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Page 8 The Pendulum Thursday, March 12,1981 Tracksters start new season Racketeers split two By Kevin Wilson Elon’s 1981 track season begins March 31 when the Fighting Christians will chal lenge High Point and Wake Forest on High Point’s home field. This year’s participants ire Totny Jones — shot put, a returnee; Kenny Hou ston — shot put; Quinton Ballard — shot put; Danny Scales — discus thrower; loey Willis — triple jump, a returnee; Fred Jordan — broad jump, high jump, 120 hurdles; Billy Thompson — broad jump, high jump, a returnee; Keith Murrell — high jump; Rodney Byrd — high jump; Tim Daly — pole vault, a returnee; Eric Yeshnick — javelin, a re turnee. Also Tommy Merrick — javelin, a returnee; Fred Bowers — javelin; Don Ricks — 220-yard dash, 440 relay, 100-yard dash, a returnee; James MacCarther — 220-yard dash, 440 relay, 100-yard dash, a returnee; Brent Ellis — 220-yard dash, 440 relay, 100 -yard dash; Ray Hadley — 220-yard dash, 440 relay, 100-yard dash; Curtis Joyner — 220- yard dash, 440 relay, 100- yard dash. Also Kenneth Rogers — 440, mile relay, a returnee; Barry Kyle — 440, mile relay; Berkley Gore — 440, mile relay; Gretchen Kasting — 440, a returnee; Robert Trout — 880, mile relay; Tom Perry — 880; Warren Pierre — 880; Rodney Turn er — 880, a returnee; Dwayne Harden — mile; Chris Defonzo — mile, 3- mile run; Chris McCauley — 120 hurdles; 440 hurdles; and Les Brunson — 120 hurdles, 440 hurdles. Track managers are Bob by Hedrick and James Dove, and the head coach is Clay ton Johnson. Come out and support your track team. by Kate Jewett The men’s tennis team broke even last weekend, losing to Wingate on Friday but winning against Slippery Rock Sunday. Bill Day, playing number three, and Jeff Johnson at number five, were the only singles winners in the Win gate match. Day and Cay Tuck won in doubles to make the final score 6-3 for Wingate. Paul Owen, play ing number one, lost in three sets, 6-1, 1-6, 4-6. Steve Rickard (number two) and Shane Kelly (num ber six) also had tough 111511 ivuuiicy oyiu — 11111c iciay, a icLuiiicc, T • 1 I 1 r, 1 ^ • 1^ Lamberry places 2nd I* ernale tennis results ^ The women’s tennis team won their first match Mon day afternoon, defeating Pfeiffer 7-2. Sanda Gonzalez Host at number one, but the rest of the top six were victorious. Karen Wall, playing num ber two, and Mary Beth Hughes, at number three, won in three sets. Winning in straight sets were Wendy Warren and Amy Burch, playing numbers five and six respectively. Kate Jewett won at number four by default. In doubles, Gonzalez and Hughes lost a tough match, 7-5, 6-4. Warren and Jewett won in three, and Wall and Burch won by default. The team plays at Wingate this afternoon and Lenoir Ryhne tomorrow. Jay Laimberry, a 126- pound freshman concluded his wrestling season by esta blishing an 17-3 overall re cord to earn an invitation to the Nationals at Central State University in Edmond, Okla. The transfer student from U.N.C.-at Chapel Hill was elected champion at the Cat awba Tournament as well as the Washington and Lee Tournament. He also placed second in the conference and district competition. Throughout the season, the three defeats came from All-Americans. Laimberry won one and lost one at the Oklahoma nationals. During the defeat match, he broke his hand, but he is now looking forward to returning to the nationals next year. three-set matches but were unable to pull off a win. On Sunday, the team re deemed themselves defeating Slippery Rock, 6-3. Day, Tuck, Johnson and Kellyl were all winners. Owen and Rickard both lost in thred sets. In doubles, Day coml bined with Tuck and Rick ard with Johnson to give the team its first victory of the season. With one win and two losses, the team traveled to Lenoir Rhyne yesterday. They will play at Pfeiffer today arid Pembroke on Saturday. MENC is sponsoring the fourth annual Womanless Beauty. Pageant on TueS' day, March 17 at 8 p.m. in Whitley. Master of ceremonies will be Dr. Jerry Francis. Judges will include Dr Lawrence Simon, Phyllis Hargis, and Mrs. Bill Sharpe of the Alamance County Arts