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Show AQ DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, MAY 23, 1904 CLEMENTS TOPS section; Clearfield womens track and field ace, Stephanie Clements, tells her winning story to reporters after blazing to victory in womens 400 meter i Uil lt:?J MH By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports - The 1984 state track PROVO and field meet was highlighted last Thursday and Friday with a few distinguishable finishes by local athletes, but marred by what one local coach called "technicalities that helped to take the championship away from the best team. A SPRING of hard work and discipline paid off for kids like Clearfield's Hal Schofield and James Moore, who respectively won the high jump and pole vault on Friday ranks had against the best the to offer. Laytons Terry Kealamakia, a junior w ho didn't even letter a year ago, surprised a bunch of people in winning the 300 intermediate hurdles against a fine field of '84 runners. long-standin- DAVIS COACH, Mike Shaw summed up the negative in saying, The meet was decided by technicalities which cost the best team there the championship. Clearfield was heads above everyone else and I just feel bad for John Flint and his kids because the best team just didn't win. It was aggravating to see the inconsistency. Of course Shaw was referring to all subjects such as unofficial apparel being worn, inconsistent calls from the lane judges and kids throwing down batons and being disqualified but only to be reinstated later on. When it was all over, Viewmont was declared the winner of the boys title and Mountain View the tops in the boys. 4-- A 3-- A Moore And Schofield Top Field Indiana Jones may have starred Monday with the Temple of Doom, but last week it was John Flint who did not escape the Stadium of while following points while Viewmont won 64 and Alta was second with 63. 60 the meet with FOR CLEARFIELD, the bizzare ending was a sad ending for a few athletes who put on terrific shows. Hal Schofield went the highest he'd ever gone in the high jump and he won the event after wading through a few weeks of seconds and thirds at major invitationals. His 8 jump puts him in the books as the new Clearfield High record holder. And while Schofield was jumping to glory, James Moore was vaulting to glory as he overcame some early adversity to go 14-- 6 and win the pole vault over a trio of fine Alta jumpers. With only one event left, the 1600 meter relay, the Falcons only needed to outscore Viewmont by four points to win the team title. So Duane Rock, Doug Evans, Don Gladfelter and Ricky Smith made sure of thut as they finished second and Viewmont came trailing in at fourth, even after leading the race through the first three laps. 6-- WITH THAT event over, Clearfield appeared to have locked up s of a point. the title by But it never happened that way as the judges ruling in the prior event, the 200 meters, stood up. three-fourth- The ruling was that Hillcrests Marty Haws and East's Troy Vea-l- y had stepped out of their lanes which in turn disqualified them and allowed Viewmonts Jon Warner and Altas John Walker to finish higher, thus taking the title away from Clearfield and handing it to Viewmont. Another nightmare for Flint and track and field. fiyi One of those more talented kids ,,j happens to be Jeff Ohlwiler whosucceeded in bringing home thq,nii only individual state championship., for the Darts, an impressive first io,.! the javelin. Ohlwiler tossed the' javelin over 191 feet to win that,y event by nearly ten feet over his nearest competitor. And Ohlwiler !V!J will be back again next season. j Webers Jeff Chugg in second most of the way. Davis commented afterwards ;n saying, Boy, wejust needed some more points on Friday to make up for what the medley relay would have got us. inches. With Jeff working on the weights this summer I wouldn't count him out in breaking the il cord, said Shaw. Ohlwiler, with the title in theiiri: bag, concluded an impressiveitrj junior hear in which he won the-ii- i states decathlon championship, qo; '2 It.!,- - SHAW WAS also pleased withy another junior's performance, that, of Erik Thompson in the discus, jn- Thompson was perhaps the states, ... most consistent discus thrower of! the year and his 161-- 7 toss, his lasfc,!, throw in the trials, gained him d" new school record in that event. I n! know Erik was disappointed that (Chad) Law beat him out for the title but Law was on a roll, said,,;!! Shaw. Still another pleasing moment for the Darts was that of Morgan' Nelson, when he finished second in jrf the long jump. We expected Morcriw gan to have a good state track meetsifc showing, especially in the longo.il jump. But both he and I were distort; appointed that he didnt earn afiTj place in the high jump. He just saidh oi he didnt have any spring at all his legs, Shaw continued. 