The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1981 Page: 12 of 16
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MEN'S CROSSCOUNTRY
Cross country team to answer Straub at A&M season opener
by Jeanne Cooper
Rice will send a basically strong
ten-man cross country squad that
still has a few questions to answer
to College Station tomorrow for
the 10,000 meter A&M
Invitational, the team's season
opener.
The team's only competition so
far has been two "fun runs". On
September 4, the men participated
in a four mile run, a practice meet
with no scoring called the Hang
Loose Invitational, and on
September 12 ran in the five mile
KILT/Pearl Roadrace. Commen-
ted head coach Steve Straub,
"They ran well, but it's hard to
analyze or come up with any
pattern that would tell me where
they are because they ran less
distance and ran on a road."
Nevertheless, freshman Robert
Schooler established himself as
"more or less the number one man"
on the team, according to Straub.
Schooler came in first in the Hang
Loose with 20:50.0, while placing
third overall in the KILT/Pearl
meet which drew an estimated four
to five thousand competitors.
"His running so far has been
nothing but a pleasant surprise,"
said Straub.
For most of the team, however,
the A&M meet will be their "first
real cross country test"; seven
freshmen besides Schooler will
compete in the race that is twice the
normal high school distance
(10,000 meters instead of 5,000).
"There's a lot of questions to be
answered," said Straub.
One question concerns the
performances of freshman Gawain
Guy and sophomore Francisco
Melendez, outstanding track
athletes who have lagged behind
the others in workouts so far. "I've
gone a little easier with them and
been more patient because they
competed well into the summer
and because being short distance
runners, they need a base,"
explained Straub.
This summer Guy won the
Chicago International Prep
Cross country team fl-r): Francisco Melendez, Charles House, William Moore, David Larson, Jeff Bennett, Jaime Najera,
Robert Schooler, Gawain Guy, Craig Hughes (behind Guy) and Greg Johnson
team." Said Straub, "We're young,
but we're also very talented."
Straub is more hesitant about
Invitational with a 4:07.25 mile
and Melendez won the Puerto
Rico national championship 1500
meters in 3:45.9.
Freshmen Greg Johnson, Craig
Hughes, Jaime Najera and David
Larson have all impressed Straub,
while walk-on freshman Jeff
Bennett of Decatur, Illinois "looks
like he'll be an integral part of the
MEN'S SOCCER
the two juniors on the squad,
Charles House and walk-on Steve
Burpee. Although looking good in
workouts, Burpee will be out with
a stress fracture for a couple weeks;
House, like the freshmen, will be
facing his first collegiate cross
—C. Clay
country meet Saturday.
The team will run against A&M,
Baylor, University of Houston,
Lamar and University of Texas at
6:30 p.m. on the A&M golf course,
where the Southwest Conference
tournament will be held on
November 2. 1980 SWC third
place finishers UH has a strong
returning squad while UT has
recruited some world-class
Kenyans, "but I wouldn't trade this
group for any of them," said
Straub.
The team's toughest competi-
tion will come in November from
University of Arkansas, second in
the NCAA last year. Straub hopes
that Rice will be one of the two
teams from NCAA District VI to
go to nationals; it seems certain
Arkansas will.
The team's attitude may be the
deciding factor in their
performance. "The whole team's
attitude has been excellent,"
Straub said. "They worked very
hard on their own at home this
summer. At their own expense
they went to Colorado for a week
to work in high altitude. They want
to be very good."
If Straub's crop of mostly
newcomers doesn't bring a
national championship, it should
at least bring depth. Commented
Straub, "If they (the other division
teams) don't beat us, they're going
to be in trouble for the next four
years."
Owls overtake UH, open season with 1-1 record
by Bob Goeddel
Men's club soccer opened its fall
season last Friday with a
disappointing 3-1 loss to Sam
Houston State only to turn around
and beat the high-powered
University of Houston 3-1 on
Sunday.
Coach Mike Henshaw tried a
few new twists against the hard-
running Sam Houston team by
moving John Smith to back, Bob
Corrigan to midfield, Erik
Heymann to wing midfield and
Bob Goeddel to right back.
Adapting well, the team led at
halftime I -0, a margin built on fine
wing play. Lots of midfield hustle
from Russell Kirsch also kept the
Owls on top.
In spite of the early strong
showing, the team played an
uninspiring second half as three
unanswered goals led to defeat.
Commented captain Corrigan,
"We had a few problems after the
first half. The back line played a bit
too deep and our midfielders had
to cover too much ground in
linking our defense to our offense.
Simply put, Russell wore out!"
Henshaw solved the midfield
dilemma by the time of the UH
match. With instructions to "stay
tight", the back line of Goeddel,
Bruce Aichler, Bennji Finch,
Peter Lawton and Jamie Bell
turned back a potent Cougar
attack. As a result, the midfield of
Kirsch, Smith, Menilton Sanchez
and Mark Woznick created many
opportunities for the front line.
Sardar Anguin capitalized on
the situation by scoring in the first
half, while Nadi Mashayegh and
Ed Maclnerney added one goal
each in the final period to clinch
the victory.
Basking in his first college
victory, an excited Henshaw
stated, "The lads played a fine
match, especially on defense.
Lawton and Aichler filled in well
on the back four. Pulling up our
fullbacks freed Russell, Menilton
and Mark to get our offense
going."
Henshaw still sees room for
improvement, however: "We have
to get more aggressive on offense,
particularly within the opponent's
penalty zone. We're not quite in
top condition, and that's what we'll
have to \vprk on this week."
The Owls will travel this1
weekend to meet Louisiana State
University in Baton Rouge
tomorrow and Tulane in New
Orleans on Sunday. Southwest
Conference action begins next
weekend when Rice plays Texas
Tech in Lubbock on Saturday,
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Davies, Bruce. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1981, newspaper, September 18, 1981; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245478/m1/12/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.