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Show Invitations out for 48th track, field meet at Y Invitations to the 48th annual an-nual Invitation Track and Field Meet at Brigham Young ' University have been mailed to all schools within a 350-mile radius of Provo. The huge outdoor meet, which has been dogged by wet, i cold weather the past two years, will be held April 20, I 21, 22 in Cougar stadium, ac- cording to event chairman Edwin Ed-win R. Kimball. One of the largest meets of its kind anywhere, the Invitation Invita-tion Meet was first started 50 years ago at BYU. In its beginning be-ginning the program was limited lim-ited to track and field events for high schools. But today it includes golf, tennis, pep club marching and other special events. Invitation golf and tennis, in particular, are growing in popularity, pop-ularity, meet officials claim. Last year, despite rain and snow, the meet drew hundreds of participants from junior high school, high school and junior colleges in five western states. The three-day meet will follow fol-low the same pattern of previous pre-vious programs, Kimball said. Junior., high school tennis will be. featured Thursday, while Friday's schedule will be for senior high school tennis and high school track and field. Saturday, biggest day of the meet, will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the balance of tennis, golf, track and field for high schools and junior colleges. |