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Meyer-Led Cavs 5th In ACC

By STEVE GASKE

Completely surprising the rest
of the conference, the
University of Maryland placed
six men in the top 13 to run
away with the ACC cross
country championship held at
Clemson Saturday morning.

Previously thought to have
the deepest team in the ACC,
the freshman-laden Terps were
not expected to have runners
who could finish up front with
the leaders. This assumption
was refuted as freshman Otto
Mazzoni placed third.

John Rincon, Ken Umbarger,
and Rick Cornwell finished

fifth, sixth and tenth,
respectively, for the Terps,
making the All-ACC team,
comprised of the top ten
runners in the meet.

Duke's Roger Beardmore was
the individual winner,
continuing the dominating
pace he set in winning the
North Carolina State
championship last week. A
finalist in the NCAA
steeplechase championship last
year, Beardmore's time
(27:15.2 over the 5.5 mile
course) broke the course
record set by Reggie McAfee.
Phil Meyer finished 17
seconds behind Beardmore to
secure the number two spot.
Running in about eighth place
through the first half of the
race, Meyer put on a burst to
catch Beardmore. With a half
mile left to go the faster
Beardmore just outkicked
Meyer.

N.C. State's Jim Wilkens was
the fourth place finisher, one
second behind Mazzoni. He
finished in the same time as
Rincon. Scott Eden, the Duke
sophomore star, ran a
disappointing race as he faded
to seventh after leading the
field for the first four miles.

Another harrier who had a
disappointing race was UNC's
Tony Waldrop, who finished
eighth. A few weeks ago
Waldrop ran the fastest
five-mile time in collegiate
circles this year.

Duke's Steve Wheeler finished
ninth, in front of Cornwell, to
round out the top ten.

In scoring for the meet,
Maryland totaled 36 as Al
Kerry completed the Terp
scoring with a twelfth place
finish. Duke was second with
57.

N.C. State took third,
surprising a UNC team that was
without the services of the
ACC's premier runner, McAfee.
With the injured McAfee in the
lineup, the Tar Heels could
have improved considerably on
their total of 85 points.

Virginia coach Lou Onesty
expressed his disappointment
that the Cavs did not catch
UNC with McAfee out of the
running. With 112 points the
Cavaliers finished fifth.

One particular bright spot for
the Cavs was the showing of
second-year man Jim
Steinberger. Steinberger
finished 22nd after sticking
with the leaders for the first
mile. This was the first race
this year that Steinberger has
placed second for Virginia.

Donal Day finished 27th for
the number three Cav spot.
Jerry Hart and Mike Pace came
in together in thirtieth and
thirty- first, respectively.

Commenting on Meyer's
performance for the season,
Mr. Onesty said, "Meyer went
out in a blaze of glory. I'd like
to have five like him." Meyer is
not finished for the season yet,
however. Next week he will
travel to Knoxville, Tenn. to
compete for individual honors
in the NCAA District meet.

Clemson was sixth in the team
competition with 157 points
Wake Forest was last.