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~ ~ Westem_track ~, dehuts ; . Ji .~ . .., . . . Top-:s-Wiripners on road Western .track road! Jm-y COlultJbuS meet . All three best time so far in the colJ egd Bean wtlliend a lS.mail.team.lo ath l ef"a~~rrom Oeveland and division'S 200-yard backstroke Bloomington, Ind., Sa tuftby for attended jun ior College there. (2:03.5) and is secood in the 200- the an~u.1 Jndian. Indoor Ware and Dudley ..... iII rom' yard individual medley al Helay. ~.. -' t'r. pete in the ;;o.yard d.. sh. Wa re 2:03.9. tie was national coll ege The hon-scor1nc meet will be won the event last year. His divis ion champion last year in the flrstl Of the :Jtar for the time of 5.1 was oo ly one-tenth of both the -«0 indi vi dual medley i Hilltoppen as a~ eam. even a second off the world record. and the 200 backstroke. though th ~ team members De F'reeze, a newcomer to the He al so holds the country's will be in, Oev!iand. Ohio. Hilltoppers squad. will compt.te best time in the ~ OO-ya r d Saturday (or the !:Ird annual in the 6OG-ya rd run against two· freeslyle (4: 52.61. wh ile " Kn ights of Columbus meet. AII · Am eri c an s. Bobby teammate Dave Ba rt is ninth at At the Indiana Relays. All, Cassleman of Michigan and 5.02 .5. . 1 American Jesse Stuart is a Wisconsin's Skip Kent. John Mayrield is the
By DA. VID ~"A DAM S .1. Rayn~s ~ I aced C_;.... ~I '-" one!... 'Dl.xon tryple lu-!'P I Odds and ends mopped up with the Hay('s mA,. be able to make I strong Mason-Di:ton Gam~a!terinath . ~ •..c. .•" bid for tbe OVC outdoor '(town this sum, , Don't be surpri. to see wo rld class me r wlth Haynes, shot pUtter Greg LiDt ,hot·puttcr Ron Se lllt i w ~ 19-year.ald Pitts ncr. high jumPE'r J(' sse . Aine w . \u a ~ r , burgh native no,* at Mesa (Ariz.) Com mile r John Johnson (who's qualjtied;r:.for munity Conege, l r~rufe r ring to Western the XCAA in d~ 600 with 'fI 1:.11 qat). Kentucky. Unlike lOme grunt-'n-groanN·lI. sprinters O""·ai n~·r - Copc land aOilo;oCharles t Se mlr.tw and Westtrn :a ce Jei5C Stuart get Wilton (who 15 baelt: in SChool...:r~~l;it, along quite well. -r: ling out a yClr >.-burdler ~ate Porter nd Semkiw ('vened their indoot,,,'rtQlry the rrri le relay team of Lcon Ward, ,,,,ohn I ..... ith a 66-loot·3 \'ictory last ..... menlf"' at ) Iaggott. Larry Cotten and John\ J~on . TOll's '' to CO lIipet>-e_in_' _M_",_1J-,-~=-g_iht...:..'· ~A_e----Js !,'reedom Hall. Stuart won the first .ne Cotten air('ady has a 48.4 reby split. d- wi th a penonal best of 66-9 at Coltl!ge Hayes may get Un expected b el p.,~oo, Park. Md. Jesse threw 6~ in Louin'ilIe track coach distance In 7:35,8 or less. Briggs from three Nigeria stars. one ~o f -whom ~ ~estern J~ rr y despite an ank le inju ry . . Biin hopes to use Saturday's and Waller would have to triple qualified for the 1972 OIYllipies. The Ni geria products are Ekido ~laeaulay, '19, Ma·son -Oixon ~ games fn jump ~ leel or larther , ..... hile Virtu:ally lost in the world 5.()()()..metcr record run by Ethiopian ~ liruste YiHer a 6-8 high jumper and~·9 long l \u~ r~ • . ~ d -"""1"""'10 "1."" ••". " Lof sville as a spnng ...... ar LJU .. "t."" ~ w:as l\"ej[ Cusack's s('cond place. Yifter Kelson Editan. 19~ a t : 13 miter Ilo'[ t ~ a toward qualirying more of hiS inches. ran 13 :34.1 and Cu~ack had 13 :53. cMsack 1:55,2.half and a 14 :37.9 thre('-mile; and a ~es for the NCAA na lional Kick Rose. another Hilltopper of East Tenncs.see led bri('(ly in the Harrison Salami, Ill. a 1.'56-9 dbeus ind9G" championship meet. All·American. will· compete race. . thrower who also lo ng jll mps -23·9 and fi'o Wl'Slern track starS have against an oulSt.anding field in Although he failed to finish 1·2·3 in the triple jumps 48-11 . ~ already qualified lor the NCAA Ihe 5.000-meter run . Ethiopian finlls. West('rn sp rinter - Robert Ware At Tennessee Tech, Loui s\'il\i an "Don meet to be held in DelrOlI ~1\ r us "ifler. who won the clocked 7 flat in the 7().y3 rd trials. Barry Trol\ell of Tho ma ~ Jefferso n High ' and . March 8-9 , Bronze ~I edal in the last ~l cC lur e. form('rlv of ~ I i ddle Tennessee . jUlllor coUege tnnsfer Fr3nk T-reibcr All -American Jesse Stuarl Oh"m pics.IS fa\'ored O\'er Rose. j umped only 51 .9- 1 2 in tht' tri~c' jump hll'e brok('n sc hool indoo r rl,'FordJ'1 has qualified in the shot put and who was the :\0. 2 fin isher in dominated br John Craft's 53·9 1,2. Trowrll triple·jumped 45-10 and Treib('r, Former Lexi ngton pole \'aul("r \\' 11\ Irom WIMter P3rk . Fld .. po le nulled H·t. sprinll'r Bobby Ware has last lall"s :-; CA A natlOna1.cross· F reeman. a sophomore at Florida, cleared • surpassed ' Ihl' minim um country run. • Other T('ch in d o~r high lig hu include 16·1 at a f('d('ration meet last ..... eekend at standard III the: 6O'~'ard dash Sluart. su fft!r ing from ' a • a :!:!·3 long jump by James. Howa rd. a Montgomery. Ala.. . In Ihl' Mason-Dillon Games hyper.extended a~ kle . probably 2:19..\ in the 1000 br Stan KI ~zmarek and • a 52, I qUJrte r by Joe W3lsh. slated Salurday in Loulsville's .... ill not rompete In the Mason Plans are pro gr e~s in ~ for the Ohio V~l· f r~m Hall , Bean hopes to Dixon Games because of the ley Conference meet Friday and Satur ' quaiifY his t ..... o·m,lle rela, te~m . in) urr· day, ~Iay 17·18. on the new track at ~Iur · triple jumpers Em~~1 ~ 8T1 ~gs ray. Hopdul\y. the mcet will stage lis and Kenny Wa\\t>r , ·ari4. high finals on Saturday afternoon after ru n ning Irials and so me finals early Friday jumper Chuck Durran~:' . _, To qual ify . the t ..... o·mlle reray e\·ening .... t('am of S..... ag I-Iarll.'!. J~ The lnt (' rnalional Track .'\ssocialion - featuring former Unin'rsity of Kent uc ky Tlmus . Oav(' Jaggers and loUIS sp rinter J im Green and We st(> rn jll mp('r DeFreez(' Will ha\le to CO\'('r the , . Hen ry J a~k so n _ is ho ldi n~ 1\10 dntes :I t F reedom Hall in 1.0nis\·lllc. The nli'N will be held clthc r Friday or Sn tu rd.1~. ~1a ~· 10 0 r II .. J err\" Yount: mari e it loo k imnr(, u:n.' bv \\irinin t: tIl(' alumn i mile in 4' 13,1:1 ;It the ~la ~ on · D ix on Gam('s last \\ (,ekend at I Freedom Hall. HIS coach al Ea.tern Ken tucky . .'\rt Harycy. st il l he!it'\·cs Young has run the fJst('sl mile e\'er b~ ' a Ken· tucky schoolboy f ~ 08 1. t:astern sophomore B1I1 Sampson ran 4:25. 1 in anoth('r .\laso n·Dixon mile <('c lion. Young hails from Somersel. Samp son from Boyd County Hi:z h . 'lore head cbarn Buck Daw!; on ' h""iJ fe Tyrone I!arbut. a junior from Lc xing· le ased his outdoor sc hedul(, fe aturing the ton. sho\\ ed good form in the .\ Iason o pe~e r ~!ar ch 23 :against KI.\ C tou!!hie Dixon 600, placing third in 1:12.4, And Cumberland and dosing wi lh a ~! ay 2 E astern 's mile rela y team of Brian Robi n rdu al at :,r~IHi\":tl E:astern as thl' prrbde son, Joe Wiggins. Ste\'e Seiss and Harbut 'for the OVC showdown ..-\n other hilth ~i~~~~~d fifth in 3:23.2 in th(' Kentuckiana ; light in a triangul ar April :!4 invoh Lng • K entuckv St ate and l.oui 5\'ille on the • Mor('hl'ad cindl' n . . . I ~l lddle Ten ne.sec coach l)(>an lIa~ l's i:i high oler the jumping Ihis l'arly of ,e'\ nior Tommy H a~ ncs \\ho. won . th~ _ open . ~ ~ .. ;,.... , ...... Ihi' \I ~~on · Dlxo n 1M _
