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Show Lobos Tough In WAC5 !Colf, Track Is Best i 1 i T;':T R .; .'.GTE. This is the fourth - , ! .ir:::rrj hi.jiinght.r.q spir. sp :' .(i Mch of ,h 3;jc Vui'm Aihiot.c iri.'bifncB schools :n ; rfl,- rt-Ti...n (or the oniorence Iit nH .:. it Lae, May 22-23) Th' Lows from New Mexico ili t,.- tough all around when ;lv WAC 'schools gather this .''cki-nd The track team holds n. ny of the collegiate standards n the nation this season while i he p lf team is rated to finish i.jih up in the NCAA finale. The well-balanced squad on the track is led by frosh sprinter spr-inter Bernie Rivers who has a 9.2 record timing in the 100-yard 100-yard dash which wasn't allowed allow-ed because of a favoring wind and a 20 6 220 and defending WAC champion in both the broad jump and triple jump, ' Clarence Robinson. In the relays, it's all New -lexico with excellent times in ! he 440-relay and the mile re-ay. re-ay. Rivers teams with Walter -title, Harvey Blair and Ed Lloyd o make one of the fastest four-... ;omes in the ecountry. IARRY KENNEDY has tossed he discus 7Sy2 feet this year or the best mark of any WAC .thlete It also nears the WAC word set last season by Karl (ohnstone of Arizona. Kennedy j s third in shot putting with his best toss being 56-3 '2. The Lobos have been dubbed the team most likely to succeed in the WAC go-round with their overall depth being their biggest asset. New Mexico has the best mark in five events this campaign. cam-paign. It has three second places, four third places, two fourth plf.ces, seven fifth places and six sixth places. IF THE individual performer comes through, the Lobos will be the team to beat (could be . ) Probably the strongest point on the New Mexico spring sports scene is the performance of the golf squad. The team working on a 22 -2 -2 record last season will be seeking their second consecutive WAC crown. IN THE PiKES PEAK intercollegiate inter-collegiate golf tournament held in Colorado Springs, May 8 and 9, the Lobos grabbed a highly creditable fourth place finish against the best teams in the country. Not only will the linksters be out for the conference title but "wiU be in great shape for the NCAA. New Mexico wil be paced by WAC individual champion Guy Wimberly and Joe McDermott, fourth place finisher, and has added former New Mexico amateur am-ateur champion Tommy Horn-buckle. |