8-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT.. MARCH 31, 1979 4r 1 I V l 1 M m. i V ' ' 1 r ,4T ft saJ ?' 1 1 i -l A&7, Union Ctigerc fto PIy Sea AfricsB Tosmrraey GREENSBORO - North Carolina AAT State Univer sity, which completed the 1978-79 basketball season with a 20-7 record win ning the Mid-Eastern Athle tic Conference regular season and tournament championships, has been in vited, along with Virginia Union University, champion of the Central Inter-collegiate Athletic Association, to participate in a basketball tournament in the West African country of Senegal. The tour was set up by Converse Rubber Company in conjunction with the West African Olympic Com mittee in an effort to pre pare the team for the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow. The teams will leave from New York's Kennedy Airport on Saturday, April 14. Upon their arrival on April 15, they will be given the official wel come and taken on a tour. Tournament play begins on Monday witff'A&T play ing the Ivory Coast Nation al Team. Virginia Union will play the team ffom Senegal. The teams will switch opponents the following day then will play an assortment of all-star teams through Thursday. On Friday, the A&T and Virginia Union teams will combine to play the Pan-African All-Stars. The Monday, Wednes day, and Friday games will be played in Dakar. The sites for the Tuesday, Thursday contests will be played in Thie's, second largest city in Senegal. A&T head coach, Gene Littles and VUU coach, Dave Robbins will also participate in clinics along with Converse representa tive, Johnny McLendon, throughout the week. The teams are expected to arrive back in New York on April 22. vjb Uf f J BIRCHWOOD TK's-Finishing a 6-5 season, these basketball players are optimistic for a better season next year. Pictured first row are (14): Tony Rogers; Clint Wilson; and Johnny Everett; second row (1-r): Major Edwards, George Durham, Howard Lee, Doug Johnson, and Maurice Martin. Not pictured are Shaun Poe, Donnie Weeks, Stan FaisorC and K.P. Parker. Birchvvood Til's Need Gymnasium It's not easy for the Birch wood TK's to practice on cold days, because the little basketball team doesn't have a gymnasium But despite the odds, the group was able to hammer out an impressive record of six wins and five ldssses during the past sea son, their first year. Player Donald Davis complained, "we've got no where to practice unless it is warm", but Doug John son hastens to add, "we still get it together on a nice day." Temperatures were in, the low 40's the day the group posed for a CARO LINA TIMES photograph er, "It's too cold said Donnie Weeks, "to take the picture where we norm ally practice." Alex Gilleskie, Durham's recreation director was in conference and could not be reached before press time, for comment. There is no gym in sight for the TK's and others in Birchwood. Carl Washington, Assistant Re creation Director for the City of Durham, noted that facilities at Birchwood 'are not adequate, but 'that those facilities are owned by the Durham Housing Au- DELAWARE STATE IN SEARCH OF NEW COACH Sin Million Women Nov; Run In U.S. Marathon Head footbal coach Ed mond Wyche's annual contract was voted not to be renewed, it was learned by the Mid-Eastern Athletic . Conference through the Delaware State Sports Information Office, after a meeting by the Board of Trustees . held on Thursday, March 8. The decision was based on certain findings of facts made by the subcommittee of the Athletic Council, and a letter concerning the matter from Dr. Luna I. Mishoe, the school's president. : Wyche came to Dela ware State in 1975, after carrying Howard University to a 4-2, 8-2 record, and .third place ME AC competition in 1973, his one year as head coach there, , ' Wyche's best year at Delaware State came in 1977, when he directed the Hornets to a 4-2,74 record, a third place finish, and was named MEAC COACH OF THE YEAR. Last year he pushed them to a 3-3 conference slate, good enough for third again. During he stint at the Hornet helm, he went 18-23-1 overall. A Delaware State spoke person said one of Wyche's comments were that he was not bitter, and all he had to do was get a resume together and find work. ' The search for a new Delaware State head foot ball coach was further voted by s the Board to begin immediately. ' "Women On The Run," "Women Running Toward Equality," "The Beauty of Running." The titles sweep ing public print nearly equal the numbers of women running here and everywhere for all to see and all to wonder. National surveys indicate one in four runners today is a woman a total of nearly 6,000,000, compared with 25,000 in 1972. Five hundred or more women are expected to start in the L'eggsYWCA 10,000 meter run in Winston-Salem, April 7. Those who have prepared properly, will have fun and get beneficial physical exercise at the same time. Nina Kuscik, a mother of three, who runs 65 miles a week, took up the sport ten years ago. She's qualified to talk about this new phenomenon, haying won the women's division of the Boston Marathon and the New York City Mara thon. "Once running wasn't fashionable for women," she said. "Now running ' is known to help streamline the body and to stablize weight. At the same time women's opportunities are growing. The combination is j proving unbeatable," she said. Kitty Consolo, a student at Wake Forest University, recalls her first race three years ago. She entered a men's 5 mile cross country race at North Carolina State. 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Team coach Ronald Davis and Mrs. Dot Martin, Birchwood Center director, both praise the discipline the youngsters exhibit getting to practice on warm days. "They are just a great bunch of guys to manage", says Mrs. Martin. for Kitty, who won 20 of the 28 races she entered last year. She should be one of the top contenders in the upcoming L'eggsYWCA run in Winston-Salem. Last year, a leading women's magazine listed fourteen reasons to run. Some of the better ones were that one gets a sense of accomplishment, you get in touch with your body, it inspires thinking, no special skills are needed, cost is minimal. "What's most important about the story is that it appeared at all. This re spected publication devoted four full pages to a sport that not long ago was held in very low regard," Kus csik said. Nina Kuscsik advises most women who are thinking about running for Clemson soccer coach I. M. Ibrahim, center standing, sajrs that American soccer teams cannot be successful In international competition unless the rules are chanced. 498; exercise to get their doctor's approval first. This is especially true if the person has not been in any kind of a long term-physical fitness program She also stresses the importance of using common sense. "Don't push yourself," she emphasizes. "Start slowly. When you get tired, walk, Running is alifelong experience. We don't have to reach any goals in a specific time frame. Your physical improvement should take place gradual ly." Bob Glover, author of the popular "Runner's Handbook," says women can follow the same train ing program as men, even on the beginning level. "I think more women than men are beginning to run. Men still have other sports options . such as tough foot ball, softball, basketball," Glover said. 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