wk u ifeiay; • • set Saturday at 1. T. Smith In 19'58. a sma.l I group of high 'Triangular meet school traclt teams gathertd in Bo~' H ng Green fo r the first annual Western Kentuck y U fll~' er sl t y Relays. Top 'trackmen Saturday there will be a total of approximatel y 50 teams from Kentucky and Tennessee in Ihe field fo r the Hth annual 'It'K U Rela)"!. startmg al 10 a .m . win at 'Murray .I (C OT ) in Western's L.T Smith ~I U RRA Y. Ky. - We stern 's eV£'nI S. Tony Stayni ngs won the Stadium . hlghl y·touted track sq uad three·mlle with I time of 13 The ent r ies include East completely Dom ina ted 3 mmtues. 26:* !,secondi. Nic k " Hig h. Goodpasture . Hen triangular meet wit h M~m ph i! Rose- won the iiJ pe ....'lt h I lime ol ~ derson\"l \le. ~I ap le ll'o od and State and host ) !urray here four mmuteslJll.J second$,;J O\"crton from Tcnnessee. O\'er the I'o·eekend. Ifi nn ing ]J of Dave Jaglm look tM ii6~ The Ke ntuck)' schools Ii events. .: ~ r ~ I 5J . ~ . • . competing are Ad ai r Count)·. The ~ lill to pper s of Jerr, J .. s~ Stu.t"rt. a conlen trackmen set, 'records ! Westtrn's baseball team Peay, the ToPl... .Jrack squad Jaggers. B4rtling. M ~ and stayt"d ali~' e in !ts quest for the ·... · as busy cQ.ing in .the Rose :",~:up third at l:H.6. spring title In the avC's Dog ..... ood Re \.l~ fJ. KnOX'lIUe , Indlvldua! standouts fo r Westem D1\'ision by salvaging a Tenn" over t1ie 'I(~kend. We stern included Staynings, t ....· in bill spill ..... ith Austin Pea y Western track coach Jerry Jesse Stuart:. Emmett Briggs at Cl arkS Ville on s.a turda ~· . Bean 'was pleased with his and Dudle)', . Jim Pickens' Toppers sh'ot oul team's' performance irl; the Slaynings wound up second in toa 6-\J lead in the fi rst game but an~ relays. which attracted the 3.000·meler steeplechase sa..... the homestandirlg a l1ekl of 75 5Chools. -I, ..... ith a time of 1:40 .6 for anI'..... GO\'ernors come back to wm IS· The Toppel'!' four·mi le relay school record and qualifying 8. before Western rallied for a 5· team of fliicrRose. Joe Tinil1S . berth in the !'>CAA cham· 3 ..... in in the nightcap. Tony Staynlngs and Ross "Iunro pionships . Tht freshman from The Toppers ..... ere left ..... ith a ..... ent the distance in 16 :32.5 10 Bristol. England. missed the 2-2 r~()f'd in divisional play this take ~d place, highlighted national fresh record by just :! spring. and must sweep by Rose's leI! of -l :06.5. seconds. Saturd.1Y ·s home doubleheader The time was a new Estern Stuart. mean..... hile, ..... on the Wit h :'oliddle Tenne~ to tie record, breaking the old mark shot put e\'ent with a toss of 6:!. perenmal power :'Il urray for the of 16 :44 .4 set two years a&o. It I'~, Briags finished !hint in the spring title...... as also the second fastest time triple jump with a distance of wC!;tern would then have a in lhe nation this spring. topped 5IHi 1l. and Dudley qualified for ' ont"l!amt' playoff wlt h the only by Indiana 's ellent·winning the natio nals wilh a 9.3 time in Ra cers for the spring cro ....·n. limt' of 16 :29 .0. the tOO-ya rd dash. • and If successful would have to Another school record \\'3S set beat :'olurra y aga in in anotht'r by the Toppers' -l..o relay team one·game sho ..... do ..... n for the of Virgil Livers, Dona ld o\'erall dil"islona l title - as a Tnornlon. Roberl Dudley and I • reSU lt of the Ra cpr s' fall Bobby Ware . who won tht' event di l"lsiona l ti tle, in ..0.6 sl'Conds - good enough The Top pers now stand t.Hi on 10 qualify them for the the spring overall. and host nationals . .K t- ntuc ky We sle-yan in a Western got another first · doubleheader Tuesday before place finish in the mile rplay. enlt'Ttaining :'oliddle Tennpssce where Louis DeFreeze. Ha rry I in tht'lf final diviSIOnal games Bartling. Da\'id Jaggers and here Sa turday. TIlornton tea med up to post a While the baseballcrs were time of 3: 1S .6...... htle the sp1i lling (hI' pair with Au stin distance medlp)". rel ax ..!!!m of • • PARK CITY DAILY NEWS Tuesday, April 23 , 19 74 PARK CITY DAILY N~~S Wednesday , April 24 , 1974 • • Bean pleased with S!l-~tl. ";5",. r -* ~ Top trackmen aim for Drake I Ten !opper tr,~~.ton~? t*~;:;"~,~i: :,,:~am , wh ich I!! .. in dua l ! qualIfy for natIonals " over the ..... eekend /1Y "",W"" OVC rival Eastern A total of 10 Western track h.is leg 01 the fou r-mile relay It with Virgil LIvers IFairfield ) for the Drake and field athletes ha ve already the Dogwood Relay!. putting and Donald .. Thornton Moines, iOwa, ~ualle d or surpassed the him ...· ell under the NCAA I Lruisville) to t\dl~. school NCAA qualify ing standards in slarxla rd of 4:1W .0. But Bean record til 6 in lheoMC)jJarit relay at the DOII ..... ood Rel ays. dipping fh~;~~~"'''W~~10~17their league nine events so far this spring. sa ys Rose is just now l'It'aring at Richmond. The Hilltoppers, who will be his peak 01 training and could Wlder the H 6-second qualifyin g dual meet record to sending 14 performers 10 the well run Wlder the ~ · minute m mark. I, .. .,w. '''''' p-estigious Drake Relays in Des the next week or t ..... o. Sophomore hfch,-:ijlJmper first, secood Moines, Iowa, this ~' eekend , are Both Tony Sta)'nings and Cbuck Durrant. ~ : Pdeadi n g in the long showing S0rfjid. ' tentia! for Ross Munro went under NCAA OVC champion. has;leqUaHed jump, IOG-yant making: a ~ their 11th (fJ3lifying ume for the three· the NCAA. quali f)ing height of 6- and mile run - where straight Ohio Conference mile run 10 a triangular meet 1J and Frankl in junior Emmell Rose. Ross Munro and championship t month (Mal' against Murray State and Briggs ha$ qualified in t..... o Stayn ings all tied lor first 17-181 a[ Muniip:I - Me mphis State \ ..... 0 ..... eeks ago, e\·ents. the long jump and the 014:17,S. "'The m06t 'ama zing thing Staynings, a freshman from trIple jump. with performances and Staynings also tied ~ about the number of kids we Bristol, England, the same of 24-8 and 51-1011. respecli\'ely . \n the three·mile run ha ve who have met the !\CAA hometo ...· n as Rose . .... as clocked A\l ·Amencan shot putter • of 1~ : 29 . S. \,.. ~i1e I s!.ilndard is that thef\'e done [t a[ 13 :26A and '\Iunro, I junior Jesse Stuart ...",ho finIshed Briggs captured first : • so early," said Hilltopper head from Canada . ran at 13 : ~2 . 