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Show Page IB South Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, July 18, 1984 Marsh May Be Ranked , No. 1 1n GARY HATCH Steeplechase mixed about the surprise anReview Sports Editor nouncement. BOUNTIFUL Henry Ideally I would like to be Marsh seems to like it just fine able to race against Ilg and beat when the onus of being the him in Los Angeles, since he steeplechaser in the world beat me at the World Games last burdens someone else. year. But I have mixed emotions Nevertheless, during much of about it. the past few years Marsh has I am disappointed that I wont have the chance to race against him, Marsh said. I Ilg was the man picked to win the steeplechase by just about , anyone who hadnt picked Marsh as the favorite. llg But even though Ilg has ' him in dropped out of the race Marsh knows he will still face tough competition on every side. In competitions like the Olympics, Marsh knows it isnt unusual for someone previously held that distinction among unknown to jump out to an earthose who purport to know. lead and be in condition to ly He has been quick to point out keep it to the end. ' during several interviews this Marsh has called the steepleyear that Patrick llg, the West chase a thinking mans race and German who won the 3,000 meone area the lawyers prothats ter steeplechase at the 1983 fession will undoubtedly help the same race World Games him. Marsh which suffered a during He has innumerable scenarios fall on the last barrier should what may take place at a givof be ranked No. 1. en point in a race. hunfeels said . top-rat- ed Ideally would like to be able to race against and beat . Los Angeles. Marsh ' , aJk he Marsh yyy.y i : i ISH mi is it.USTRK!'"P BY t&n&P-- R WWWWVM County Track Team Does Well GARY HATCH Review Sports Editor ' diate hurdles. hurdles in Zaugg ran, the high school and this is just the second time she has run the longer distance in competition. ' Club members also won three d-place finishes, two third, one e fourth, two fifth and one finish. Veteran BYU track coach Clarence Robinson, normally subdued, showered Keate with praise. Hes as promising as any young man Ive seen in a long, long time, Robinson said. ' And Robinson has seen more than a few promising athletes during his years at BYU. This year three of his former runners have qualified for the Olym300-met- er The future'of track and field athletics in Davis County is bright. The Bountiful Youth Track Club, the only youth track organization in the county, according to coach Lynn Dubois, finished its 1984 season sending 23 athletes to national competition and came back with two national champions in three events. Another Davis County participant, ' not affiliated with the club, also won an event. Scott Keate, a running sensation from Centerville elementary school came from obscurity into the news spotlight Saturday as he was probably the most impressive performer at the .Track Athletic Congress national championships held at Brigham Young University last week. Keate captured national titles in the 1,500 meter run setting a new national age group record of 4:58.69 and the 800 meter run. Davis Clay Singley, a to a nahurled his way student, High tional title in the javelin and also placed fifth in his age group in the high nine-year-o- ld jump. Clearfields Laura Zaugg also won a , national title in the interme 400-met- er secon- Dubois said his team did well not only at the national meet, but all summer long as well. We had 93 kids on the team this year, and I cant say enough about the quality of athletes weve had. We won the state championship earlier this summer and we only had 93 kids competing. The second-plac- e team, Orem, had 150 kids and we beat them by 135 points, Dubois said. The team has been meeting four nights a week since school let out. Every race is different and I have a different strategy for any situation, depending on what develops. I have a strategy if the race starts out fast or slow and I adjust it to how I feel,Marsh said. In addition to general race strategy, Marsh said he must concentrate on every barrier and the water jump to avoid stum Angeles. I will be more cautious because of it. Also it provides a lit- tle more incentive and more emotional drive. Marsh said he was happy with his performance at the Olympic trials last month. And though he won with the fastest time by an American this year, he was not at his peak, he said. I was satisfied with my performance because I made the team. I was near my peak, but not there, he said. I was also satisfied because I Every race is different and I have a different strategy for any situation, depending upon what develops. Marsh made the team. My first objective was to make the team and my second was to win the race. I would have been disappointed if I had not won the race; I would have been devastated if I had not made the team, he added. National Meet In TAC Dave Brannan, a pole vaulter from Woods Cross captured the No. 2 spot in his event. Patrick Gee, nine, from Bountiful came in second to Keate in the 1,500 meter run. And the 4X100 5 boys relay team also came in second. Team members are Steve Jones of Bountiful, Matt Reed of Bountiful Lance Roberts of Clearfield ,and Mark Staten of Bountiful. Third-plac- e finishers were Adam Bombard of Bountiful in the hurdles and the boys , 4X400 relay. Relay members are Keate, Gee,' Phillip Tate of Bountiful and Bryce Anderson of Centerville. 