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Trackmen Nip VMI

By Mike DeCamps
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Photo By Bob Gill

Cavalier Sprinter John Morris, Seen Here Breaking Tape In Earlier Action, Was Out With Injury

VMI Gave Cindermen Close Meet Which Was Decided Only After Virginia's Win In the Last Event

A superb effort by the Virginia
mile relay quartet climaxed an
extremely exciting comeback for
the Cavalier track squad yesterday
afternoon, as the trackmen overcame
upset-minded VMI, and posted
their third consecutive dual meet
win of the season. In doing so, the
Cavaliers had to capture fifteen of
the meet's last sixteen points to
win, 75-70.

The meet was actually decided
when the Virginia mile relay team
composed of Bob Niles, Louis
Mackall, Roger Calvert, and Dick
Morris raced to a two second win in
the event to break a 70-70 deadlock.
The 3:25.9 winning time was
anchored by Morris' fine 49.6 leg.

Prior to that event, the Cavaliers
took all three places in the two mile
, being led by Rick Katz, who
sprinted out on the last lap to win
in 15:14.7. The day actually began
on a sour note for the trackmen as
VMI took first place in the broad
jump, one of the Cavaliers'
strongest events. This time though,
Mike Harvey, who has won the
event this past weekend at the
South Carolina Relays, scratched
on every jump, and VMI's Tom
Rolfe took first place with a leap of
22′ ½". Harvey did come back to
win the triple jump with a jump of
47′6′″

The rest of the field events were
pretty evenly split as Virginia took
the high jump, with George
Hawkins clearing the bar at 6′1″.
The shot put was won by Al
Sinesky with a 51′10″ throw, and
the javelin was won by Mike Wilkes
at 204′7″. Meanwhile VMI took the
pole vault with Joe Williams jumping
14′ and the discus on Mike
Loizzi's 149′6″ toss.

By the time the first running
event started, the meet was shaping
up as a very close contest. The
dashes were disaster for Virginia.
VMI took the first two places in
both the 100 and the 220 and came
from behind to capture the 440
yard relay. The Cavaliers took the
180 yard high hurdles, with Eddie
Campbell winning in 15.8, but VMI
came back to capture the intermediates,
with Jerry Grossman taking
first with a time of 58.9.

When the events got longer, the
Virginia runners took over. Dick
Morris led a 1-2 Virginia finish in
the 440, by breaking fast and
posting a 50.7 second winning
speed. The mile was won by the
Cavaliers' fine runner Greg Lane
in 4:29. The Keydets did come
back to take the half mile with
Steve Hively, winning in 1:59.8,
but, of course the Virginia sweep in
the three mile was a key factor in
Virginia upping their dual meet
record to 3-0.