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Tracksters sweep first home meetBy Michael Forchette Plainsman Sports WriterThe Auburn cross-country team added a bright spot to the‘1975'season by defeating T.S.U. and South Carolina last Friday here in the first home meet.Auburn’s Terry Baker I finished in the meet with a 24:43.7 time and Rick Musick placed one second behind Baker to take second place in the race.The Auburn cross-country team has spent this past week preparing for the all-important seasonal Southeastern Conference meet in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday, Nov. 1.Jerry Smith, Auburn’s cross-country coach, said that the milers will be prepared for the upcoming race. He said that the team has focused all its seasons efforts around hopes for a successful performance in Saturday’s SEC meet.Coach Smith said that the coprse will be flat, and it should be very fast. All the members of the Southeastern Conference will be represented in the tournament except for Mississippi. Ole Miss doesn’t have a crosscountry team.Baker, Musick and Fox, Auburn’s top three runners, a-greed that they have been thinking about the SEC meet throughout their 1975 season, and they believe that the cross-country team will bei—? -mentally ready for the match. Baker, who has finished first for Auburn in three of four meets, said that he should reach his running peak for the meet Saturday.“I can prepare myself mentally, and I can reach the peak of my season anytime that 1 want to,” said Baker. Baker, Fox and Musick,w •*. *- • * -f.A ' • 1said they were attracted to Auburn mainly because of their respect for the coachingstaff here. The three runners agreed that the present group that is running for Auburn will build the school’s crosscountry program to a new height before they graduate.
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Auburn Plainsman
Auburn, Alabama, US
Thu, Oct 30, 1975
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