6-- ; 0, 6-- personal best even if someone finished ahead of me, field. said Scho- 4 IT ENDED a superb senior year for Schofield who claimed his biggest highlight was being a member of the third place basketball team last winter and later being named to the All-Sta- basketball team. te Schofield will attend Ricks College this coming year on a basketball scholarship. A madly determined Moore denied the competition a chance to see him fold on his last day of high school pole vaulting and after overcoming a shaky start, cleared 14-- 6 and won that event. It was the third ini 6. 6-- 4, DAVIS ONLY other point finish was the fourth place medley relayed finish which earned Davis another"G four points. nw Look for the Darts to be strong.bii again next season, especially with.arfi and his advice helped. kids like Jeff Ohlwiler, Erikvuri Thompson, Greg Willard and0W) others leading the way. (j nasi I THOUGHT my best jump was even though I missed. Craig Carter helped Clearfield's cause in both the shot put and discus. The Falcons talented young sophomore finished second in the shot put with a heave over 55 feet and on his last throw of the discus trials he got off a throw of 150-1- 0 which netted him fourth place. KIM THURGOOD, despite feeling bad he didnt make the finals of the discus event, still finished his senior year in good stride by taking third in the shot put with a throw over 53 feet. Scott Ferrin gave his Falcon team two points in the discus by gaining a fifth place showing of 4 1 TODD WALKER had his highest jump ever in the high jump, that of to give Clearfield s of a point. Ricky Smith ended a fabulous senior year, even though the ending wasnt anything like he wanted. He finished fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 49.89. 6-- DUANE ROCK finished sixth in the 800 meters to give Clearfield another point. The Falcons, despite not winning the 1984 trophy, will be back again next season. The day after the state meet, Flint was out on the track again helping to prepare his top athletes for the Great Southwest Meet in Arizona later this month. FLINTS sophomore team ran away with sophomore region and with Walker, Todd Ferguson, Gladfelted and others getting better over a years period of time, Clearfield will be another power to contend with again. 1 iiam . Hes up and over. Clearfields James Moore clears the bar at 14 feet 6 inches to win the 1984 4-- A pole vault title. Todd Ferguson stands by to assist. from behind and nipped Helms at Kealamakia Top Dog In Hurdles 1 -- 1. experimental tion with new steps in the hurdlq,, races didnt pay off for him, and he n faded back in the pack, finishing, fourth in the 300 IM hurdles (40.05)' J and fifth in the highs (15.46). , Sophomore Greg Willard went'1 his high high jump ever and hej of a point for1Li gained three-fourthis team. MOORE MISSED in his first attempt at 13 feet but cleared it with his second jump. He missed again at 14 feet while John Peterson of Alta cleared that height on his first jump. But once Moore cleared the 14 foot barrier, he left Peterson and the rest in the dust. I was a little nervous after I missed once at 13 feet, said Moore, But (Bart) Thompson told me to watch my plant better at :l ' JEFF SINGLEY time this year that Moore had cleared 14-- ft I BELIEVE Jeff has his sights, set on the school record which was set back in the 1960s by Ron Per-),- J kins with a throw of 200 feet and 8iU" IM FEELING good in my distance races. Ive got a kick Ive never had before. I want to break 4:20 next year in the mile. Davis was also sixth in the 3200 meters the day before. Schofield was simply trying for a personal best in the high jump, mark hed trying to break the set previously against Weber in a dual meet. Hal did clear 8 to take first place and he barely missed at in fact Schofield didnt miss a mark. If jump until he hit the I took first place, then great. But all I really wanted to do was to get a Doom as he and his Falcons were denied another state championship. The Falcons finished with i WELL be even a better A team next season, predictedoCl Shaw, "Weve got a lot of kids that is are not only talented, but they love; AND BUT DAVIS did come back from