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For Immediate
Release: Friday, January 24, 2003 UTPA TRACK TEAM SET FOR OPENER EDINBURG, TX-The University of Texas-Pan American track and field team will open their 2003 indoor season at the Houston Indoor Opener at the University of Houston Saturday. Field events will begin at 9:00 a.m. and running events start at 12 noon. The final event, the 4 X 400 meter relay, is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. A number of teams will be represented at the meet, with Rice, Southern Mississippi, Southwest Texas State, Stephen F. Austin, Texas Christian, Nevada-Las Vegas, New Orleans, Texas-Arlington, Texas Southern, Southern and Texas' women's team scheduled to join Texas-Pan American and the host Cougars. "We're going to see a lot of good teams Saturday," said UTPA Head Coach Ricky Vaughn. "Most of the teams ran last week, so it's the second meet of the year for most of them, and the first one for us. We've got a lot of new people, and I'm excited to see what our new people can do, and what our returning people can do." Vaughn has high hopes for some of Texas-Pan American's returning athletes.
"We're looking for great performances from (sophomore jumper) Marlin
(Manley, Hampton, VA/Bethel HS), (sophomore pole vaulter) Jeff (Martzall,
Fort Wayne, IN/Northrop HS), (junior distance runner) Hugo (Cervantes,
Mercedes, TX/Weslaco HS/Texas A&M-Corpus Christi), (sophomore distance
runner) Westly (Keating, Pharr, TX/PSJA North/Texas), (sophomore distance
runner) Patty (Villarreal, San Juan, TX/PSJA HS), (senior jumper) Lovie
(Mathis, Tucson, AZ/Sahuaro HS/Central Arizona College), and (junior
thrower) Amy (Moses, Edinburg, TX/Edinburg North HS), among others.
I think this is a good meet for us. It will let us know where we're
at and what we need to work on. Our team is excited, they know the competition
is tough this weekend, and it's what you train for all year. We're ready
to go." TR-02-03012403
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