Center. A band will provide mU' sic and entertainment. Ad mission is $1, Elon wins tourney bid 1 “Jock Shorts Intramural' By Yield BUnkensliip Intramural racquetball has begun and last year’s win ners are dominating the court again. Men’s and wo men’s singles are being played daily on individual challenges on the ladder. The men’s singles division is in tight competition but Mark VanKirk has pulled ahead one notch up the ladder in front of the rest. He won his division last year but was beaten in the final tournament by Kyle Wills ^ I ^ who is now on the approach up the ladder. In the women’s singles tournament, Susie George and Linda Blythe are ready for the semi-finals. Susie George won the women’s championship last year. Basketball continues to have dominating teams in each division. The frater nities are being led by NHG, 6-0, and KA-A, 5-1, in division I, while in division II, Devo Foods #1 are in control at 6-0 and Sig Ep Pearls follow with 5-1. The three dorm division leaders are Studio 26, 7-0; Triad Bombers, 6-1; and Heads, 7^. In the women’s division the Prime Time Players are leading 6-0, and the Swat Team is in a tight second place with 6-1. Intramural softball will soon be getting underway. A managers meeting is cdled for Tuesday, March 17, at 7 p.m. in the Jordan Gym classroom. By Vicki Blankenship Coach Mary Jackson’s Golden Girls will be travel ling to Lenoir Rhyne College this weekend to begin play in the Regional Tournament. After winning the Caro- linas Conference and taking third place in the NAIAW Division II Tournament, the Golden Girls posted a 27-2 overall record. A conference meeting was held Sunday night to discuss whether Elon should get a bid to the regionals. The conference ruled thak with Elon’s outstanding rej(; cord and conference chamH^ pionship, the team should be.j ehgible to compete in the^ Regional Tournament. „ Carolinas Conference,j, coach of the year, Mar)jj, Jackson, is very enthusiastiJj about being able to competdj in the tournament. The girhj never gave up hope anJj practiced several times thiijj past week to be prepared i8 the ruling was passed foti their bid. Graphic artist raises some eyebrows Dean Jones, graphics artist with the Learning Resource Center, calls this mixed media painting [watercolor, tempera and theatrical paint plus collage of yarn, cloth and ribbon] “To Us a Child Is Bom.” The work, in primary colors, was on display in the LRC last week. Photo by Avrette. “The painting definitely stopped people and raised some eyebrows,” says Dean Jones, 19, graphics artist who joined the Learning Re source Center last Novem ber, about his latest painting displayed in the LRC last week. Jones came to Elon Col lege from the North Caro lina School of Arts in Win ston-Salem to which he plans to return to complete a bachelor of fine arts degree. His specialities include act ing and theater design. Some day he would hke to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City. A native of Burlington, Jones attended Southern High School from which he was graduated in 1979. From Southern he won a place at the School of Arts. His appreciation for the visual arts is eclectic, he says, for he likes what is good in various schools of Brothers cent, from p. 3 and we plan to involve ourselves as much as possi ble with some of the chil dren,” said John Daye. The brothers have ex pressed a concern about starting to involve one’s self in a young person’s life and then suddenly disappearing. “Volunteer work is one of the most rewarding exper iences in anybody’s life,” commented John, “and we plan to continue to give as much time as we have to help somebody else feel good.” painting and of different eras. He tries to experimeni in varied media and to mix some of them for heightened effects. movie review cont. from energetic. The rest of the movie ii filled up with Tomlin, Fon' da, and Parton each induli ing fantasies of doing Hi in. Then there’s a long chase sequence that turns thi heroines into hysterical ff male stereotypes. ^ Finally the movie ends as expected — happy, which is what makes the movie glo*
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