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Indians State Champs

Thinclads Nab Fourth

By Doug Doughty
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

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William and Mary's
"well-balanced", depth-laden track
team rode a spectacular showing in
the pole vault to a close victory in
the Virginia State Intercollegiate
Track Meet, held Tuesday
afternoon at Lannigan Field.

The Indians took six individual
titles, including a 1-2-4 finish in the
final event, the pole vault, in
scoring 81 points. Virginia Tech
took second with 71½ points, while
Norfolk State, relying on its
talented sprinters, scored 63 points.
Virginia lagged far back in fourth
place, only managing 31 points,
defeating Virginia State, Richmond,
VMI, Lynchburg, Bridgewater,
Virginia Union and Ferrum Junior
College.

Better People

Virginia, who lost to what
Coach Lou Onesty attributes
"better people and not faster
times", was blanked in the winner's
circle but in several races inches
decided the outcome: Harrison
Davis took third in the 120-yard
high hurdles by just two-tenths of a
second and teammate Phil Meyer
challenged heralded Indian Howell
Michael in the three-mile before
faltering to place second. Meyer,
only a first-yearman, followed two
seconds behind Michael in 14:05.8,
the best three-mile time recorded in
the ACC this year.

Other Virginia noise came from
the long jump where Jim Shannon
and Fred Gaines came in second
and third. Co-captain Shannon
again shattered his ACC-leading
mark, with a 23′6½″ leap. Just as
football teammate Davis, Kent
Merritt bested his top time of the
spring in finishing fourth in the
100-yard dash in 9.9 seconds.

Eclipsing their premier marks in
their specialties were Ed Campbell
in the 120-yard high hurdles, Brew
Barron in the half-mile, David
Payton in the 440-yard
intermediate hurdles and Jim
McClurg in the pole vault. Not one
in this group is a fourth-year man
and the performance of each netted
the Cavaliers points.

The story of the meet was
contained in William and Mary's
depth in the field and longer
distances contrasted with Norfolk
State's tremendous speed in the
sprints. VPI was also strong in the
field events and consistently high in
the running events. Until the pole
vault, the Gobblers had even led by
1½ points.