6, second at la sl year's .'liCA,\ the long jump with a track coach Jerry Bean. Staynings ha s also qua lified ~ ations. has hurled the 16- Z2-6 and in the triPle , " 1guess it ~ mainly from in the 3.000·meter st~plechase pound steel ball 6H17 , more of 50-3. the fact t . that we're ..... ith a time of 8 :..0.6, well under than eight fee t fa rlher than the 1 Livers too k prednminantly a junior [earn the 9:00.0 standard. qualifying S!.iInda rd. lie is a :I time of th is season." he continued. Ware and Dudley teamed up junior from Glasgow, by team "and that extra year of ex Dw~'"" ,G,,?,m, ,,' perience for many of our 9.S. athl etes is just mak in g: a ;"';b;~';,~ of premi er tremendous difference. shot .putter Stuart. who "And we 've had greater attended a meet in Lall'rence. weather. too ~ ] don 't thin k Kan., the past weekend . Doug we've been rai ned out of a Langdon took over in the field single ·... · orkout so fa r." events and set a pe rsonal best in Two We stern sprinte rs. thr discus with :I throw 01 167·3 Robert Ware and Robert Dudley , have met the XCAA s!.iIooa rd In the lOO·ya rd dash, Ware. a C]h ·eland. OhIO. senIor, had a 9.2,scco nd wind-aided performance against Nor· th ....' t'StNn back on March 30. Dud ley . a jumor who is also fr om Clcl'eland, had a 95 rlockmg In the Dog ..... ood Rela~s 10 d~ys ago, AII 'Amer ic an di sta ncr runner • 1'ick RoSt' ran a 4:02.2 mile in PARK CITY QA.ILY NE'..lS Thursday, Ma y 2, 19 74 PARK CITY DAILY NEWS Wednesday, May 15, 1974 • 'Western crushes foe 121112.22 1/2 . ..<"" ~ !- , ' Topper tra~"'fn~n~i ;'~:~l;,m~"s~fes 1 " , '~rcit in romp by Southeast Misso\iiti: By CLARK li.-\NES Jamf>S BI'Ii ISEI, ~ . 9 : 2. iWbby Daily !\"tW~ Spotts Editor Payne (WI, 56.S; J. Tom \~oa ts f ollo ..... ing Western's stunn ing ISE ). ;'79. ~ ~ I 121 ',,-22'1 slaughter of a belter· 220 Dash - "iibb-tare t han - av~rage Sout heast IW\ 21.4 ; 2. R Missouri track team Wed · Dailx~News IWI. 21.7; 3. Eric~ ' . ) J n ~sd ay at Smith Siadium. and [)Wig htGr ()()~~ . . -al J Top per coach Jerry Ikan was 21.7 . . '1 ! at a loss for words Thrl't'-Yl ite Run ~ L Chris "'I just don't know what to say SPORTS RidJer (W), l4 :t U : , 1, Joe , " about this,"' Bean coo fessed. Pagt !4 THURSDAY, MAY ! , 1974 Tinius ( W ), 14 :J7.5; · Sleve . , "We sure weren 't e.~pecting SmIth (WI. 1$ :05 .2. anythi ng this lopsided. ~li1e Ht'la~' ~ I. Wesl('rn Favored in the'mile run-again Sroutheast Mi ssouri ha s a muc h Wednesday's m ~t was Ihe :'>hle Run ~ 1 Joe Tini us (W I , , navid Jaggers, Loo is Toppers' fin a l hom{' ap- ~ · H . 2 : 1. Tony Siayning s (Vn. Dc ~'r('{'ze , Donald Thnrnton and better team than they showed WE~TEIIN ALL-AMERICAN Nick Rose. mile a~ Murray, Tht league thamplonahips In he re today ' pearanc{' II f Ihl' sl'ason. and ~ . 1 6 . 2 : 3 .EdWh ite ( S E I, ~ : 16,8. Harry Ba rtli ng ). 3' 15.6; 2. shown hert winning l15tytll r'a mile run at tht Irack and ritld, lennis and golf will all be S.'ulhp:lSI :'I! issouri , Newton, Bean th('n ~ e t! led down and Iheir last dual meet bt>fo re Ihe ii6 i H~ h -Hurdles- I. Bnbby 197:1 Ohio Valley Conftrenet champIonships d .. cid~ this weektnd at Murray, along with tried !U fi nd some exp la na llo n DVe championships on :'>Iay 17· )'avn.· 1\\ I. 146 . 2. James Bell Hnrnsby . .\lerrilt and Bell ). at Morehtad, Is the -favorite ~n this ytar'. the all-sports trophy.! ., for Ih(' embarrassing dual m~ t 18 al :'Il urray (S£ I. I~ 8; J Darrell Hilk{'f ' :1 17 8_ score . fi nally det:iding Ihat ,t Sommary . b apu~nl::'V ',~~,', 1.~ 5,. 1. o.,bb" S", ' • was a combination of several Sho l Put ~ I .Jesse Stuarl '" u D<' things IhCi t turn('d the meet into ' 'on, 6H. 2, :'>!ike Wunderlich di dge (WI. H-6. 2. -Milrk a rout . ' SE I. 4 8- J : ~: J . Doug Langdon :'Il orsworthy (WI 13-6. Topper trac:bten seek " f irst nf all . they had a five IWI. 4 6-4'~ 44 0 Dash ~ 1 Donald Thorn- I . aod·a-half hour bus trip ov er lilng Jum p - I Em metl inn , W I. 47,9' 2. Harry Ba rtl ing ),. I he re:' he stated. "and to make Briggs (1,'." . 23-3: 2.. -\udre) I\V '. 48 .95 : 3, u ,uis De Fre{'ze m altE'rS wors(' . they got lost Johnson (WI. 22-9, l . Sie\"(' 1\\'1 . 49.8. along Ih(' way by ta king a wr ong ~l a so n ' SE I. 22 -1 ". 100 Dash ~ I. Bobby Ware 11th OVC 'title in row turn ., Javelin ~ 1 Rick Attig (SE I, 1\\" '.9,52, Itnbert Dudley IW' , I r t •. . , 214-3'2: 2_ Larry Prochazka 9_S: 3, Eric Hnrnsb\' (S E I, 98. Bean (·onli ntll'd. " In addl ti(>n. \~e s te r ~ 's track team will b{' champ' Chuck Eneix, I ja~elin -' . '. lie had ~ v('ry fi n(' mel'l and ( W I. 18.1-9: 3. Chuck Durra nt D i~'us ~ 1 Doug Langdr. n tryr.", ,to add to 00. e or th.e winn{'r Cedi W" ••"d '!,'k. 9,5 , seconds, The Clev{'laod, Ihey did just til(' oppos'te ' \\' 1. 175-9', , W'. 167 -2. 2 JE'sse Stuart ' WI. t ,," Oh iO , producl holds school Th('y'v(' had much bel ter times H O Hela y ~ l. W{"st l"rtl IS!)' !I ' .. J Ull1'e Rallagan iS E I, oa 100 s . m~sl un~que wl.n Yates, '73 int{'rmediate hurdles records in Ihe 100 and 22O-yard streaks Ih ls I'. eekend In the OhTO champio n dashes. 'Hi s record times are ,I nd dlSlances ear li er th IS , Yirg iJ Lil"{"rs. Donald Th ortl· 14~ · 6 '~ Tr,ac k and Stuart, four·time NCAA All· 9,25 (wiod aided) in the 100 and season , but th l' y jusl dld n'l gN to n, Itoberl Dudl ey en , ~ "p. " ,~ -<• " ( ~ " -<• " t As expected , , ' ."- , tr (. , - , < Western to ,traekJfitle- < rOIllPS , .; I.~, '. '1~ , '" - ':, '~1 I ~ 't 8y CUI{K I M~t: S "and David Jaggers in the 880. of 15 feet. 7'7 inches in the Shot Put ~ 1.. Jesse Stuart, Murray. 5c Eastern. 6. Middle naily :-Of'VtSSports Editor Stua rt . one of the top vaulting. Western. 64-2. 2. G r~ Lintner, ~renn. ~ b . MUHRAY . Ky. - Perhaps in collegiate shot·putters in the Team summary: Middle Tenn. 3. Mike-M;l.rksbur, :~M.il~ , Ru~ . rr 1. Nick Rose, a valiant errort to keep land. heaved the ball a record Western 166, Middle Ten· Morehead. 4. . rony DeCandia , estern, ~ 1 021i . 2. Ross Monro. Western's 12th straight Ohio distance of 64 feet . 2 inches. nessee 107, Murray 64 , Eastern Eastern. 5. Da\'id Wallus, Western . .1 . ~ Gordy Benfield. Valley Conference Irack title while Durrant broke his ollo'n 59 ' 1. Austin Peay It'I '2, Ten· Austin Peay. 6. Junior Hardin, Murray. 4 . • Sam Torres, from ha\'i ng a routine na\'or, existing OVCmark of '6-9 by nessee Tech :)6' : . Easl Ten· Eastern. Murray . ,I 5. Jerry Yo ung , Topp<>r trackstcrs put .on a going over at 6-11' ". nessee 24. Morehead 15 ',2. Javalin 1.' Larry Eastern. 6. Joe Tinius, Western. dazzling show Saturday here in Rose at first appeared to be Event summary: Prochazka, Western , 21~ . 