5 Two boys 4X800 relay team qualified for the national meet and the team of Geof Facer, Tyler Gee, Brian Larsen and Ryan Young, all of Bouhti- -' ful, placed fourth. finIn addition to Singleys 5 ish in the high jump, the boys 4X100 relay team also placed fifth. Bombard, Tyler Gee, William Reed of Layton and Ryan Young of Bountiful made up the team. The sixth-plac- e finisher was Jeff Sinhurdles. Singley gley in the just graduated from Davis High and is headed to the University of Utah on a ' track scholarship. 14-1- sixth-plac- pics. he's grier when hes number two. But when he runs for the Olympic gold at the Games later this month Marsh will have to find some other tidbit to whet his appetite. Ilg announced because of a viral infection and an upcoming tonsilectomy he will not be competing at the Olympics. Marsh said his emotions are bling or being knocked down by another runner. His fall last year will have an effect on his performance in Los . 200-met- er 9-- 14-1- fifth-pla- ce 14-1- 400-met- er State Amateur, Golf Tourney Bosen: Medalist But Not Champ Davis went on to win the tourney, Despite capturing medalist honors during stroke play at the State Amateur making himself another an a long list of to win the Utah amateur golf tournament, Bountifuls Kurt Bosen will have to wait until next year to title in the past few years. round of Bosen got to the semi-finprove he is the best amateur golfer in match play by playing nearly immacuthe state. Bosen finished his play in the tour- late golf on the tricky Wolf Creek loss in course at Eden, Utah. ney Saturday with a semi-finBosen opened the tournament with a match play to Logans young Mark Da70 for the first round. vis. lead after That was good enough for a Bosen held a nine holes, but by the end of 18 the lead over the nearest competitor. 1 Davis had evened the score. Bosens second round was an even In the first hole of sudden death Davis more impressive 69 and won with pure birdie putt to eliminate ease the medalist honors. sunk a , The Utah Power and Light employee Bosen. was six strokes below his nearest com- petitor, Brad Hansen of Jeremy Ranch. In fact, he was the only player to break par during stroke play. Fellow golfers and sportswriters alike praised Bosens smooth handling of rough pin placements and pointed to Bosen as the one to beat for the tournament. Of his defeat at the hands of Davis, a disappointed Bosen noted he had been g putting superbly only once during the first three days of the tourney. But Saturday his touch deserted him, allowing Davis to win. al al two-under-p- ar two-stro- ke two-stro- ke three-puttin- 15-fo- ot State Big Game Regulations Set an extended selling period this year during the month of July. from July 2 through October 2. Only mail-i- n applications will be acArchery open area bull elk permits will be available from July 2 through cepted at Utah Big Game Permit Appliseasons, permit numbers and regulacations, P.O. Box 16500, Salt Lake tions. August 17. Elk permits are available from Utah City, Utah 84116. Compared to last year only about Division of Wildlife Resources offices conantlerless deer d as many The drawing for big game hunts retrol permits are available this year, only. quiring a limited permit will be August In addition, a few more areas will 17 at 10 a.m. in the Divisions Salt most of which are in South Central have restricted area antlerless elk or Lake office. Utah. hunters choice permits available. Three areas, Beaver Mountain, BoulRestricted area bull elk permits will Applications and proclamations will der Mountain and Monroe Mountain be available beginning the week of June will be open area bull elk units this year also be available. As in past years, application for deer 25 at Division of Wildife Resources ofinstead of requiring a drawing for restricted area permits. .control, restricted area elk, antelope fices and from most agents tVat sell iand moose permits will be accepted hunting and fishing licenses. will have elk Open area bull permits After a record 11 hour session the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources board of big game control set its 1984-8- 5 -- one-thir- . , Staff Photo by Robert Regan the Bountiful Youth Track Club pulls down his a to skids and fyalt on the runway during the Athletic Congress javelin CLAY SINGLEY of national finals in Provcj Friday. |