TEXAS RELAYS .!!!Te Schedule: Referee: Dedication: Headliners: New Events: Buffet: Sanctions: No JC-Frosh: Vet Starter: Southern
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TEXAS RELAYS FACT SHEET & FORM CHART TEXAS RELAYS 41st Texas Relays Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas April 5-6, 1968 .!!!te Schedule: Regular two-day meet expanded this year because of Olympic yearo Special six-mile run will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. Prelims get underway Friday morning at 10 o'clock. University-College discus finals will be held Friday at 12:30 p.m. on freshman football field located across street southwest of stadium. Friday night finals begin at 5:30 for field events and 7 p.m. for running events. Saturday's finals get underway at 12:30 with field events while races start at 2. Referee: Stan Wright of Western Illinois, former coach of Texas Southern, will serve as referee of Texas Relays. His TSU teams dominated Relays for years and won four baton events plus several individual titles in 1967, and was voted outstanding team of Relays. Will be a US coach in Olympics at Mexico City next fall. Coached Jim Hines who tied world record in 100-yard dash last year and Arnalda Bristol who broke Fred Wolcott's 120-yard high hurdle mark last year with 13.8 clocking. Dedication: Harold Ratliff, veteran sports editor of the Associated Press, will be honored during Saturday afternoon ceremonies. Ratliff, who is retiring May 1, has covered Southwest sports jor nearly 50 years. He will be presented a Texas Relays watch. Headliners: World record holders: Jfm Ryun of Kansas (3:51.1 mile) is scheduled to run Jerry Thompson mile Saturday afternoon (3:50 p.m.) and University distance medley relay Friday night (7:30p.m.); Randy Matson of Houston Striders (71-5 1/2 shot put) will compete Saturday afternoon at 3:30; Jim Hines (9.1 100-yard dash) will be in epecial 100 Friday (8:25 p.m.) and special 220 Saturday (3:45p.m.); Charlie Greene, Nebraska ex, (9.1 100-yard dash) will run in special 220 Saturday (3:45p.m.); Lennox Yearwood of Grambling College (ran on Trinidad-Tebaga's 3:02.8 world mile relay team) will run on his team's several relay units; Keary Pearce of UT El Paso (indoor 2-mile 8:27.2) will run in invitational three-mile run Friday (8:35p.m.). American indoor record holder in six-mile ~un Billy Mille, Kansas ex who was hero of 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, will run six-mile race Thursday (4 p.m.). New Events: In addition to six-mile, new events include the open 100 and 220 dashes, high school 880 relay and pole vault and girls sprint medley relay. Buffet: A buffet dinner and coaches scratch meeting (press invited) will be held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in Stephen F. Austin hotel in downtown Austin. Sanctions: The meet is sanctioned by the US Track and Field Federation and by the Amateur Athletic Union. No JC-Frosh: Because of recent NCAA and Southwest conference rulings making freshmen eligible for varsity competition, there will be no Junior College-Freshman division this year. Vet Starter: Head starter for 39th tfme will be E. c. ''Mule" Frazier of Waco. "Sit tight, now boys," is Mule's by-word as he chides the runners before each race. Mule worked the first Texas Relays in 1925 add all since except for two he missed during World War II. A star hurdler for Baylor, Mule 1 won the ·;-SWC high hurdles championship in 1921 and 1923. Southern u. Back: Southern University of Baton Rouge has entered again after missing last year. SU holds five of the six College division relay records all set during the big 1966 onslaught. SU holds all but the distance medley mark and has entered all six baton events this time around. Grambling, Too: Grambling College also returns after a couple year's absence. The team is coached by Lee Calhoun, former collegiate star who set the Memorial Stad ium record of 13.6 during the NCAA meet here in 1957. He also owns a share of the world high hurdles standard (13.2) set in 1960. Three Girls EVEnts: The Girls division will have three invitational events this year--sprint medley relay Friday (8 p.m.), 100-yard darnh Saturday (2:45p.m.) and 440 relay Saturday (3:35p.m.). Dorothy~~ of Texas Sotbern defends her century title and also will run on the TSU team defending the 440 crown. TSU will be favored in the new, sprint medley ewente Double Triple: When Matson won the shot and discus last year (with record heaves of 68-8 and 201-1) he joined another Texas A&M great -- Darrow Hooper (1951-53) as