Show Vernal Panthers bag top honors The Vernal Junior High grade track team garnered first place last Saturday at the Craig Invitational with a total of 63 points Following Vernal In the standings were second 32 Rangely third 24 Glenwood Springs Colorado fourth 21 Moffat County fifth 14 2 14 Steamboat Springs sixth 14 Meeker seventh 4 and Aspen Colorado eighth 1 VERNAL JUNIOR High willbe will willbe willbe be hosting the Basin Day Tournament Friday on the Uintah High School track Ninth eighth and seventh grade teams from Vernal Rangely Craig Roosevelt Duchesne Altamont and West will compete compete com com- pete in the tourney There will willbe willbe be boys and girls ev events The action will begin at 10 am a.m. The Panthers captured five first places in the Craig Invitational Invitational Invitational In In- last Saturday Ron Ellis garnered first places in inthe inthe inthe the high jump 58 and in the yard low hurdles Kay captured first places in inthe inthe inthe the yard dash in the triple jump and in the yard dash Ellis set a new Vernal Junior High record in high jump witha w with a- a leap of 58 Ellis Ronald Nelsons Nelson's record ii f f 1 58 which was set in 1969 during Basin Day SI with a time of in inthe inthe inthe the broke the Craig Invitational Invitational Invitational In In- record in the yard dash The old record was also tied lied the Craig Invitational Invitational Invitational In In- record in the trials of the with a time of Vernal nabbed six second places in the Craig Invitational John Merkley placed second in inthe inthe inthe the yard dash and garnered second place in the yard dash Other Vernal Panthers who gained second places were Rod Powell yard run 2222 Marty McCarrell McCarrell McCarrell Mc- Mc Carrell triple jump Clark McClellan yard low hurdles and Vernal's yard relay team David Stone Marty McCarrell Clark McClellan and David Jones 1436 Gaining third places for Vernal were Scott Spaulding pole vault 90 John Merkley shot put Clark Mc Mc- Clellan vard yard dash and David Stone triple jump Placing fourth or fifth in the tourney were John Merkley high jump 56 fourth Clark McClellan high jump 53 fifth Kay yard dash fourth Marty McCarrell McCarrell McCarrell Mc Mc- Carrell long jump fourth Larry Campbell long jump fifth and David Jones yard run 2243 four fourth h. h |