2. I2D-Yard High Hurdles -.l. the .annual OVC meet. on hi s \\'ay to a sub·four minute Mile relay - I. Western Frank Powers, Eastern. 3. Glen Bobby Payne, Western, 14.4. 2. The lIilltoppers. with perhaps mile. but wound up selliing for a (Donald Thornton , , David Ositin, Morehead. 4. Do n Nate Porter, Middle Tenn. 1. their greatest leam ever this ti me of -1 :02.6, while Jaggers Jaggers, Louis deFreeze, .and Wright, Murray. 5. Keith Keith Cromartie, Middle Tenn. season under third·year head broke the half·mile record with -Harry Bartling ), 3: 13.4 . 2. Cromartie. Middle Tenn. 6. 4. Jeff Dudley, Tennessee Tech. coach Jerry Bean . rolled up a a lime of 1 :49.9. Eastern. 3. Middle Tenn. 4. Herman deNunnik, Murray .· 5. Jay Fischer, Morehead and tolal of 166 points to win the Two other OVC records were Tenn. Tech. 5. Morehead. 6. l&lng Jump - I. l'ommy ,Pete Reed, Austin Peay. meet going away. as expected. set here Saturday by Middle East Tenn. Ha,.nes, Middle Term., 26-8 1.'.1 . 2. 1, .. 440-yar.d Da~ ~ 1. Tyrone Middle Tenn~ssee wa s Tennessee's Tommy Haynes in Pole Vault - I. f rank -AnthOny Carter, A\lSlin Peay. 3. Harhut, Eastern, 47 .4. 2. John completely overshadowed by the long jump and Tennessee Treiber, Tenn . Tech. 15·7' z. 2. Emmett Briggs. Western . 4. Johnson, Middle Tenn. 3. Lester Western 's superior performers Tech's Frank Treiber in the Bobby Sandidge. Western, and Jimmy Washington, Middl e Flax, Murray. ':·.'Mi'ke Camp· but still had a good meet to pole \'ault. Paul Lyons. Austin Peay. 4. Tenn. 5. Phil Ruckle, East 'beil, Murray. 5. 'Donald Thorn· finish 5eCOnd with 10i points. Haynes pulled off a long jump Craig Segerlin, Murray. 5. Glen Tenn. 6. Rudy McKinney, tog, West~ . 6: Doran !4a~s . while host Murray was a distant of Z6 feet. 8'/ inches. whilc Crafford. East Tenn. 6. Doug Tennessee Tech.: ,", " $ t' .. ' ,East Tenn. , .. J J."" '. third with 64 . '4 ... Treiber reached a record heillht Studebaker. Austin Pea), . High Jump - ' 1. " Chuck ,. IOO-yard Dash ...: 1. I.iuthber,t Right beh ind the Racers . Durran!. Western, 6-111,4. 2. ,Jacobs.. Murray, 9.3. 2. Dwain came Bastern with 59': points. Steve Martin. Murray. 3. Paf Copela~d , . Middle Tenn. 3. and Austin Peay ""ilh a sur · Osborn, Austin Peay. 4. Steve Bobby Ware, Western. 4. Robert prisingly respectable fi fth·place f lint. Eastern. 5. David Tipton , Dudley; Western. ,'S . .Sam fini sh with 54 '2. f'~ast Tenn. '6. Jeff Howard . .Ariderson; ~ Tennessee Tech. 6. , Western wound up laking Bastern and . Don Trowell . Virgil Livers, Western . eighl of lhe 17 events. with four Tennessee Tech. " ...... , t Triple Jump - I. Tommy of the Toppers event·winners 44tl-yard Relay - t. Western ~aynes , Middle Tenn., 52·3"1. 2. breaking conference records - 4 Robert Dudley, Bobby Ware, Ir,f ~ Continued Pagt 14 Jesse Stuart in the shot put. Virgil Livers. and.' Donald , .. ; Cl?lumn 3. This 5«Uon Chuck Durrant in the high Thnrnton), 41.1 1 2. Tennessee' jump, Nick Rose In the mile run Tech. 3. Austin Peay. 4. COURIER -JO URNAL Sunday, May 19. 1974 COURIER-JOURNAL Sunday, June 9, 1974 . s tennis Middle T e It It. tvlltS olf VC ,~tra' ~'k ·A~~ .) ':. ~ li ~::' __ • year; jumper deluxe Tommy Haynes took , the triple jump ; at ~2-3 112, just 21/ 2 , Inches. shy of the ove record. But Haynes 1 "i • did raccompllsh his "field double" having 1 i ' taken the long jump on Friday. "" ;' l ROSE Bean seemed most pleased with David J aggers' thrilling victory t'n ' the 880, Sets ove record freshman Bobby Payne's!'upset success In mile run in the 120 hurdles, the vibrant anchor leg by Robert Ware in thel440 relay and the sudden improvement of distanee ,tWlners Ross Monro and Louis deFreele. ' Jaggers broke the 1:50 barri~ in the 880, winni ng on the last jump In 1:49.9 ounce of energy he could muster to do for an OVC record. Teammate de.F;~e e z e it. also broke the old record. Jaggers (nailed When he hit the tape in the 220, J acohs deFreeze by 18 yards with 220 to go. .. collapsed into the arms of teammates. It · " I have a pretty good kick," said I Jag. by 'a hol sun - tem- took minutes lor him to recover although gers as he accepted co ngratulations' ,from he never stopped watking - at the In· ~ j,s father in the stands. hI always say, ~~it~,~.'~~'0:~;~~~:,~n~ear , records 100fell degreesin six evenon thets. sistcnce of his trainer. It s hold back and sprint .. . hold\ back were tied. Weste rn won eight For Eastern, Tyrone Harbul - the and sprint. I had to start my kick . ' little -events In wh'at vete ran observers claim ove 220 champion last ~' ear Il).olled up earlier than usua1." ~ 'to ·ibe· the best meet in the' Ohio Valley to the 440 and Cought off late·movi ng Nick. Rose of Western didn't ge his :Confe'renee's 26-year his tory_ J ohn Johnson of Middle Tennessee to four·tnlnute mile. He blamed the lie on - For the home crowd, Murray produced win in 47.4. However, two false starts in that. But the OVC reco rd did Jail. The a cJouble winner in sprinter Cuthbert the 220 disqualified Harbut to prevent Bri stol, England, native put to&&, her -Ja/:9bs, who tied ove records in stealing a sprint double. quarters of 60.3, 60.9, 62.8 and 58.6 for .the.t. lOO and 220·yard dashes. He vowed For !l-Iidd le Tennessee, second in the his record.breaking 4:02.6. .befgre the meet to win both. It took every team standings for the second straight . ' _ • .. In tennis. Western captured three' of six singles matches but Austin Peay tbok I two of three doubles to nudge the Hill. . . ~ topp~rs by four points. Noel Phillips of ove results AusUn Peay looked cris p in winning the <, No. 1 si ngles title but appeared tired and ALL·SPORTS TROPHY rKo,d. old m"~ 01 U ·] bv Wilbert n . vi" EU I. ,n. 1969); 1. li e. Bobbv S.""id.P., W~. 1M P.ul Lyon., heat in the doublc3 wher!' lIasse Ahman " p, 1~..6. and Bjorn Odengren of' Western took it GOLF all 3·6, 6-4, 7·6. I ~,'tff/ • After ~f.9. Hq ~l'Y_ Bctlpn._ . t1t.~ .~exa s Middle Tennessee pla!'ed three golfers Southern team YiftMbtified among the top nine to win the ove golf ~l9trmH":lft championsh ip by 13 shots oller East Ten. N~AA r(){licial:..,Qll.t~ r inMtU. So\ITces nessee on the par 72 Oaks Country Cl ub S~ I.~ A,;punch ,;w,Il:'l, ~~91t\'J?r.j~flIpie n. co urse. The individual blue ribbon went tlfle~ , fUetl1 berl 01. tne ; ~'Yl ~Otar to East Tennessee's Bill Rislove, who led Later:' a T e)[a S : Sou~H er~IIH~5l l over. from the outset in the 54-hole tourna. r uled the di sq ualilicatlon"lttiaf'g 3I1e Beth . ment. .~hy' ~ team se(1) nd place in ·the '440 relay. Rislove, a junior college transfer from Valencia, Fla., shot a four·under 212 (70. 