Spring Break
Home track advantage
A&M joins Big 12 teams for conference competition
By: Patrick Hayslip
Issue date: 1/30/09 Section: Sports
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The Aggies will join Texas and Missouri for the Big 12 to compete against the Southeastern Conference's Louisiana State, Mississippi and Florida, but will still be in competition with each of them.
"We are competing against everybody in the Big 12 too, but it will be fun to have a team score competition that's one conference against another," said Head Coach Pat Henry.
Justin Oliver, a senior environmental studies major, said he expects more competition than the Aggies' previous meet, and his team is capable of stepping up to the challenge.
Oliver is preparing for the 400-meter race and the 4x400-meter relay. His 400-meter time of 47.15 seconds puts him second in the Big 12 conference, behind Texas Tech's Gill Roberts' time of 46.59 and the 4x400-meter relay time of 3:10.49 puts the Aggies fourth, two seconds behind the leader, Baylor.
"I'm just looking forward to it because I opened up last week at this meet and I saw where I was at, so I know I can try to go faster," Oliver said.
The meet will be on Friday and Saturday with the pentathlons and heptathlons beginning on Friday and ending early Saturday. The women participate in the pentathlons, which include events such as the 60-meter hurdles, the high jump, the shot put, the long jump and the 800-meter run. The men compete in the heptathlons, which include the 60-meter dash, the long jump, the shot put, the high jump, the 60-meter hurdles, the pole vault and the 1,000-meter run.
The Aggies are coming off their first home meet, where the women beat Tennessee 83-69 and the men beat Texas 81-77.
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