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Show 1 4 B DESERET NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1977 Jabbar takes control, Lakers face Portland High hopes Giffoid Deseret News SMirts Writer With the Western Athletic Conference track and held championships being held in Provo this weekend, Brigham Young University's ace pole vaulter, Jim Barry, feels the Cougars have a great chance to win the title. "We dont have a lot of depth," said the senior, "but we have some great individuals who should win enough points to get the championship. The likeable Barry currently holds the school record for the pole vault at BYU. In a meet on April 16, against Kansas State, he cleared the bar at 0 on his first jump, which was his own personal high. Then the bar was raised to which he cleared. NU-Im- By f .rf I x 5 W' Wv V wa.-iii- i 15-- 17-- Jim Barry . 17-- made 17-- 6 on his next attempt after which he set the 0 record of Barry tried three times but missed on each He 17-- senior year and currently holds the state record of 117. That year the Tigers captured the state title in track and field. Barry credits most of his success to Jim Blaylock who taught him how to bend the pi 1c in order to soar to greater heights. "Blaylock has helped me more than anybody," said Barry, "even to the extent of me breaking his records. Jim always wanted to attend t recruited BYU, but lie heavily out of high school. He went to Coach Clarence Robison and the coach offered Barry a As a partial scholarship. 0 freshman he vaulted then interrupted his pole vaulting career to serve an LDS mission. "It was pretty tough coming off my mission because I had lost a lot of speed. Jim noted. Barry has been married for about two yeuis and has a son 10 months old. His family supports him 100 percent and occasionally they will travel with me to some of the away meets we have, Jim mentioned. After the track season, the Barrys will move to Washington, D C., where Jim has been accepted to dental school at Georgetown University. The major thing on his mind now is the WAC track and field meet and with the Cougars as the darkhorse, Jim Barry is a vital factor to their success. . . BYU vaulter bar at he recalled At that time I was going over on the wrong side of the pole, Success didnt come easy for Jim. He practiced as the years went by, but he never placed in any of the meets held around Utah County. It wasnt until he was a junior at Orem High School that things started looking half-wa- y bright for him. That year our team took second in the state finals, and I took third in the pole vault. Jim worked hard between his junior and senior year in high school and came back to win the state pole vault championship his 18-- occasion. The record Jim broke had been held by Alti Alarotu at 17-- 5 set in 1968. On being asked why he could jump nine inches higher than he had ever jumped before Barry two commented by saying, weeks prior to the lecoid we weie competing in the Texas Relays. I cleared 0 by a large margin so I knew I could go higher. Jim started his track career in die fourth grade. "I cleared the 17-- INGLEWOOD, Calif For the first 14 'IT'D minutes, it looked like it would he he Golden State Warnois and not the Los Angeles Lakeis against Bill Walton and Co in the next round of the NBA playofts But looks sometimes are deceiving. 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