68·74) for a Qlle·stroke victory over Tom Dawson of Tennessee Tech. Last year·s champion, Eddie Mudd DC ,Morehead " finished 12th with 73 . 71 . 7~2J !ts ix: sp.ot! <, off the paee .. \ •. :. ;:;::. ' p. { It was the fi rst OVC team ~ Ch~~oo . , .1 ,;nj'.'!~('t into ther aUt,... " ;Hr.1 ship lor Midd le Tennessee in ' an sj.oh t '"I ,,,, since· the 1968 baseball outfit too ' hOme JE7SSE S.TUART of' Western K entucky University~ givcs a mi~hty effort the marbles. And it was the first time the Fnday mght at the NCAA Track a nd Field . championships at Austin, four Tennessee schools· ever Iwept the T ex. Stuart won the shot put with a 6-·£00t 5 V4·inch toss. first lour places over their Kentucky rivals in the golf tou,rpament. PARK CITY DAILY NEWS COURIER -JOURNAL Monday, May 13, 1974 Tuesday, May 21 , 1974 f :Of!C To!?, ~a.~~~en, Crockett' shme West~rn tracksters captured two first-place fil)- i&Jtes in event ~ of the Tom Black Classic at Knoxv ille, Tenn., over the weekend, whe re Ivory Crockett of Peoria, 111., set a world record in the loo -yard dash with a time of 9.0 seconds. ,. . Althoujj:h 60lJlewh/ ' ll t over- shadowed b'Jl Crockett's amazi ng pt!)"formance •. Western's Tony /Stayhing!t- won the three·mile run in .8\.1{ine of SEC 1:1 : 14.4 and teamjj:le Doug Langdon took the~· · :fA-with a 10•.•11• thro'A' of 163-513. l - f, ~6 . 0 1Nic~ Ro~e f~i, , dV'~nd to 1 , ~9.6 ~ : OJ.2 ~tayn lng s In ~ 11 ~e19lJtI< with 13:38.6 II time of I,8'"J,5.9.\.{:huck ~O. J ~urr~nt wo~ . iU"P~cond,'l, t h ~ J : l0 . ~ high Jump wI,).1 of 6-.~:and 13.7 BObby \~ p'ayn 6t'"'e am; 1n firqi. tTl no 59. 2 , _t~e 12u.:~Brd ~ii~ · tlbr~l~s Wi!ti,il ' time of H.3 I$l!C:'onds. 17~ . 10 -_-"." - _. '0 5 I . ~ 1 24 .1 \1, 16 .0 " .. " AHK CITY DA I I.Y NI:I.JS PARK CITY DAILY NEWS ~ londil\', r; (:ptl!mh.' r ~ O , ) lJ 7L, Friday, June 21, 1974 Stuart set ~ ' 'to' compete . " : in, A'AU"meet ~"'W~i''t'O'~' 'AII1'Ii,",/' ''" r Ihotputter l ~H Matt ' will i.CQm1:!l~ %1'JIli"'I'q",,, AAU ,,- ctilml'llonari IIlfSatLffday on th e umpul or ' UCLA In -; Los -~~'" .•' IC;III, '''~40-po!k '''''''huq~las'd' .gow . \ native II ,expected to battle it . ~ ...tllt 6J " L&~rbleh " the world ~ record holder, and Topper trio captures first ~. George WciotI i.'Both shot pullers have thrown the ball over 10 feet Three ~ 1 ,IIH I UlIi S 1)11 Wes tern's down l hl' firsl ·p lal"!' t('am showing. snapping a six-yt'ar while Stuart hils a personal best l "a l i ollal1~·· rallked cross \\inrlin j.! slr(':Jk held by Ihe of 67-t'.~. I ' () ulllr~' II'am Iravt: lt·u to Stuart's showi ng in the AAU Loudon. IIn la r io. Ill(' past Tornnlo Track Club. OJcet coultfbe a big factor in his \1"I.'t.'kend and ,·,Hnt· home with a The Tuppers' Irio wound up chances of making the United fi"sl plact' fini sh in the wilh " S!.'Oft' of 1:1 points. well .Sta t ~ team for the annual USA· r :'t'stigious :-:; I ) rin~ Ban k ahe,tli uf Ihe Tnronto I('arn 's Russia outdoor meet to be held inll'I'rml innal Hoad Ha rc. sl'('O!ul.plan· lolal of 31. in July at Durham, N.C. ~ Chr is lI idlt· .. . Tnny :-:; I:t)"n i n~ s Hidler ran Ihe 4.3·mil(' Weattm{ ~r @ck coach Jerry ,111,1 U,,\'I' I.ong al l fini shl'(l disl:wcl' in 19 min utes, 59 Bean said, " Jesse has been among Ihe 101' ~ i .~ 1'1nn' ~ 10 nnil st.'Cunds. Slaynings look 2\): UI throwing vrry well this past two :1ml Long ~'O:()6. weeks. H ~t l¥1s a chance of {;r:ml McClaren. it Canadian finiShl,"~;g~'k" ~t"'i"Ilt,o, P three at the olympian on Ihe Toronto Ic:ml. AAU II \\ 1In Ihl' indi\'iduallrophy with" linll' of HUli. . - -- ... --- .. ,..-- -- TQPpe~ roach defenas' ~ ~ to r~ilgn~~r~' ,•• . I ~...,. i : ~ . .: , Sky is limit for Toppers' Bean Telling it like it is o~ ••• almost ." ~ About the onl y time you can find Western track and cross year's team wh ich fini shed "5- .; country coach Jerry Bean not second in th e NCAA nat ional o speaking exactly what he thinks finals at Spokane. Wash .. before " is when he is talking tongue-in being mo \'ed down to sixth cheek . plact' in the fi nal standings "" Take last week. for example , because one of the run ne rs ~' as when the flashy dresser from disqua lified. Haslings. Neb .. ga\'e a brief And when ~'ou combine those preview of the coming tra ck talented returnees ..... ith the the nallon - on a ma jor college contender as well. notewo rthy. promising newcomers Bean has season to Wes tern 'S Hilltopper level. thank you. Hundred Clu b. It ·s a mailer of record that Frank ly speaking. Western 's landed for the coming cross· Of course, the Toppers' track th e Hilltoppers wOWld up tied "We only ha\'e ~ of last cross-country program wasn't co untry season which opens in program had already for ninth place in last \'ear's year'S top 55 athletes ~o IJ"l:::g an ything to write home about less than two ~·ee k s. you can see established itself as the annual 1\'CAA national finals, sharing ..... hen Bean got here three ye:l rs ..... hy the Toppers are thinking in back this season." Bean tolo the No. 1 team in the Ohio Va lley members of Western's athletic thei r berth in the top 10 wit h ago. terms of a possible national Conference by the time Bean some school ou t west.. _So uthern Bu t in that short span of time. booster organization. "so we got there. title. knew we had to go out and have California or SOmething like he has turned the Toppers ' Bean isn't exactly broad· Bean. howe\·er. wasn 't that. distance specialists into bona a good recruiti ng year." satisfied to let well enough casting such high hopes. but on The Toppers fo urth·year Bu t impreSSive as Bean 's fide contenders for - now get the other hand. he will be the alone. and dUring the past three track record (excuse the pu n I this - the na tional cha m first to admit that such a coach was joking about needing years he has built Western's is. hi s job with the Toppers' a good recruiting year. of pi onship. possibility ex is ts . track program into not only an cross·country program has The Toppers have all seven of course, but he wasn 't joking OVC power but a nat ional And he's not tal king tongue· about having one. been perhaps e\'en more the to p run ners back from las t in ' ...... 1 1 .... ' · · I ~" · d~ " " thr resl of Ih(> runners, And Bean 's new enlistments include ting spot. wh ile big things an' we'I'e got 10 mlOd."' sml pJl!'\·t l c tlUlljJlI:J there's no way you can make Ihe i"o. Z cross-country runner also expected from those Bean nel'er re all~ said lI'ha t I1J pJl!.\ ,).