IDENTIFICATION PAGE 530 "The ACC is much more competitive than the Metro Conference," said Geor- gia Tech track coach Buddy Fowlkes. Still, in its first ACC championship, the Jackets put on a third-place perform- ance. Senior Rob Horton won the confer- ence championship in the discus, while Pat Palma came in second in the decath- lon with a school record 6822 points. Tony Delevoe ran to a second place fin- ish in the 400 meter dash, and team cap- tain Dexter Rowland jumped seven feet for second place in the high jump. The squad boasted two All-Americans, Greg Wade in the 800 meters and Jeff Larkin in the 100 meter dash and coun- ted eight school records tied or broken. The cindermen have proven themselves to be one of Tech's steadiest and most successful competitive teams. TOP, LEFT TO RIGHT: Freshman Phil Alexander competes in the triple jump during the ACC champi- onship meet in Chapel Hill, N.C. Senior Rob Horton wins the ACC discus title with this throw of 176.75 feet. Pat Palma clears the bar in the pole vault event of the decathlon. BOTTOM RIGHT: Senior standout Tony Delevoe competing in the 1600 meter relay passes the baton to All-American sprinter Jeff Lar- kin. 340 / Track Team TRACK TEAM Jackets Capture Third Place in ACC Championship TENNIS TEAM Netmen Eke Out Winning Season Tennis at Tech had a winning season, with a slate of eight wins and seven losses. Teams like Tampa and Georgia State fell by large margins, but the Jack- ets had trouble with ACC rivals N.C. State and Virginia. The season finale against archrival Georgia saw a three-match win streak stopped cold, forcing the Jackets to wait another year to try again. GOLF TEAM Struggling Golfers Welcome Freshman Influx Much like their basketball counter- parts, the Georgia Tech Golf Team found their initiation into the ACC a difficult experience. Competing at the confer- ence championships the team finished a dismal 78 strokes behind winner and defending champion Wade Forest. Coach Plaxico described Tech's lack of experience and inadequate facilities as possible reasons for the poor showing this year. Tech's best finish was seventh in the Junior-Senior Invitational. Bright sports were supplied by Bo Bowden and senior captain Larry Mize with average rounds of 76 and 74, respectively. Coach Plaxico has also added two promising freshmen, Ken Moody and Rick Riddle, to help the Jack- ets mount a more competitive campaign next year. TOP, FAR LEFT: Peter Burrus delivers an overhand smash. TOP LEFT: Men's Golf Team — Ken Moody, Rick Riddle, Mike Spears, Doug Johnson, Scott Muir, Robert Haley, Jody Lowery and Billy Gil- liland. BOTTOM, FAR LEFT: Men's Tennis Team. Back Row: Mike Owings, Chris Sylvester, Bill Olson and Walter Johnson, Coach, Front Row: Tracy McDougal, Peter Burrus, Steve Shulla and Howard Pennington. BOTTOM LEFT: Rick Riddle tees off. BELOW: Robert Haley gauges the green as he lines up a putt. Golf / 343 WRESTLING TEAM Individuals Place in ACC Tournament IDENTIFICATION PAGE 530 A 5-1 start ended in a 10-4-1 overall record for Georgia Tech's Wrestling Team, a record Coach Lowell Lange characterized as an "overaverage year." A lopsided 58-0 victory over Furman and a 30-13 surprise of Appalachian State were only two examples of Jacket excel- lence. Though Tech only finished sixth overall in their first ACC tournament, junior Clay Haden and senior Bill Books both posted seconds in their weight class to pace the Jackets. Lange also entered senior Doug Romberg (14-5) and junior Rick Bortles (17-7) in other weight classes. For Coach Lange the season was especially rewarding; he was recognized as Coach of the Year at the prestigious Mid-South Tournament. Season's end found Lange back on the recruiting trail, hoping to add to a solid team of returnees in preparation for next season's cam- paign. LEFT TO RIGHT: Breaking from a hold, this Jacket matman immediately attempts to gain advantage over his opponent. Positioning himself, this Tech wrestler attempts a takedown and a hopeful pin. Team captain Will Wells breaks loose in a 100 meter backstroke race. 346 / Wrestling SWIM TEAM Jackets Ambush Six Tech Records IDENTIFICATION PAGE 531 Though the final record was a losing 7- 8, Georgia Tech's Swim Team could point with pride to the numerous school records that were broken during the sea- son. A sixteen-year-old 50 meter frees- tyle mark fell as Steve Justice swam a 22.70 second event at the Sewanee meet, and the 400 meter medly relay team lowered the record to 3:51.40 in the Tech-Kentucky meet. Record-breaking