only athletes ever to win two events three years here. Twelve others 0 have won 3 titles3 Biggest winner iQ Empg~ia s John Camien with four Je'!l'ey 'ntmtpson ai.JL~ dump1tiM!ll&!!m:lp6 (1962-0!)J. .. ...q ......... , - Page 2 Texas Relays fact sheet/form chart Defending Champs: Schools that won all 13 of last year•s University and College division relays are in the 1968 field. These include: Relay University College 440 Oklahoma (40.3) Texas Southern (40.4) 880 Rice (1:23.5) Texas Southern (1:23.4) Mile Rice (3:08.2) Prairie View A&M (3:07.8) Two-Mile Missouri (7:32.8) Texas Southern (7:31.5) Four-Mile Kansas (16:45.4) Sprint Medley Kansas (3:15.2) Texas Southern (3:17.8) Distance Medley ACC (9:45.0) Howard Payne (9:51.6) But, oddly enough, every individual champion of last year completed his eligibility. Some will return, though, in open events. Hines, who won University-College 100 in 9.4, will run special 100 and 220; Bob Camien of Emporia State, U-C mile winner, will be in Jerry Thomp son mile and Matson will compete in special shot. FORM CHART FOR OPEN AND INVITATIONAL EVENTS Open 100 Dash: Record: New event. 8:25 Friday Jim Hines of Houston Striders, co-world record holder at 9.1 ••• Clyde Glosson of Trinity, 9.3 and most valuable performer at Ft. Worth Rec and Border Olympics ••• Lee Smith of Houston Striders who ran with Hines on TSU teams last year ••• former ACC star Kiley Dunn of Striders ••• Tom Griffith of Oklahoma Christian 9.3 ••• Bill Miller of Southern. Open 220 Dash: Record: New event. 3:45 Saturday Same field as 100 except addition of Nebraska ex and three-time~ig 8 sprint champion Charlie Greene, who tied world mark of 9.1 last year. Jerry Thompson Mile: Record: 4:00.5 Wes Santee, Kansas ex, 1955. 3:50 Saturday Jim~ of Kansas, world record holder at 3:51.1 last year ••• Tim Danielson of San Diego State (transfer from BYU) ran 3:59.4 as 18 year old two years ago ••• 2nd here last year ••• Jim Crawford of Harding College, 3rd here last year,4:03 ••• John Mason of Ft. Hays State, 4:03 indoors, tth here last year ••• George Scott of Albuquerque, 4:02.4 indoors ••• 3:42.4 1500 meters which is equivalent to 3:59 mile ••• Bob Camien of Emporia State, winner of Univ-Coll. mile here last year ••• Preston Davis of US Army, Texas ex 4:02.6 indoors (now runniing in Australia, hopes to get back in time for Texas Relays) Univ-College Mile: Record: 4:09.9 Bob Camien, Emporia State, 1967. 9:20 Friday Scott Clarke of Houston ••• Willie Rios of Okla. Baptist ••• Brian Woolse~ of Texas at Austin ••• Dale McDonald, Baylor ••• Bruce Zamrzla. Ft. Hays ••• Tom taubert. Okla. State ••• Elliott Evans, Drake ••• Jim Olson of Kansas ••• Albert Van Troha, ACC. Dennis .!!.!!!:!! of Drake. Univ-College 3-Mile: Record: 13:27.3 Malcolm Robinson, SW Louisiana, 1966. 8:35 Friday Kerry Pearce of Texas at El Paso who broke world indoor 2-mile last winter with 8:27.2 ttme ••• Walter Reyna of Baylor who ran 14:09 at Houston last week ••• Glenn Ogden of Missouri, NCAA runnerup and 3rd here last year ••• Pat McMahon of Okla. Baptist former NAIA champion ••• Gerry Garcia of Eastern New Mexico, NAIA cross-country champion ••• Homer Martinez of Texas A&I, won Meet of Champions at Houston last year ••• Dave Compton of Drake, Missouri Valley two-mile titlist ••• Otis M~ of Southern ••• Terry S~fl!en~ of Houston ... Kenny Link of ACC ...Glen f!tnningham of Kansas. uJohn McDonald of St¥ Louisiana ••• Bill Blewett of Oklahoma ••• Mike Patterson of Kansas. (MORE) Page 3 Texas Relays fact sheet/form char t Six-Mile Run: Record: New event. 4 p.m. Thursday Features Billy Mills, Haskell Institute and Kansas ex, hero of 1964 Olympica at Tokyo with upset win in 10,000 meters, setting Olympic and world record ••• still holds American record in both six miles and metric equivalentq •• now engaged in insurance business at San Diego and preparing for. Olympics at Mexico City. FO~~ CHART FOR UNIVERSITY DIVISION RELAYS 440 Relay: Record: 40.2 ACC, 1957. 3:35 Saturday Oklahoma defending champion in 40.3 returns Long tuins~ w~~e and Glenn ••• ~strong again, dropped baton last year ••• has 40.9 this year with Dale Bernauer anchoring ••• Bayl~, with Clyde Peach and Jimmy Jasper, strong with 41.3 this year. •••Mex!can National team ran 40.8 time trials ••• SMU, with l-ferlin Eck and Stev~ Clayton, good potential. •• 2nd behind Tech in --- SWC last year in 41.0 ••• ~with Hight twins, Carl and Rusty, was 3rd last year 1n 40.9 ••• othert:J capable of under 41 include K.nnsas ••• North Te:xa~, Texas A&M, Houston .. 880 Relay: Record: 1:22.6 ACC, 1961.