University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Senior Doug Herron breaks away from the pack in a meet against New Mexico. Senior Marc Davis eventually came to win the meet. CROSS COUNTRY 79

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All- Around Honors The men and women cross country- teams fared well again this year as na- tional honors were given all round. The men ' s team finished third in the Pac-10 championships. The Cats were defeated only twice during the season by Oregon and Washington. At the Aztec Invitational, Arizona took team and individual honors. With 65 points the Cats won and Marc Davis ran the 8,000m course in 24:48.8 taking first place. At the Stanford Invitational the Cats took another first with 51 points and Marc Davis won individual honors with a time of 24:11 and setting a course record. Arizona defeated New Mexico state in a dual meet in Tucson, 27-29. Davis again took the first place, and set a new El Conquistador course record. Davis could not continue on the the NCAA championships after suffering a season ending injury to his foot. How- ever, Marc Davis was named the Pac-10 champion and named the cross country athlete of the year. The women ' s Cross Country team fin- ished fifth in the Pac-10 championships. Junior Bridget Smyth finished third in the Pac-10 championships, third in the NCAA regionals and 47th in the NCAA Cross Country championships. All photos by Scott Borden. University Photo Center In a meet in Tucson the Wildcats take on New Mexico. At the ginning no runner expected such a close meet as there was only two points between victory and defeat. 78 CROSS COUNTRY

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Golf Team Survives Without Gamez Living life without Mr. Gamez, is what Rick LaRose described this year as. After losing Gamez a year early to the PGA the golf team was forced to move on without it ' s star However the team has stepped into the gap extremely well. Even without Gamez the team is still one of the top 5 teams in the country. Coach LaRose said that Jim Furyk, a returning all Ameri- can, has done well and stepped in to take over the reigns as team leaden Trev Anderson, another returning all-Ameri- can, also performed well and gave a boost to the team. petition he said, the team spirit is unique ... it is as good as I ' ve ever seen. He commented that the team was like their fraternity and that they were al- ways together Also since competition was so fierce. Coach LaRose said that it was important that the players like the U of A as a school because they may not always get to play. His attitude is reflected in his players grades, the golf club has one of the highest GPAs of any team and it has many members of the Golden Eagle Club (the club that recognizes superior student athletes). The coach said that competition was U of A is definitely in the elite group of fierce among the members of the team college golf, for spots. However even with the com- Trev Anderson, pleased with his shot, smiles as It heads down the fair- way Photo by ROBERT F. WALKER Team member Chris- tian Pena drives the ball down the fair- way hoping to be able to improve his score on this hole. Photo by ROBERT F. WALKER 80 MEN ' S GOLF