Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-06-08 | Page 12 | Record List Revised for A. A. U. Meet

Record List Revised f for or AAU Meet Six or seven outstanding young Utah athletes may go to the semifinal semifinal semifinal semi semi- final Olympic track and field trials at Milwaukee June 27 a af aE a result of the combined Intermountain Olympic trials and A A. A. A U U. track meet at the Utah stadium Saturday when ine Inc rec records were shattered Dale Schofield and Hafen Leavit Leavitt of B. B Y p. p U. U and Richard Boorman former Springville high athlete who has been attending Sacramento junior college arc are three of the most likely candidates for the semifinals semifinals semifinals semi semi- finals with Knewel Jack Thornley and Ernest Barlow of Utah Eugene Hart of Utah Ut-nh State and Miss Marguerite Jones and Reila Davis of or McCammon Idaho as other likely prospects Schofield was the sensation of the meet exceeding even the high expectations expectation when he heS S 5 skimmed It Ic i m in m e C d the meter low hurdles In seconds two two- tenths of a second slower dower than the tho world record held by Jesse Owens The old intermountain mark marlc was 24 2 set by Dale Date last year Schofield led other entrants by more than 20 yards the dis distance distance dis- dis ls- ls tance tanco between hurdles The Cougar star also clipped a tenth tenths of ot a second from the thc old meter dash being clocked in and was A member of the winning meter 1600 relay team Leavitt opened the meet with a mediocre 97 foot 97 foot toss of the hammer hammer hammer ham ham- mer and shortly after put the shot 41 feet 10 1014 Inches four and a quarter quarter quarter ter inches beyond the record marker mark mark- er Cr and placed second in the discuss event which concluded the meet Boorman regional and state winner In the yard dash during his junior year in high school displayed displayed dis- dis played vast improvement of form formo to o beat an old rival Farrell Glenn former Tooele star now wearing the University of Utah colors in ill the meter run clipping nearly one and a a. half seconds from the old mark as he sprinted in at 50 He then tied the meter dash mark of and ran with three Utes on the he winning meter relay team Hugh Cannon who won the discus discus discus dis dis- dis- dis cus event may join the squad going to o the but his medal was withheld and his mark not recognized recognized recognized rec rec- Saturday because of the Cougar athletes athlete's complaints over the he manner in which the platter event vent was handled Gene Geno put up a 8 fine exhibition exhibition ex ex- against Schofield in the tho final lap of the meter 1600 relay as the B. B Y U. U team won this new event e With the South high team hopelessly out of the race was started without tho the baton almost simultaneously with the Cougar star and to the surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise of the large crowd put up upa a game battle hattie of the wa way and was only a short distance behInd behind be be- behind hind at the finish Thornely flipped the jave javelin n feet to boost his own former mark of and Dick B Bennion of Utah 23 fee 5 Inches five and a quarter inches beyond the mark formerly form held by Floyd Millett to win easily Margaret Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet Jones set a girls meter mark of and a meter 50 record of ot Event record rd and holder meter meter dash dash Dale Schofield Y meter meter dash dash t Herman Goldstein Gold GoM- stein f U Richard Boorman meter meter run run Richard Doorman Boorman meter 1600 relay relay B B. B Y U U. Leo Brooks Brook Glade Anderson Reed Crane Cran ant and Dale Schofield P 41 feet teet 10 Inches Hafen Haten Le Leavitt Y Javelin feet 53 Inches Jack Thornley Thorn Thorn- I ley le U Broad Boad jump lump p feet teet SW s Inches Dick De Bennion U meter BOO run run 2005 Ernest Barlow U meter 1500 run run i 1083 neat Ernest Barlow lio meter high hurdles 15 Dale Schofield Scho- Scho field Y mettr run run 1635 1635 I- I Eugene Hart A meter relay rei r B. B y Y 1 U. U Mel Me Warner r J. J H. H Walker alker Gourley D D. D Scho- Scho Hammer feet teet 2 inches Vernon s Scott Y t feet reet 4 inches Hugh Huh Cannon Can n non GO Y 13 feet H 4 inch lach George lf High Jump 6 mP 6 feet fed 3 Inch Clint Lar sou in Indicates new record set jet Saturday tied lied Saturday