\ IJ s.JJ !J!:P t ~ me beli ele the\' dId It if the \' in England and a couple of " di amond s" Bean referred to he had in mmd, but a broad hlO t \11i:h u \" pJnws weren t fo rced io." • "diamo nd s in the rough " from Willoughby , a freshman ou t of comes from Ihe schedule uself. !!I.: p.Hl m:J-1ll t-\ .l iI.w I,), Bean do ('sn't discard the closer to home. Crittenden Coun ty, and Cen· wh ich l11l'iudes an lOn ta tlona l 1100j Ot·!t I: I:PP"I:I,l,llil theory that Western , like a few The leaSI of Bean's worries is tTo ..... ilz, a rooki e from Nell meet on OCI. j at ln di ani.l J ,H J I:n h. pJ1lll l! 8ll1\P II:,l oth er schools becoming nalio nal whether the ne ..... comer from York City . Un h'ersi ty - the sill' of the \lUI Ilua JIll HIll! Sl .1 p U,l j Jlowers in both cross-count ry England will feel at home. " We 'll lose Iwo seniors to NCAA na tional fi nals a fell I Ised lM IM:,1II Jj IJ! ),l[1," and track. is being because he'll be joining four graduation af ter th is ye ar wee ks later. di seriminalCd again. other Brilons on the Toppers' ~ " Because we use 5e\'eral squad- including th ree All · foreigners on our teams , and Am ericans. because we '\'e come up so fa sl The top re turnees from lasl ) in bolh cross-co unt ry nod Irack. year's outfit are 1'>ick Rose, ' Ul.1 ISJ,\\ 11: ~ ' ,{llpJnlCS ,\ !lad lIIls n \, "ladWQJ 0 1 PJlnpJlpS IUn;)1 JU!J S, UJJlSil,\\ 'S]\IIOO t-9Z lI ll ,ll ~ ~!U !j as!l!d p Ul! 'EU Pllll LOUISVll.l.E cOUin r:H-.lOURNAL i 'Ad !', Gll i J': J I r.~<"Ij ' r jdll~ . u" t,d)q' ' I. J< / 1, Sunda y , Oc tol)(: r 6 , 1974 Baseballers, cross-count;") squads slated Wes tern's haseba ll 1(' ,0111 f:lns (Inc of its bi~ {ws l 1"0111 p ~ lI'cl'k('uds of th e se:lSOIl ;11 W~ '~ I~ ' l"1I 1'~ ' I1II1~ 'ky home, while the Toppers' rr o s.~ , ill II' ( · I ' n ~~· ( ' jltlllll" y IIH' d l: ountry leam goes 10 1II00l1l inglon , Ind_. in an olll('rwi1'(' s im ilar si tU;ltioll The '/'oPI)Cr haselJallers upe n 1IlI'ir Oh iu Valley <':un fen'nce \\'l:stcrn Ui\'ision seiledule Irith :l lIu nll' do uh lelll';ui('r il!(llillSI !\Iiti( It" 'I'ennesSI'C Ht I I'tIl Saturda\' al Ni,'k Uencs Field. Wc s lI :r n -~ l];I r r j l ~ rs , !nt'an' wh ill', (In- s la l ( ~1 to par·tif1lwtc in Ihl" In tii;lIla Invi ta tiona l al Iltu(llllin.ctun. where they will be ("umpI'ling agaillsl some of th(' hcst tCill1l S in thl.' n;llioll The b(lseballcrs' , win bi ll with J\liddl(l is the firsl of Ihree fa ll d(luldehea d e r s aga ins t (i il'i siOl1al r ll' 01l 1l, whil(l th c ("'us ~' collnt!"y Icum 's trip to Bl uomingtoll nwy offer them H 1/fI'I·;t'II· of things Iu ('0/1](' a 1(,11' w('('ks Jall'r in lli(' nill iurw l lill;lls alsl! stilll'lI lor' t l l< ~ ! l lIin~l(ln . P'\ .:{ e ll J' LAl Li N !~ r:, j PAlO, CIT Y IJ/\JLY NLhlS ';u nrl;l ;; •. )(, I c'lcr f,. 19/1, Su nda y . Ol'tobcr IJ, 1974 Cross-country WKU wins meet BLOO MINGTO N, Ind . Huss Munro finished 32nd wilh a Western wins Western's (' ross·country leam time of n · t9 , Stelle Smith ....· as won Ihe prestigious Indiana tinl('d in 32 :38 10 fin ish 43rd, Invitational Meet here Salurday Jerry CeJl\rowilz fin ished in Invitational in convincing fa shion, out· 741h plare wilh a lime of 33 'H, Western, led by the three·way distanci ng runner-up Wic hita and Torn Condit rounded out Ihe first place finis h of Nitk nose, Stale by more Ihan 60 points . TOPlX'r performance ..... ith a Ch r is Hidler. and Tony 3 ~ : 22 clocking, good fo r 108111 Staynings, easily won its o..... n Western fini shed th e one·day plal'e. meet ..... ilh 21 points, ..... hile Western Kentucky in\'itatiunal Wichita State could get no lower The triumph means Weslern Cross Country Med Saturday tban 88. kept ils undefeall:·d record in· morni ng at Hobson Grove Park . tacl through th ree meets Ihis The Toppers finished wilh 16 Kt'nWcky fin ished in Ihird fa ll . poi nts_ whil e r unner·up place with 11 6 points, Ind iana The ne)(1 meel for the Toppers Missouri and Morehead could fini stl('d (ourth with 184, ,Ind ami alsu their final home ap· get no closer Ihan 70 poillts. MUrra )" rounded out the lop five pearance or Ihe seaSt.'ll is the Au stin Peay wa s fourth witb with 186. annu31 Wl'strfn Kentucky 87 points, Louisville was fifth The meet. which was con · ln vil atillnal Sa turday al Hobson wit h 138, and Curnherland dueted ov er a six-mile course, Grove Park. Coll ege fini shed in the Si Klh allraCled 25 teallls and 180 S i .~ learns ha\'e heen indted p!.JSilion at 187 . runners from ;lround the 10 fOlnp<'te alon~ with Weslt'rn Individually. Rose, Hid ler, country. The NC}\ ,\ rm'et wi ll be ollcr the five-mi le Hobsou and Staynings w('re all timed in held later this fa ll at the same Gro\'e course. includi ng 25: 26.3 OlleT the five -mi le course site. Morchrad, Au stin Pea~' , Middle for Iheir combinalion rirsl place In dividua ll y, fOUf Wes tern Tennessee, Louisville , Cum· fin is h. runners tied for firsl place in be rland , and Fisk. Wl'stern also had thc fourth the meet. More than 25 high school and sixth place finishers, Joe Thl' four induded Nick Hose, teams hal'e also bel'l) inv ited to Tinius and SIeve Smilh. Tinius Chris lIidler, TOllY StaYll ings, {'(JInpele ill a spt'cial prep was timed in 26 :01 ..... hile Sm ith alld J)a\'c Long, each of whom dil'isioll . The high school rUII ' came across the fi nish line wilh Hosse(l Ihe finis h linc lI' ilh a ners will tOI'cr 11 1..... 0 and half a time of U,:15. time of 30 minutes. 31 sefonds. mile t OurSl". and I'"ill rUII prior Joe Tinius finish/'d II th in 10 the callt'ge starl which is dill id ualt)" with a time of 31 '43, ~c hcdul rd fOI" !j ' ;,o a .IlI 11,\1{)( C JT )' I ) I\ J I .Y N I:1WS 1'1\H K CITY DAIL Y N1'\~S Sund ay, Octobe r 20, 197 /, Thu l'!;cla y , ( cI01 )<.: r :: 1. LI)"I,I Western gains cross-country win at Murray Top runners eye title MUHItAY , Ky . - Wlos I4'rn. led by Ihl' fnur ·way hi' for lil's l The m ueh·used slogan tllriL'S illt'ludL'{1 dU;ll IIll'Ct II ins favuntl'. with :111 its rlIJlJl!'fS 1,Iace hy Nick '{(>Sl' , TOllY " You '\'e cnml' a 10ll g w:J Y. lJI'er Soulheilsl i\1 is:-;tJUri llud b,I{' k frnm Ihe 19,:1 SQuad ~ :as t Sla),ni ngs, Chr is Hidl{'r , and Ba by" I"!JUl d fi t ./I'rry /lean, ~ l ll rr; l y Slate , alnnK willi four Tl'nJlt'sscl' I"st Its twu All· Ha ve Lung, drfeatt'd hns l the r.wch nf \\'csll'rn J{ elliurky firsl 'place trol/hi L'S frllm IIIf' '\ I11l'r icans, Neil Cus:lek :Jntl t-:.t Murray Slatr here S:ll ul'day in UniH'rsily's c r oss·c ountry I I W I 'ns l ~ ,f() , Imli.m;l. WI'slcrn LL,(\ d ~'. Ica m , quill' well in lI is qUl's l fur :1 dual i"fOss-('"lmlry IIwI'1 lfi · ~ Ii , uml "'un'head im'it aliun Monday at Bloomington Top harriers Bean, Rose say Tops running for district title are 'ready' for NCAA Western 's nationallY 'ranked By CLARK HAN ES favored to win his first nalional several Hilltopper fans to gel to croSS-<>ountry team trayels to Dally News Sporu Editor cross-country championship Bloomington 011 their own . Greeny ille, S,C., this