also contributed to the Jacket effort at their first ACC meet, even though the team came in last over- all. Tech records in the 200 meter back- stroke, the 400 yd. individual medley, 400 meter relay and the freshman record for the 200 meter butterfly all fell in the com- petition, with freshman Tim Goldcamp a major part in three of them. The squad loses six seniors, but Coach Herb McAuley expects a strong team back next season. That will give Tech more experience to build on in future competition. Swim / 347 SEASONAL SPORTS Georgia Tech is justly proud of its var- sity sports teams, for the reputation they Clubs Work to be Competitive have gained reflects well on the school. But there are many others at Tech who compete for the honor of upholding the white and gold — they certainly don't do it for the glory. Their efforts go virtually unrecognized by the student body, and yet they persevere. As Boynton Adams, President of the hockey team, put it: "It's exciting sometimes because it's like a novelty and when you talk to people around the campus or in the community about it, they're interested and their curi- osity is suddenly aroused. But in other ways it's frustrating, because we're maybe a fourth-class item around here with academics, fraternities and football being the first three." Nicholas Lizzo, lacrosse team mem- ber, makes an additional point: "We take umbrage at being called 'quasi-official.' The only place we're not a varsity sport is right here on campus. You go outside these walls and you can look at any of the schedules of the teams we play that are varsity and they list us." Despite the lack of official sanction, these Jacket teams play schedules that include some of the best collegi- ate competition in the nation. For Adams and the hockey team: "We found that our opponents are all pretty much tough. Georgia State is very strong — they've got some good players. The team to beat this year is the Alabama team over in Huntsville. They've got talent and physical ability — a perfect bal- ance." 348 Seasonal Sports John Peifer, a member of Tech's soccer team, went on: "We're a struggling team, but on a rel- ative basis, we have a pretty good team. We are able to compete with all the teams we played." As club sports, these teams are forced to subsist on whatever funds they manage to raise or the variable appropriations from Student Govern- ment. Of necessity, money occupies a prominent place in the list of difficul- ties faced by the teams. Sohrab Rezai, of Tech's volleyball team, summarized by saying: "We have a very small budget every year, and for that we have to fight a lot. We have to have that to spend on our equipment and travel. We only have a chance to go to four or five tournaments every year because of this limitation — realize is that what everyone else in the tinue representing Georgia Tech with we would like to go to more." club wants to do, what the school wants the philosophy expressed by Nick you to do, or will it really be worth it?" Lizzo. But other concerns also have a place. For the future, Tech's new ACC ties "It's really an immensely personal mean that some teams may move up to thing, and I imagine it would differ from Peifer: "Without the organization, you varsity status to take advantage of inidvidual to individual. It's the experi- can't compete. The turnover in the club is conference competition. Tech's Direc- ence that's disappearing — that of the great, and the organization changes tor of Physical Education, Dr. James student-athlete-participant. You don't drastically, it seems." Reedy, is now in the preliminary have that anymore in real large organized Rezai: "I think for us to represent the stages of organizing a Sports Club sports. I know when I go out there that I school we need some more attention as Council to unify the disparate sports represent Georgia Tech, every single guy far as the school is concerned. We clubs that compete intercollegiately. who sits back here — I feel like I'm a part haven't had much publicity because foot- This council will allow better promo- of them. It's a difference, and a thing ball's always been the top sport in this tion of sports clubs, unified actions we're tremendously proud of — and school. The support of the fans — that's when dealing with the school and ath- something we hope to maintain." one thing we'd like to have, because we letic administrations, better travel don't have anyone to come by our tour- arrangements for away games and naments." 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