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Thursday, April 22,1982
The Red and Black
Tracksters split
weekend meets
By REISHA BEHR
Rm anil Black Staff Wrllcr
After an idle weekend, the Georgia men's track team gets
back in action Friday and Saturday when they travel to the
Drake and Penn Relays, plus the Sunshine Invitational.
Georgia runners captured first-place finishes in last year's
Drake Relays as Melvin Lattany, Daryl Simmons, Herschel
Walker and Ricky Campbell came home with honors Lat-
tany swept the field in the 100-meter dash, but this year
Walker and Campbell will go after the tape
In this, the 73rd running of the Drake Relays, Georgia
competitors will face opponents in the 100-meters the long
and triple jumps, Uie no-mgn hurdles and the 400- and 800-
meter relays. Simmons will compete in the long jump, while
Amp Brown will battle others in the triple jump.
Last year, Simmons brought home the title in the long
jump. Bill Richard tackles the 110-high hurdles, while
Campbell, Paul Johnson, Simmons and Walker team up in
the relays.
Six other Georgia competitors will head to Philadelphia for
the Penn Relays. In last year's meet Georgia took top honors
in the two-mile relay.
Brad Freeman, Eddie Hodges, Brad Lewis and Greg
Roseboro will compete in the much stiffer ranks of the In
vitational relays instead of the University division.
The 5,000-meter and the 10,000-meter runs will have
Georgia’s Sean Nicholl and Mark Plaatjes in the starting
blocks, respectively. Plaatjes joins Hodges, Lewis and
Roseboro in the Distance Relay.
Tallahassee. Fla., is the site of the Sunshine Invitationals
as two Georgia decathletes spark the Bulldog entries into this
meet Clarence Christian will make his decathalon ‘debut,
while 1981 Springtime College Division champ Mike Durham
returns to the 10 events with hopes of a repeat performance
Competition within the squad will be evident as Joe Herd
and Sean Dailey enter as individuals in the 1,500-meter run
The 800-meter run will feature Jeff DeBar; the steeplechase,
Jerry Carnes; high jump, Steve Moore; and the 400-meter
intermediate hurdles, Luis Pena
Splitting the team allows for specialization in various areas
which could give Georgia tracksters an advantage in the
final meets.
Bulldog Babes
run in Penn meet
By BO CRUTCHFIELD
Krd and Black Staff Writer
With only four weeks left before the Southeastern Con
ference tournament, the Georgia women's track team will be
traveling to the Penn Relays in Philadelphia this weekend
The Bulldog Babes expect to meet their toughest competition
of the year.
Women s track Coach Steve Sitler said he hopes to prove to
the people in Philadelphia the Bulldog Babes are on their way
up and will be a tough team to beat in the future.
When a team has the likes of young hopefuls such as long
jumper Kathy Rankins, discus thrower Paula McGuire and
long distance runners Linda Detlefsen and Daphne Lee,
combined with the consistent showings of senior Valerie
Morgan and junior Veronica Walker, Georgia should provide
that tough competition.
The Bulldog Babes have put themselves in a must situation
in the two-mile relay. This will be the last chance they will
have to qualify for the Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics for Women Nationals.
"ItV a crucial meet for us in the nationals. We feel that if
we can qualify, we can score on the national level. That’s why
it’s so important,’’ Sitler said.
Experience is the key word for the young Georgia team
and Sitler said they will be getting plenty of it from the best in
the country this weekend.
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Netters lose heartbreaker
to No.20 Clemson, 4-5
By CHARLES ODUM
R«I and Mat It Sull WriUr
It was definitely worth
waiting for. After two
months of weather delays
and waiting, the Georgia and
Clemson women's tennis
teams finally met at the
Georgia tennis complex
Wednesday, with the 20th-
ranked Lady Tigers
escaping Athens after a 5-4
narrow victory.
The Lady Bulldogs were
forced to play catch-up from
the beginning, as Clemson
jumped out to a 4-2 lead after
singles play. The long wait,
and the emphasis placed on
the Clemson match, seemed
to have an effect on the
Georgia netters at the start
of the match.
Lisa Spain, an 11-match
winning streak adding lo the
pressure of the already
crucial match, was nervous
at times in losing to Jane
Forman 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4) in
an emotional and dramatic
match Spain was ahead 6-5
in the deciding third match,
but lost her serve and the
match.
Spain had defeated For
man in fall play, and Myers
considered the loss an upset.
"Forman is a good player,
but Spain has shown in the
past that she is capable of
beating her,” Myers said.
"Lisa just had trouble
keeping her cool today."
Dot Higgins soundly
trounced Maria Escharte on
the No. 2 singles court, while
Nancy Cohen lost to Jennifer
Hersch 6-0, 7-5, Maxxinc
Kaufman fell to Melissa
Segler 6-2, 6-4, Jenny Fisher
was defeated by Lori Miller
6-4, 6-0, and Leigh Shepherd
outlasted Jane Nevelle 2-6,7-
6(7-21,6-1.
The Georgia women en
tered the doubles com
petition needing to win all
three matches to take the
team victory. The situation
immediately began to look
even worse, as all three
Georgia duos fell behind
early.
Higgins and Cohen were
behind 1-4 in the first set, but
fought back to take five
straight games, and the set
6-4. The Clemson tandem fell
quickly in the second and
last set 6-2, giving Georgia a
fighting chance at 4-3
overall
The No. 3 doubles team of
Fisher and Sadri were not as
fortunate, however, losing
the first set 6-0. Clemson’s
Miller and Linda Hancock
faced a much tougher second
set, but eventually held on to
win 6-0, 7-6 (7-4), also giving
Clemson the five wins
needed for a team victory.
This set the stage for the
most dramatic of the mat
ches between the two bitter
rivals Spain and Shepherd
lost the first set in No. 1
doubles 36.
During the match, the
members of both teams,
finished with their matches,
cheered their teams on,
clearly proving that much
more than a mere team
decision was at stake.
Driven by the en
couragement of their fans
and teammates, Spain and
Shepherd fought back to take
the second set 76 (7-3).
The court lights were
turned on for the third set,
which was close to the end.
After going down 4-5, Spain
and Shepherd held serve to
tie the set at five games. The
two-and-a-half hour match
reached its climax when the
Georgia team broke
Clemson's serve, and then
again held serve to win 36,7-
6v7-3).7-5.
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