 | The Cavalier daily Tuesday, May 14, 1968 |  |
Maryland Stomps Foes
In ACC Track Tourney
Mike Harvey, Cavalier Long Jump And Triple Jump Star
Harvey Set Mark In Triple Jump Saturday Despite Injury
Maryland, showing outstanding
depth and overwhelming strength,
ran away with the ACC Track
Championships this weekend in
Chapel Hill. The meet was a moral
victory of sorts for the rest of the
ACC, who avenged Maryland's indoor
demolition by combining to
outscore the Terrapins 138-134.
A crowd of about 1500 at muggy
Fetzer Field saw a total of nine
records fall in the two days of
competition. Virginia, who finished
sixth in the overall tally, set several
school standards, in the 440 relay,
the mile relay, the pole vault, and
the triple jump.
Peter Pettit, in his last races for
the Cavaliers, overcame a kidney
infection to play a large role in
the relay records. He anchored the
440 relay to a third place, behind
South Carolina and the
driving finish of Maryland's Roland
Merritt, in a time of 41.6.
He ran the third leg on the fourth
place mile relay team of Bob Niles,
Jim Creekman, Pettit and John
Morris, that covered the mile in a
fast 3:16.6.
Morris's anchor leg on that
relay was timed in 47.7, an unofficial
Virginia record. The first-year
man met disappointment
earlier in the day when his stretch
drive in the quarter fell a few yards
short of the winning effort turned
in by N.C. State's Dick Trichter,
last year's sprint champion. Morris's
time was 0.1 off Gill Fassio's
school record of 48.3, and
0.3 behind Trichter.
It was a day of disappointment
also for the Cavaliers' Mike
Harvey, despite his school record
of 48′ 3/4″ in the triple jump.
Harvey, fighting the effects of an
ankle injury, was in first place in
the long jump until the final round
when Maryland's Rich Cirner and
Elliot Garret passed him. Harvey's
24′ 3 1/2″ response to their
challenge fell inches short, leaving
him with third place, the same
position he garnered in the triple
jump.
Ham Myers accounted for the
fourth record in the pole vault,
where his 14′ 4″ jump broke his
own mark by an inch. It was
good for only a fourth place,
however, in an event won by Maryland's
Tom Gagner at 15′. Another
point winner for the Cavaliers
was Alfredo Sinesky, who
almost shattered the school shot
standard with a toss of 51′ 5 1/2″.
The meet gave an opportunity
for a plethora of fine individual
efforts that resulted in records.
Roger Collins of Clemson scattered
the spectators in the high jump
area with a record javelin heave
of 247′ 1″, several yards beyond
the roped off javelin landing area.
Perhaps the best race of the day
was the three mile. The pack of
about twenty runners stayed closely
bunched for the first mile which
went by in a fast 4:46. After two
miles the pace had separated Dave
Starnes and Charlie Schrader of
Maryland and Ed Stenburg of
Duke from the field. Schrader
dropped back after another half
mile, and the final 880 developed
into an exciting duel between Stenburg
and Starnes. The Duke runner
held the lead by about a foot
through most of the final two laps,
but with 220 to go, Starnes made
him move and opened up a three
yard lead. But Stenburg reached
deep within himself and passed
Starnes again about ten yards from
the tape to win by a foot in
14:11.2.
Maryland showed some top individual
athletes to compliment
their depth. Roland Merritt won
the award for the meet's outstanding
performer with victories
in the 100 in 9.7, the 220 in a
record 20.9 and a sparkling anchor
leg that pulled Maryland to victory
in the 440 relay. Terp basketball
captain Rick Drescher demonstrated
versatility in winning
the discus with a record 178′ 1 1/2″
heave. Frank Costello, the Terrapins'
ex-NCAA high jump
champ, returned to form for the
first time since a knee injury a
year ago, breaking his own ACC
mark with a 6′ 10 3/4″ leap.
For the Cavaliers, the sixth
place finish, only a point behind
fifth place Duke, was an encouraging
sign in the track renaissance
that is expected to culminate when
the new track goes into use behind
University Hall. With a 4-3 dual
meet record. Coach Onesty's
charges concluded a successful season
that could have been better
but for injuries to several key performers,
notably Phil Stafford and
Mike Wilkes. With Pettit the only
significant loss due to graduation,
the prospects look bright for next
year.
Shot Pu—1. Greg Benz (Clemson), 55-414; 2. John Hanley (Maryland),
55-1½; 3. Garrett Parsons (Maryland), 51-7; 4. Herb Buonvr
(Maryland), 51-6 ½ 5. Alfredo Sinesky (UVa), 51-5½.
440 Yard Relay—1. Maryland (Eugene O'Keefe, Mike Neff, Bruce
Carson, Roland Merritt), 41.2; 2. South Carolina; 3. Virginia; 41.6; 4.
Clemson; 5. North Carolina. (New record; old record 41.6 by Maryland
in 1967.)
Long Jump—1. Richard (Maryland)
Garrett (Maryland), 24-5; 3. Mike Harvey (UVa); 4. Leonard
Cuman (USC), 23-2; 5. Mike Neff (Maryland), 22-10. (New record;
old record 24-5 set by Cater Leland of Clemson in
440 Yard Dash—1. Dick Trichter (NCS). 48.1; 2. John Morris
(UVa); 3. Terry Sellers (UNC); 4. Jim Wingo (USC); 5. George
Wojtech (Maryland).
Triple Jump—1. Ed Marks (Maryland), 49-81; 2. Mike Noff (Md.),
43-1; 3. Mike Harvey (UVa), 4. Carl Jones (Clemon), 47-6;
5. George Braley (Maryland), 46-8.
One Mile Relay—1. South Carolina (Bobby Howe, Robert Kack,
Mike Edison, Jim Wingo), 3:13.2; 2. North Carolina, 3:14.5; 3. Maryland,
3:14.6; 4. Virginia, 3:16.6; Record 5. Clemson, 3:19.4.
Pole Vault—1. Tom Gagner (Maryland), 15-0; 2. Jim Scott (USC).
14-8; 3. Tom Thompson (Maryland). 14-4; 4. Hamilton Myers (UVa),
14-4; 5. Paul Torreano (Maryland). 14-0.
| Maryland | 134 |
| USC | 31 |
| Clemson | 31 |
| North Carolina | 23 |
| Duke | 19 |
| Virginia | 18 |
| N. C. State | 10 |
| Wake Forest | 1 |
| The Cavalier daily Tuesday, May 14, 1968 | |