elmer Gray
Stadium and will conduct their
last scrimmage the Purple and
White Game Saturday in
Shotwell Stadium.
ishers.
"I told the girls to make sure we
The five players who are trying out for the quarterback position for next year's season are left to
right Jim Gash Junior from Santa Rosa Calif.; John Paul Webber junior from Jackson Mo.; Rob
McKinnon freshman from Thousand Oaks Calif.; Kent Carroll freshman from Liberty Hill; and Stan
Stephens Junior from Keller.
made the handofls" he said. "Our
handofls were good in the sprint
relays but only average in the
medley."
Friday was the qualifying day for
the finals Saturday
Mayfield ran the 100-meter race
for the tint time and qualified for
the finals. She placed third with an
11.77.
Dyer qualified for the 100-meter
hurdles running 13.91 the fifth
best time.
Marlene Lewis senior from
Clarendon Jamaica picked up a
second in the discus Saturday
throwing 165-9 to go along with
her second in the shot put with a
50-1 Mi the day before.
Yolanda Henry competed unat-
tached and placed second. She
cleared 6-2ft in the high jump on'
her third try. Jolanda Jones of the
TCU men sweep
Texas Relays
AUSTIN (AP) - The Penn Relays
on April 28-30 is the next stop for
the "Flyin' Frogs."
It'e not a highwire act coming to
Pennsylvania but one of the most
successful sprint relay teams in
American track history.
Texas Christian won its 24 th con-
secutive 400-meter relay at the 61st
annual Texas Relays Saturday
despite a steady rain that made pass-
ing the wet baton tricky.
TCU hasn't lost a sprint relay
since 1986 at the College Station
Relays.
The foursome of Roscoe Tatum
Greg Sholars Tony Allen and
Raymond Stewart posted a time of
39.43 in the rain.
TCU set the Relays record of
38.97 in 1986 and followed it with
an American and collegiate record
at 38.46. The streak of victories in-
cludes two NCAA outdoor titles
and three Texas Relays' first place
medals.
Ine Frogs will be going for a
third straight Penn Relays sprint
relays' title.
' "We're on a roll and I hope it
doesn't end' until after the
NCAAs" said TCU' Coach Bubba
Thornton. "We didn't make any
mistakes on Saturday and that is the
key to winning relay events."
Like their namesakes the Frogs
didn't mind the wet conditions.
They also didn't get too bold.
"I wasn't running all out"
Stewart said. "I was just trying to
make sure I finished without getting
hurt."
Sholars added "Our goal was to
Stafford Spain win
ROTC golf tourney
Dr. Don Stafford registrar and
Tommy Spain marketing director
for the ACU press won first-place
trophies at the Heart of Texas
Roughrider Semi-Annual Golf
Tournament March 18.
Staff and faculty members from
ACU Hardin-Simmons and
McMurry college totaled 44 par-
ticipants in the Tri-College ROTC
Golf Tournament. The event was
conducted by HSU at the Maxwell
'Horns
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University of Houston won on her
second jump with a 6-2 Vi. She set o
meet record brcaking-JIenry's re-
cord of 6-2.
Mazel Thomas sophomore from
Clarendon Jamaica who won the
Division I high-jump title made 5-8
in the high jump. Kittley said she
showed effects of her knee Injury.
"I am real excited with how many
girls are qualified to compete at
outdoor nationals" Kittley said.
"We don't have that many girls
left."
Achievements in the indoor com-
petition carry over to qualifying for
the outdoor competition for the na-
tional championships.
The women will compete in the
Nathan's Jewelers relays in San
Angeio this weekend. Kittley said
he will take a large number of
athletes to the meet.
pass the stick around without a big
problem. Now we're shooting for a
third win in the NCAAs" June 1-4
in Eugene Ore.
TCU was named the outstanding
team for the first time at the Texas
Relays.
The Homed Frogs' foursome of
Tatum Sholars Allen and Stewart
also won the 800-meter relay on
Friday night their first victory in
the event after three years of trying. '
The Arkansas Razorbacla who
won the outstanding team award
last year took the 6000-meter relay
on Saturday.
Joe Falcon the nation's premier
distance runner ran a 3:51.0 anchor
over the final 1500 meters of the
relay.
"I was very pleased with my race
and the team's performance"
Falcon said. "In this weather winn-
ing is all that counts. I just coasted.
I didn't want to pull a muscle."
He was named the meet's
outstanding male performer.
Heavy rain held the crowd to
2000 fans and cut down the re-
cords. Lynda Tolbert of Arizona State
didn't let the rain bother her in the
women's 100-meter hurdles clock-
ing a 13.11 which beat the meet re-
cord of 13.15 by Benita Fitzgerald
ofTennesseeinl981.
"I consider it an honor to set a
record in the class field I was run-
ning against" Tolbert said.
Tolbert also led off Arizona
State's medal winning team in the
women's sprint relay. The winning
time was 45.76.
Municipal Golf Course.
"The purposes of the golf tour-
nament include recruiting cohe-
sion unity and fellowship among
the three colleges" said Sgt. Maj.
Compel! chief instructor of the mil-
itary science department at HSU.
Firstplace trophies were awarded
to Stafford and Spain and Garvin
Beauchamp vice president for
special services took a second-place
trophy.
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