weekend Jerry Bean and Nick Rose this year alter fini shing second " I think that bus trip was kind to participale in lhe Ne A,\ 's agree that Western's cross to Oregon's Stevt Prefonlaine of itt·fa ted from the heginning. " th ird district championships. country team is "ready" for last November at Spokane. he said. "because eyerybody J erry Bean's Hililoppers next Monday's NCAA finals at Wash. wants to have their own wheels. carltured their firs t Ohio Valley Bloomington, Ind, "It's easy to get too psyched But I'ye lalk ed to a lot of people Conh'r('nc(' 011(' in 10 years the Bean, whose recruiting of up for a big meet," said the who plan to make the trip." llast 1I·f.'ekend ;t! Mun ,.y, when' Rose and four other long junior from Bristol, England. four Wl'St('rn runners lied for' Would a large con tingent of distil nee specialists from " but I don't think we 're in Westerners at Bloomington firsl pla(:e by crossing Ihe finish England has caRt the Hilltop line together. danger of that. Everybody on next w('('k really make that pers into Ihe national cross' the team has been a little on much difference in hollo' the TIle Tuppers' " f ront Four" country spotlight , says he feels are Nic k Hose. Tvny Staynings, edge lately, but that's the way it team pt'rforms1 like he has learned how 10 should be." Cllris Hidler and Da ve LOli g. iil l prepare his runners for the " Oh yeah." answered nose. from f:ngla nd . wlw set ,I main events. "You've got to have somc " Wp support other sports like Callow:!}' Cnunt ry Club ('O Ol'S(' " When I came to Western and edginess befQ{'e a big meet." football and bask('lball. and lI'e reeord last S,lturday by g'Jing look O\·tr the cross-country agreed Bean, "or you 're just no t ff.'el li ke we're running for thr 1hl' s i~ · m ile rl is t:! ne e ill 2\) team, " he said Tuesday, "I sort ready to run . If a guy doesn 't school, too. 11 definitcly helps min utcs. 34 s('(·un ds. of felt lik£' a hog on ice. That's have some butternies in hi s when the fan s are uchi nd you ." ill'an's talent('d nut fit is an old N£'braska saying that stomach, you're in trouble and " When you hear the fans fal'ured I" win III( ' di slrid means the same thing as a fish so is he." shouting your namt' or the nam(' ('hlllllpinnship ~illurd:ty a l oul of water." Rose feels he and his team· of the school ." BC;I II added. " it Furman Unil·crsit y. ,.'thllugh lie added, " Hut not long after mates will have a couple of just makes )'ou suck it up and deft'nding clwmp William &, things going for them at run that mUl' h harder." J\lar), m:!)' h:tvc SOlll clhilig tu I "lot here, I called up a more expt'rie nced conch and asked Bloomington. " For instance." he wCIII on , S.1Y :!houl it. him ho ..... II pt'rson was supposed "First," he said, "1I'e'll have " Ihere were about 2.000 fans at UlhN t(':t Ill S ('lI Jlel'h'd tu to coach a cross-country team. aduntage on the runners who last year's Ill f.'el. and about dw ll ('ng l ~ for Ihe ritle illl'1ude Ea sr TCIII1(' ssel' amI MUITilV or lie set me straight. " are by themselves. because it 1.900 of them were shout ing for makes )'ou do bettcr when you the 0\'('; TeIUH.!sSt'I'. KI 'UIu'{' kl' "I just had to get used to the Prefont:!ine whcn he and Nick fa el," he continued, "that a know the whole team is ncared Ihe fin is h. Of course. and Fili rida of til l' ~"urllf 'i l s h ' r; , ('OI lfl'rt'lice. aud lIuk l' tlud cross·country coach spends d~ding on you ." thl're's no wa ~' to he sure, but I most of the time waiting for his A total of 90 schools will be think Ihat made a big dif· 1\ laryland of Ih e AIlanlie r"~ I ~I ('!llIft'relit·t' . kid s to come around the co r represented at the fillals , bul ferencI'." ner only 35 complete team s will be nose's stiffest in div idual In a span of four years, Bean competing for the team tirle. As chal/('ngers this year are ex · has made the transition from a a rl'1> uit . about one·third of the pt'l'ted to he Craig Virgin of "hog orr ice" to the coach of a runners expected for Monday's Villanova. Paul Geis of Orcgon, team ranked among the top meet will be running si mply for John /'IIgeno of Wa shington State three squads In the entire th eir o~m glory. and Gary Bentley of South nation . " That should help us." Dakota . "Nolli thaI we'r(' in the fina l commented Hosl!. "and so 011 thl.' leam Icvel, mean days of preparalion for the should the fa ct thllt ....' e· rt.' only wh ile, Bean 1('('ls defending nationn l fina ls, " he said, "most about 250 mi les from l'hamp Orrgon :md Wa shingtoll uf thc physica l paTt of Iltoornington . We're hoping to State should he tlt e co-favor ites, preparation has been behind us ha l'e a lot of Western pt'Ople wi th Western , Texas-t;l I' Ry ll.\nnt". .\n' .l l S fin<,'· " \, ... 1< II '~" I hr h,, <1 ru,","rr in C oun~ r · J I\U' n al S ~ e, ' , DII .. I., .\m('ril'~ loda.'·. , r o"l "'II"1"11<" . indl";·I,,,,! .·h;olll[li"n I'n,h.lhll "III 1""]110" 1'11111 .'II", h' l" 1111· .. ·"111 III ;,,1,1111"11 ,,, \.~,., ... (; .. " ,,",1 \\ ;I1 !.: ":O . \I( k n.. ,,· " I l·u:.:I ' 1l1 :' I\ d I'. ,' .'(-1"11 K(· III II \"~ ." .. nd ill /11";/1' ,/It NI C K RO S ~ (If W" ~ I f'rn K en· l ucky W :l~ IhE' inrli"idu ill winn .... r .1 · ('~t p rd :'l Y i n Ih" N C AA rrn ~s · (' lJ unl ry nwrl .1 ' H I""minct(l!1. I nd. H e filII Ih~ ~i )(-I1 .. le coursc H1 29 m inute~. 22 H' .. ond ~ . LOUI5V l LLE COLJRIER - JOLJHNAI. l'i\I:K CITY DAII.Y NE\.JS MO Il 20, 1975 Sunday , r-Ia r ch 16, t9 75 the greatest runner in the world- is coming to the InMor track finals Mason-Dixon Ganles. o f 7 The C; alll (> ~ Merl' l un til 1ph!l ),lry H, b u t 10 1<; n l n,l tional mtC(Il,II( Otl,ll c h am p!l !ll~ defilll lely Western ties ,m d .I f(' .I ),PMly COllllllg Some 0 1 th('m M e • ,.,!(ke 1.l0 ( I I KPI1 ~ a " nel E.I<; I(' rrl .'\1 ("' \\ "PXI{ O). Olymric mf'd . II( ~ I , 11110 Illplf'rs, for fifth place • Nril C u ~, l c k l h pl,md .mel I ,I,t r {'n(lf'~\('f'I, Roslo n M,l r, tjilnn ('11,1I11plon , OETROIT, Mich. - Wes lern, Stale and Florida wit h 10 eacJl. • In iln N,I( Cl]o {K(, I1 )',1 allrl \\',I,hlll).:I"1l ':.t,I I{'I , n,llionJ I led by Nick Ilose's winning UT·EI Paso, with nine for AAU :Inri N CAA ~I ~ 111I 1e> ch,un p ion performnncc in Ihe Iwo,mile eign-bred s lars on its IS -mem run. fin ished in a tie fo r nnh al • P,1I ""Il u lorf ,Chu ,I,!.! 1l 1 r,l Lk ( lu b l, formc r \\orld ber squad. became only the hIgh IlIlIlp !('rr,, 11 hold"r Ihe NCA A In door Track secood school to win successive championshillS here fo'riday and NCAA team lilies, Kansas did il • ( h.lll!'~ !