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Show Saturday track action Ute runners sweep meet put) By ERIK SWANSON Chronicle Staff It wasn't a day of shattered records, or a roaring emotion-swept emotion-swept crowd, but Saturday's first home track meet of the season did see some excellent individual efforts, and Utah won. The University gathered 85 points to Idaho State's distant total of bb and Utah State's 51. Despite the wide spbehveen Pau Harker, Ute hurdler, strains to overtake the leader in ' Saturday. He finally won the race, and high jump also, net win the meet. Utah did especially well in long-distance Pl -Photo by Steve SdW team scores, the meet was much closer than final numbers U was in the two distance runs, he steeplechase and three-mile, Utah picked up 19 of their points. The Utes swept the first four places in the three mile, with Roger Ellis, Mark Delaney Walt Churchill, and Dave Robertson finishing in that order. The real crowd pleaser of the afternoon, if several hundred people constitute a crowd, was Utah's premier distance man Roger Ellis. Ellis, an Australian, went all out in winning both tne steeplechase and three-m.le. Brent Webster, back from a bout with the flu, also performed well as he won the 440-yard dash in 47.7 seconds. The only event to put anyone on the edges of their seats was the 100-yard dash. It was not until the event had been run that the climactic tension began. It seemed Jerry Holms of Utah State finished the 100 amongst the top three. However, his timer somehow lost track of Holms, and when the times were compared, i i.i. ii minimi II mill I and winners listed, he was omitted. omit-ted. Immediately a protest was lodged, and it was Kodak In-stamatic In-stamatic to the rescue. A photo of the finish pictured Holms in the top three, but it was difficult to tell whether he was second or third. Upon further consultation Holms was given the benefit of the doubt, and awarded second place. Several minutes later the benefit was retracted, and Holms was demoted to third place, where he stayed That ' that. By the way, Utah's'; Odom won the event with " time. Ute Coach Pete Carlsor pleased with the win plained that his objective: stage is to bring his squad tj condition. Carlson said that Saturday',-and Saturday',-and meets against such top--competitors as BVU Oklahoma in weeks py having the desired eltV conditioning upon his tee- |