Thursdays mistake to put on memorable one-ma- n showing in the 1600 meter run. The junior trackman finished third in that race 4-- A AND THE Davis Darts can boast a champion too as another junior, Jeff Ohlwiler won the javelin event with his best throw ever, a toss over 191 feet which inches him g ever closer to a school record. Those were but a few of the positive things. But in many respects they were overshadowed by what consistent many coaches called rulings by the judges. ish, their highest finish in quiteJ(l1 some time. his kids happened the previous day when the medley relay team was disqualified because Todd Davis inadvertently had left on a over his uniform. Clearfields medley relay team finished with the second fastest time in the trials and perhaps could have put some more points on the board the next day. was just tickled to death when Terry (Kealamakia) crossed over the finish line first. I love that kid more than I think he realizes," said Russ Jones after his junior hurdler had won the 300 1M hurdle race and became the only Lancer to come away from the state meet a champion. 1 THOSE POINTS, along with Kealamakias four more in the high hurdles, helped give Layton a grand total of 39 which helped them into a fine fifth place showing among I 4-- A schools. thought Terry could get us a total of 10 points in the two races, but he surprised me and a lot of folks in getting 14, said Jones. KEALAMAKIA himself said, I owe a lot to Coach Jones for his workouts and his interest in me. 1 know hes put a lot of time into helping me in my strides. I knew if I would just stay with (Larry) Helms until the end of the race (3oo 1M) Id have a chance of Kealamakia did come winning. the finish line. Kealamakia was clocked at 39. 15 while Helms from Roy finished in a time of 39.30. BOTH TERRY and I have to credit Chick Hislop of Weber State for a lot. I know I was on the phone with him or visiting him in his office up on campus for as much as four hours at a time," said Jones, "He was very willing to help us on some hurdle techniques. Of course there were more highlights for the Lancers. Jones said he was quite happy with Tom Kidd's third place finish in the long Tom came back like I jump. hoped he would and he ended his senior year in great fashion, said Jones. DARRYL Lacey's hard work to come back from a hamstring injury helped pace him to a sixth place finish in the 100 meters and a fifth place showing in the 200. The sprint relay team was disappointed that Alta nipped them for second, but Jones was as proud as a peacock of their effort. It was their best time of the year (43.45) so they have nothing to hang their heads about," said Jones of Lacey, Tony Walters, Mike Tucker and Chuck Hanor. senior year in fashion. The mile relay squad finished third behind Clearfield and Alta but they too finished in style. PERHAPS the areas Jones felt the most disappointment were in the pole vault where Leon Cornaby failed to place after having a pretty respectable season. Another was the medley relay which was disqualified on Thursday because of a lane violation. But Layton will be back again next year, tough and competitive as ever. Jones has confirmed this week that hell be back to coach again, both as an assistant to Brad Hawkins in football and again in track and field. Hell build next seasons team around Kealamakia, Darrell Martin, sophomore John Wagstaff, Lyle Morse and Rich Elmore. Ohlwiler Grabs First A memorable showing at the state meet was the icing on the cake for Mike Shaw and his 84 Davis High track and field club. The Darts finished with 38 points which gave them a sixth place fin- 1984 DAVE BRIMHALL finished fourth in the shot put race and the n like Kidd, had to Lancer feel good about ending a good big-ma- 4-- miw 2 Points Separated 2 IT ions wb n ,0()fc By KEITH DUNCAN Oil Journal Sports Stin k 4 PROVO Its been a few year$ in the making, but oh what a beauti ful s8ht- . 4 4 THE CLEARFIELD women$w track and field team didnt all of.' sudden come together, its been 03 something in the making for quite sometime now. Then once in acr,?'" tion, Bart Thompsons women, have been a breathtaking show. aw And the biggest shame of all, de? spite their hard work and teamwork, was that Weber Higtf1 ! put enough together on the finalfBrt day of competition, the coveted 4- - Jfj A state track meet, to edge Lady Falcons out for the team'1 championship by just two sin points, 84 to 82. 1 keen, thrt! WEBER PERFORMED wellf A1 they had their best times of thT i artJ Continued next page noiq |