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Show T-Birds to host meet; dog fight predicted CEDAR CITY - There are some folks around the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference who are predicting that this is the year that somebody breaks the string of Adams State College men's outdoor track championships. None of those people, however, are willing to pick just who this year's champion will be. That will all be decided Saturday at Thunderbird Stadium when Southern Utah State College hosts the conference cham-pionshops. cham-pionshops. Both men's and women's championships cham-pionships will be determined. First events start at 9:30 a.m. Following an hour of field events, the first race of the day is scheduled for 10:35 a.m.; that will be the women's 5000 meters. The men will take the track for the first time at 11:10 a.m. to run the 4 x 100 relay. The final event of the day will start at 3:50 p.m. "You have to favor Adams State still; they are the defending champions" Boyd Adams, SUSC - coach says. "There are enough other strong individuals and teams in the conference con-ference this year to really challenge Adams State. I look for a real dog fight for the team title." Western State, which, along with SUSC, probably has the best chance of ending the Adams State domination of the league, has whipped the Indians in two meets this year. The Mountaineers are led by Jerry Hollingshead, who is the defending champion cham-pion in t three events, the long jump, triple jump and high jump, and sprinter Sam Seale. Southern Utah, with a good day, could conceivably con-ceivably pick up eight or nine first places. Then, if the depth comes through, the T-Birds would have a shot at first place. "So much depends on how the strengths of the various teams are pitted against each other. Strong teams could neutralize each other to some degree. It does look like that for the first time in several years, some of the other teams have a good shot at knocking Adams State off its perch." Western New Mexico, Colorado Mines, and Southern Colorado are the other three teams in the men's competition. Southern Colorado is given an outside chance for a high finish; it appears ap-pears that Mines and WNM will have to settle for strong individual performances. Most likely SUSC candidates for first place finishes are Leo Hebert in the 100, 10.4; Russell Eyre in the 800, 1:52.82; Hernando Hernandez in the 5000, 14:25, and-or the 1500, 3:58.0; Gordon Rawlinson in the 400 intermediate hurdles; and Bruce Bryan in the pole vault, 16-0. Also good bets for blue ribbons are Adrian Sampson in the long jump, 24-2; Dave Emery in the javelin, 199-3; and the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Scott Guthrie, Eyre, Rawlinson, and Hebert, 3:18.92. |