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February 6, 1992
Clark Atlanta University Panther
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Track Preview: I
3 anthers On the Run
1992 TRACK SCHEDULE
TENTATIVE
By Lewis Pryor
Sports Editor
Runners, on your mark, get set,
BANG!
It’s about that time for the Clark
Atlanta University men and women’s
track team to lace up the racing
shoes and be in stride for the up
coming 1992 Track season.
"The runners carry a new attitude
and dedication our their Feb. 29
season opener at the All-Comers
Meet at Morehouse College," said
sophomore team captain Clarissa
Johnson.
CAU women’s team, who placed
second in the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(SLAC) in the spring of 1991, will be
expecting a lot from sprinters Cheryl
Jones and Meridith Benson accord
ing to third -year head coach Earl
Wilson.
“These girls have been working hard
since day one, and I look for them to be
very competitive and improve from last
season."
The women were hit hard in the field
events because they lost discus, javelin
and shot- put throwers due to gradua
tion.
“Even though my girls lost some
valuable field participants, we have
still improved from a couple of years
ago when we didn’t have any field
participants,” Wilson said .
On the men’s side, the Panthers
return off a third place finish in the
SLAC championship, led by sopho
more team captain Marty Golden.
He is a 400 and 800 meter partici
pant, as well as a member of the
mile relay team.
“Golden is one of the hardest
working men in practice and it will
definitely be visible at the meets,”
said Wilson. “Calvin Briggs also
has good work ethics and he should
excel in the 110 meter high hurdles.”
Golden feels that they were de
prived of the SLAC championship in
the mile relay last year after a few
runners were injured late in the
season and were unable to compete
in the conference meet.
In the sprinting events, Felix Lewis
will be a valuable asset with the loss
of Clinton Davis who placed first in
the 100 and 200 meters last season
at the SLAC Championships.
“Discus thrower Reggie Johnson,
javelin competitor Darius Jones, and
new teammember decathlete Miran
Paran should all make us more
competitve than last year” said Wil
son. “Although we don’t have a lot
of field members, we have very strong
ones and I look to pick up a lot more
points in those events than we did
last season.”
Starting off with basic condition
ing in early September, work outs
have progressively become more
strenuous, according to Ms. John
son. “The early start has allowed us
to strengthen our bodies and gear
our minds toward a more positive
mental attitude and that’s what
makes winners.”
The early conditioning has also
included two-hour Saturday work
outs, but according to Golden,
“That’s what you have to do when
you’re striving to be better and that
is the main goal of the Panthers."
February
Morehouse Allcomers Meet
March
Albany Relays
Florida A&M Relays
Morehouse College
University of Georgia
April
Emory Classic
Atlanta Univ. Championship
Alabama A&M Relays
Tuskegee Relays
Conference Meet
Lady Panthers try
to regroup after
fifth straight loss
By Lewis Pryor
Sports Editor
Gina Flowers scored 36 points,
including five 3-pointers, to lead
West Georgia College (15-3, 4-2) to
a 70-48 victory over Clark Atlanta
University (3-13, 2-5), extending the
Panthers losing streak to five games.
Flower’s 3-point shooting sparked
the Braves on a 16-4 run to open
the second half and build on a 34-
lb halftime advantage.
“They were just a better team than
us tonight,” Panther head coach
Elmer Mixon said. “They outhustled
us, and beat us on the boards.”
Schwanda Walker was part of the
reason for the large rebounding
margin, as she collected 13 to go
along with her 16 points. As a team,
West Georgia outrebounded CAU
51-20, and shot 46 percent from
the field, while limiting their leading
scorer, Kellie Wyatt, to 12 points,
seven under her average.
After the first 10 minutes and six
lead changes, the Braves were never
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seriously challenged as they went
on a 9-2 spurt to end the first half.
The Braves used a man-to-man
defense and overplayed the passing
lanes as the Lady Panthers commit
ted a total of 17 turnovers and shot
a dismal 35 percent from the floor.
“We never really got our offense
running and they did” Mixon said.
"They were just a
better team than
us tonight" -coach
Mixon
CAU opened the night by scoring
the first five points of the contest,
but the Braves quickly responded
by scoring the next eight points.
Clark Atlanta then tied the game at
11-11 on a layup by freshman Kenya
Williams with 9:27 remaining. Com
ing off of a time out, West Georgia
came back to score 11 of the next 13
points and built on a lead that they
never relinquished.
Sophomore forward Flowers, who
shot a sizzling 11 of 16 from the
floor and 9 of 10 from the free throw
line, was coming off of a Gulf South
Conference record 52 points two
nights earlier.
Upcoming Games:
Men's Basketball Schedule
February
6
Miles College
AWAY
7:30 P.M.
8
Stillman College
AWAY
1:30 P.M.
10
LeMoyne-Owens
AWAY
7:30 P.M.
12
Tuskegee
HOME
8:00 P.M.
15
Fort Valley State
HOME
8:00 P.M.
Women's Basketball Schedule
February
6
Miles College
AWAY
6:00 P.M.
10
LeMoyne-Owens
AWAY
5:30 P.M.
12
Tuskegee
HOME
6:00 P.M.
15
Fort Valley State
HOME
6:00 P.M.
Lady Panthers Cmshed
70-48 by West Georgia