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Show Stadium records in danger SUSC could pick up a number of points in the javelin (Robert Shirts, Glen Chapin, Wadt Manning), the shot put (Joe Wells), the discus (Wells and Paul Snow- and the long jump (Shirts). "We have some other people who are capable of picking up points in the meet," Adams explains," "but they will need to do well, maybe even accomplish ac-complish some personal 'bests'." Last week, SUSC got super performances from Shirts in the javelin in the In-termountain In-termountain Invitational at Logan. Shirts picked up secondplace in the meet with a toss of 234-3, nearly 20 feet better than his previous school record. There will be no admission charge for the Color Country Invitational. , A number of Thunderbird Stadium track and field records will be in danger Saturday when Southern Utah State College hosts the Color Country Invitational Track and Field Meet. Scheduled to compete are Northern Arizona University, Univer-sity, Weber State College, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and the host SUSC Thunderbirds. Firld events will start at 12 noon, and running events are set to begin at 1 p.m. "There are some individuals in-dividuals entered from each of the four schools who could break some pretty, good stadium records," Boyd Adams, SUSC track coach, indicates. Among the stadium records in most serious jeopardy are the 400, 800, and 1500 meter running events. In the field events, the high jump and pole vault standards could be erased. The 1600 meter relay (4 x 400) record could also be in serouss trouble. "For track fans, this will be an excellent chance to see some excellent athletes perform," Adams says. "We also have some people from SUSC who have the ability to do well, even in this class of competition." SUSC athletes challenging stadium records are Brett Bell in the high jump and Bruce Bryan in the pole vault. Bell has cleared 6-10 this season; the stadium record is 6-10 )set in 1978 by Dixie College's Cal Paskett). Bryan has cleared 16-6 in the pole vault this year. That's onely one half-inch below the record set back in 1971 by Greg Starkovich of Adams State. The top race of the day could come in the 1500 meters where ther are a host of runners who have times well under four minutes Weber State (defending Big Sky champion Favier Chavez and Doug Friedli), NAU (Mark Lomeland and Larry Martinez) and SUSC (Keenan Hart) all heve runners they figure are capable of winning the event. While no one is conceding the victory to any of the other schools, Northern Arizona, the defending Big Sky track champion, is given the best chance to win the meet. The Lunberjacks have good depth in many of the events. Weber State is expected to be particularly strong in the middle distances (400, 800, and 1500) and the steeplechase. The Wildcats also hav some ourstanding individuals in other events, but are not expected to have enough depth to win the SUSC is hoping that NAU and Weber can dilute the strength of UNLV's sprinters sprin-ters enough to allow the Thunderbirds to grab a thrid place. UNLV's strength falls off rapidly after the sprints. The Thunderbirds will probably pick up many of their points in the field events. In addition to the high jump and pole vault, |