The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1980 Page: 14 of 20
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track
Women set
school records
by Tami Ragosin
Six new school records were
established February 23 when the
Rice women's track team
participated in the Astrobelles
Relays hosted by San Jacinto
Junior College. Setting new marks
for Rice were Patricia Haynes,
placing first in the 3000 meters
with a time of 10:41.5, Disa Lewis
with her first-place time of 4:46.2
in the 1500 meter run, Catherine
Baker's 60.0 400 meter time, Kris
Steinkruger's 16.1 100 meter
hurdle time, and Jodi Radziewicz
with times of 12.4 in the 100 meters
and 25.6 in the 200 meters.
Coach Victor Lopez was pleased
with the women's individual
performances and is looking
forward to the Rice Invitational
meet March 7-8. The big event for
Rice that weekend will be the 800
meter run Freshman Disa Lewis
will compete against personal rival
Debbie Vetter. Vetter, now at
Baylor, beat Lewis at the high
school state championships last
year.
Highly ranked
Ags outrun men
The Aggies outran the Owls at
the Rice-A&M Dual M eet
February 23, but that didn't
surprise Coach Steve Straub, since
the Texas A&M squad is one of the
top ten track teams in the nation.
"We didn't expect to win. We go
into these meets looking to develop
our quality people so that at
quality meets such as the SWC
(outdoor meet) we can place first
and second in events and get the
quality points."
Several members ot the team
performed well. Mike Bonem's 800
meter time of 1:53.9 was a personal
best. Bruce Gingrich ran a 1:51.2 in
the 800 meters and captured first
place for Rice, while Bonem
finished third in the event.
According to Straub, freshman
Charles House is making good
progress with an 800 meter time of
1:54.5. Straub was also pleased
with the team of Ronnie Pucek,
Darrell Mouton, Steve Baldwin
and Jesse James and their 40.9
women's tennis
time in the sprint relay.
Rice attended the Border
Olympics in Laredo March 1, but
the meet was virtually meaning-
less. As the temperature plunged to
32° F and winds gusted to 30 mph,
the coaches pulled out their best
athletes as a safety measure. Marty
Froelick and Mike Novelli merit
mention as they placed second and
third respectively in the 5000 meter
run.
The team is now preparing for
the Rice Invitational. Rice will
host 16 high school teams and
eight other collegiate squads at
Kinkaid High School March 7-8.
Everyone is encouraged to attend
and students will be admitted free
with their ID cards.
Kinkaid High School can be
found by taking US 59 South to
Loop 610 and 610 North to San
Felipe. A left turn on San Felipe
past Voss leads to the entrance
gate.
Owls drop four matches on road
by Tami Ragosin
The road trip started bad!v for
the women's tennis team and
slowly became worse as they lost to
every team they encountered last
wee k
Before the women left Houston.
Cathleen Dwyer fell ill, leaving
Coach Cynthia Averett with only
five players. Forced to default the
sixth singles and third doubles
positions in every match, Rice was
never able to recover and fell to
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the match against Stetson was
rained out.
Freshman Trade Blumentritt
was the Owls' lone standout.
Blumentritt returned to Houston
undefeated in singles competition.
The trip climaxed early for the
League City star when she defeated
Florida Southern's Betsy
Heidenberger 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. The
loss to Blumentritt was
Heidenberger's second in two
years.
Rice played Texas Tech March
2, but the weather and the Raiders
proved too much as Tech won 6-3.
Blumentritt and Sue Abrahams
won their singles matches in
straight sets while sophomore
Debbie Melaas joined Blumentritt
to defeat the Raiders' first doubles
team.
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Muller, Matthew. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1980, newspaper, March 6, 1980; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245432/m1/14/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.