(hlp( 1'\l <1l1 11 ( ,1"11111,1 ({'nI IJ II N CAA and 5.1lurday, "\ , I ~ (1 1l I) ( ~ !ln h( "dl(' ~ ( (,.111 ' 111111 1 in 1969 and 1970. Hose, the reigning NCAA Amo rr g dethronell individual • Nlr k R,)v' II ngl.u lII ,l l1 ri \\ ('~ I (' ! n f.. .'lllillckyl, NCAA cross-counlry ('hampion , \l'ml dHimpions was Auburn's Cliff CI(\ ~~ r 1) I( Illry (t.,tll1jll('ll Ihe (WI/ -mile event with a lilllt Oulli" , nipped zy Easter n of 8:44.0, • /I.\ ,l( k \ Vm / pr lll'r e! 11) (>\ p lI \ ) lill ~ <;'111<1(,,,,1. 11 11(>(' Ilmc r.lichigall·s I/'Isley Crawford 01 ,\I , I ~OIl l)j). llll ( h..rlll jlIIUl ,(lid \\lIrld lC'(lIl d h o ldr r Pole vaull er ~: lIr l Bell of Trinidad in the 6O·yartl tlash , Arkan!lil S Siale and Ihrce·m iler ,II I ,II()O Y,lld ~ a lthough bolh had limes of 6,0, John Ngeno of Washington • Wrl l\,t! W illIe (,\I,HOI 1J ,IIf'Y Cluh ), (()ur lillie Olyrn Wyoming's Wesley Mai)'o lI'as Slale . meanwhile, fash ioned dCl hroncd in Ihe l.00()..ya rd run , IIIMI new meet records , while lI'hich was captured b )' Boslon .i;lcfendillg c hampion Te)(as-EI • 1' 111 1(11 Nrlnn I K f' n ~a ,l!ld Ll\ lpf!l N('w " Ic xi co), NAIA Co ll ege's Keith Francis in ( I(H<; .('ounlry lhJllIpinn ilnd Ilil I1 () 11 i1 I rn,le! rilce Paso ran off lI' ilh Ih e team lith" 2:QI;IA , Kenyan Ngl' no, one of five ( h,lmp(on '0 !lanny Smilh of Florida Stale fort'igll .horn winn('fS, retained • k ~~p <; IU,II I (\ V('~1t'rJl KC' n h l{kyl, i\ ( A \ \ !rn l rU I rt'lai rll'd his 6/})'ard high hur his three-mi le li lle wilh a dlL'S litle. as Ihe Bahaman I h,rrnrlOIl 13:1 4,1 clocking in Ihe II -l'venl sprin ll'r edged Cha rles fo' oster • 1),1r\\ 11I Knwl rI'IIIIMle>ll ,hlii r ,nnef'f~), ~p( nn rl - (.l ~ l ('s l windup of the Iwo-day meel be, nf No rth Carolina Centra l in 7,0, 1100 1lH' If' r m(ln III world dnd tll o -Ilme \laso n·Dixon fore a record crowd of 10,19 1 OIl Easll'l'I1 Michigan '5 Sian Vin { l lilOlIHIJI) Cobo An~ lIa , ~ on retaint'd his 6OO.yard run Hell dcared 17 feel two iucJlt's • ,\lIke (n1l0n (f l"lIflii I r(l( k Clubl, fOlfner 11.lI IOn(l 1 tit!t., hi I : 10,2, white ser.:Ulld to win the !>Ole vlIUlt, delhronillg A ;\lIl'olp V,l ldl (ir,I Illj1I( ' 1l pial'!' \\'('n l 10 Waddell Smilh of Tt'~as - EJ I'IISO'S LalTV J e~sl'e. I{,msas, wht! r;rn ill u secolld • 1 )r\ I J~ BII>\,n l " I I( \\\rll(' I r,11 k (1 (l h l \\'Inn('rof three who was second wilh -16·7, 1l,II iPIld i \ 1("'1'11" h.l'p ! lIr r~ -- SI'('lioll anti wa s d ocked ill Tc~a s- EI P HSO seorl'd il s nnly 1: JU. 3 • I'H) ~ IJlI"t: fl(>nll "' ~ " ('I, 1\11 ,\ nWfll (l 1l ,m e! defending firs l in Ihe dosing st.'ssion , when ,\I.' ~ (lIr 1)1\1' " ;-11 lilPI (11 .1111 111')11 Ciln;ldi,1ll Greg Joy capl urt'd In the mile run , fuvored Wil Te ,~a s- EI \\,,11 ,11111"(11(( r r!lOW hI): n,I!lIt'·, 111111,· d,ry, I" lOHll t', the hig h jump wilh a leapol ; ·2, son Waigwil of Paso 1J:lfcJy missing on a Ir)' fur it w.. s ~ uun d ty beaten lJy Ireland's r1 1l~ ('~L 1H I~ h f'(1 ~ !.H\ I'.'r ll lw PI( Iit'd hv l'llllgl\ lip 'lI1 d mcet record III 7-4'" i':amorm Coghlan of Villanova ill ~ : U2,O . C(\111t'I' Irk !' Phd '-, 1,l jl jl n Odl,lI r,1 ' Hl'ho'll"l(' 110m Slu,U! Gliding to victory un ;p cushioned a big St.'O f· 1\ 111111('1' 11 1;Hp / inp pi( .I', in ~ Irad built t'riday night , [ 11 !Iii' day's \l weI' rela\' ~ \-Vo del 1 \I ~ 1 k('d 1\1< k Ih~' 1'1 -·1 I fIght, HI ,\! 1IIIIlll d l(' .. ( " ,I IIIIII' ln \loll 1' ,11'1 11 ' I\\ 'f'''' l'rn ! ,\ 1' Wlrf' f)h ot ol lI'hen thl' Milll'rs' Iripl('-jumpt.'r nellis, the winners wet~ M,In o f lh(> Y€' ,lr III \\ odd !I,ld I I C' hnl{h \\(Hld f..(,fl l ll~ 1..\ ~ !\ph""HI(" Ilfllt! 11""n I~ 1('1fr' 1 ~I " rl, ()\ C "" WK HOS t<: U1l' 6 ) of Weslern su'idl's 10 an easy win in Ihl' IWI) Arnold Gri llll'S and shOlputh'l' Kall sas ~Ia t e in Ihe dislance rf'rtHd~ tO r AHOya rd <;, I.oon (nrl('(<; .! (Id 1\\1 1 11111·' 1.t.IY h llrrllp\ 1 h,1I1'pII II' I ) .... h, ILlb c 1.1\ r I, 1111\",,,(,,· l,, !a!C'), milf' run I}\' ('I' JI)S hu ;) Ki"'f' IO, 11154». \\'as hingtoll Siall' , wilh all lIallS II I11!!' und produced lilt.' nwdley: !'rirrceton in Ihe Iwo . hO'f'rI (Ill' In " r"'lllt! ~ IHU1 I f'1 \Iul ,,~.lh\.I\ ',,,11,1,,, It, ',I,l l! II tl.r 11 ;,1I ,lIliml' in Ih,·1\'( '/\ )\ Indoor Track (.'hampionshil' in Ilt'lroil'S nll ldoOI~ .:I',d <1111 ,10:::!1 1,,11 k ( lub nn.'I'I'S 111'0 otht.'r new rL't:I'fds, Ill i l ~' reJay, and Iht' Unh'crsily C"hu ,\ n'II:' F ri tl a,\' nighl. \\orl d (nrinro r 1' \ 0 Illlip l e l,IY IP{o(d ,II 1.1~1 ',' q ~ til' 11!1~1l'1\\I'" \111" hll"lul1" "l.lld,lIl ' hI! Ih(" Ilrq .1I1d woulld up wi th a Wi nning of f lorid'l in Ihe lIli le ft'l;r)" "' \ a~ v n - I )(\o n (; llir:h "hnnt .. \,,,,,1-,1,,, "mol o:"l~ 1",/.1"., , ,,1,, ,,," 17,• • 7 I' '" \11 ",I SI ,I ;;,' 1<' IUII ;o, IUI:II _""I I",:" ".. ,I,,, ,n \,lIurridV """")I'>': ."..i '11,-,,,,,0" \Ln IW( \ 1 1'i\IlK Cl TY 1)<\ I I.Y N ,,:',t~ Wc d nt,,<; d'l Y, ~I Bean deserves better weather After all he's done to turn Tucker of Taylor Cou nty: Ca rl Western 's track program inl o • Sublell and Sle"e Goodman of one of the fi nt'St in the nation, • lIarl County, and Bucky Lee of you'd think Jerr~ Bean could al :'Iletcalft' Co unt~' . least get a lillie nice wealher in Clark ·Hanes The SK Y Conferencc coaches ret urn . dId nO I name a coach of thc Thal's what the flash~ Daily News Spor t!>, E dilor vear. whlle thl' S}\,\ r gal'e Ihf' dresser from N('braska is honors to Grl.'en Counl~"S C.H I hoping for Ihis week{'nd . when Dealon. his n a lionall~ ranked track lIilltoppcrs during illS final pl ay IllS la st two ;.·eal ~ (I f coilegr sq ua d Ilef(' John Dcrb and J l1ll I('am hosts two more national Season. was recently named 10 ba ll ;ll David Lipscomb CoHeg(' Ed lIoi!:Jnd of Bo\\ Img Grt!en Th1s \'car'..s fourt- h lI('glon powers in the fint Ili!ltoppcr IhlS year '~ ,\ 1I-0hlo \'alley 111 :\ash,·i11e . Ihgh. and Granl C!11Ie and OOI' S' baskl'lball tournament Classic. Conference team. \\ all. a 5-IQ guard. ;l\"craged Wa lte r HIb bs of \\"a rren Cen· had a 101 .. 1 paid allenda:,ce of The thrl'l'·tl'am meel IS J oining Odemns on the 12 pomts a PlIll' tl urlng hi s tral 11I. ~4 0, ae("o rding to lourn.unt'n! scheduled to Slarl at I p.m Kentucky squad will be Jimm;. Junior y{'a r at East. and Ih(,11 l11t Other players naml'd to the managl'r Jamt'S Carpentl'!" 01 Saturday at Smith Stadium , and Dan Conner. ~hke Flynn, Bob for 23.5 IXlmls a ganl(' and was squad II{'r(' Lester Boyd , Mark \\"('Stern a big turnout is eXp<'Cted as tlaul{'d thp Rilid('rs' :'o[ost :\ol:ln and O;ll'e Baird of ('UYI'II{, and Kevin Gr e\' e~ of As a result . gross sates we r(' Western battles teams from \'Jluahle Playl'!" m hiS semor Kentucky : Junior Brid~e ma n. Franklin "!lm pson. Phil Todd tOlaled lit 52!1. t H; 85, and IheT!' Ill inois and Eastern Michigan. .easo.. . ;,n I record·- lAFFAIR -