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Western Carolinian Volume 44 Number 17

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  • JANUARY 18. 1979/THEWESTERNCAROLINIAN/PAGE9 sports Team features only four upperclassmen Fields predicts good times for gym team by STEVE SURLKS Staff Writer The prospects tor Ihe 78-79 Women's Gymnastic team are good according to Coach Sue Fields, as the Lady Cats open their home schedule against Georgia College tonight at 7 p.m. in Reid Gym. The team is a young one featuring only two seniors, veterans Martha Benedict of Lake Worth, Fla. and Julie Gallagher of Raleigh. Jill Kaufman, a junior out of Armonk, New York and sophomore Debbie Bryant of Madison, N.C. are the only other upperclassmen on the team. Seven freshmen round out the squad. Beth Myers of Greenwood, South Carolina, Marca Eggnatz of Hallan- dale, Fla., Laurie Budel from Arden, Nacy Harvey from Wilmington, Elizabeth Shepard of Deerfield Beach, Fla., Theresa Hosack of Hendersonville, and Katherine Marshall of Lake Lure, give Coach Fields one of the youngest teams in her tenure as coach. "We are young," she says, "but it's nice to have a full squad to work with now. I'm excited about the season." Coach Fields was referring to last year's disastrous season when the squad was racked by a string of aggravating, performance-hampering injuries that often kept them out of team events and some individual excercises. Inexperience may be a factor in the clubs overall success. Also important will be a tough schedule that feature sonic very tough opponents from the Southeast. The Lady Cats have meets against the University of rgia, Florida, Appalachian State. Duke, and perennial power UNC Chapel Hill. Added to thai the women will compete against strong teams from Last Carolina, Furman, South Carolina, ami last Tennessee State. The Lady Cats have splii two meets already this season, losing to Radford College and defeating Clemson. Another problem for Coach Fields and her squad will be some rule changes recently instituted by the AIAW. The most significant deals with adding to the individual performance difficulty standard. "This mainly affects vaulting," Coach Fields says, "as they must be inverted now. This would make the easier one attempted a handspring." Teams must also have a 50 percent variety of moves and twists with consideration to difficulty. Judging will concentrate more on risk and trick motions in evaluating a performance. All these factors should make scoring everywhere drop and be another adjustment for the freshmen to handle. cell Fields expects the team to be strongest overall in the vaulting events with a solid game in the floor exercises. Ms Benedict leads the club in the floor iscs. while Ms. Gallagher heads the floor and beam events. Ms. Kaufman ranks as one of the best vaulters on the team. Both Benedict and Gallagher are state medalist. In the two previous matches, the freshmen Beth Myers has been the highest overall scorer. Coach Fields expects the team to need more work in the balance and uneven parallel bar events,. She does promise Cullowhee fans of one of the world's most beautiful sports an exciting season. "We are working hard and will need some time, but it is a long time to the State Championships in Durham (March 2 and 3) so I don't want us to peak too quickly. We are young and growing and will do OK. We have some great teams coming into Reid Gym also. We are anxious to start." Operation Crossroads needs volunteers During the past 21 years. Operation Crossroads Africa, Inc., a non-profit organization focusing on international development and educational exchange, has sent more that 5000 volunteers (students, professionals, and others) to 34 English-speaking and French-speaking African countries to spend their summers helping rural village communities. Projects involve: art. oral history, and archaeology; ethno musicology '.agricultural development; tutoring; public health and medicine; journalism and media development; and construction of schools, clinics, and needed community facilities. This unusual experience provides a brief but intense immersion in traditional and modern African life and pushes individuals to re-consider basic attitudes, standards, and beliefs in relation to people with contrasting values and life-styles. Most volunteers arrange to receive academic credit for their summer experience, and many find that they are helped into professional careers in international relations, higher education and business. Persons interested in participating in Crossroads' Summer 1979 Work/Travel/Study Program must apply immediately. Contact Dr. Tom O'Toole in the WCU History Department, ext. 7247. £~&»&n™&W*&4t&»&4*&4»X4t&4t-£4t&^^ BEEaasE PartylPackagelStore EAST SYLVA SHOPPING CENTER I all Vol dHT%Td1 WITH EVERY CASE COLDEST BEER IN TOWN We are now ready to cater to your keg party. Call for information at 586-8641. 9:00-12:00 Fri.-Sat. 9:00-11:00 Mon. thru Thurs. STUDENTS SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES WELCOME LET US SUPPLY YOUR PARTY MON. THRU SAT. OWNED AND OPERATED BY DAN STEPHENS
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