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Show KAY S VILLE one folks! Preps Gear Up For 27th Davis High - You wont want to miss this THIS FRIDAY and Saturday at Davis High commenses the 27th annual staging of the Davis High Track and Field Invitational which is luring 22 schools to its meet this year. Only three schools, Granite, Granger and Cyprus, will not be in attendance. But besides the number of schools that will be there, it will be the quality and depth that will keep most fans on their feet. This year there has been a tremendous speculation about who will win the crown in track and field which is to be held two weeks later at Weber State College. 4-- 4-- A 4-- A Invitational WILL IT BE the Hillcrest Huskies, who have won the state crown two years in a row? Can the Viewmont Vikings overcome recent injuries and come back to destroy everyone like they did at the Weber State Invitational? Or can the wizard of Falcon track and field, John Flint, find a way to get his Clearfield team up over the hill and net their first ever state title after finishing second in the running for it the past two years? These three schools are making quite a show of things so far in the track season and theyll all be at Davis High this Friday and Saturday to battle it out for all the marbles. BUT AS YOU talk about Hillcrest, Viewmont and Clearfield, dont count out the Layton Lancers who beat out an injured-riddle- d Viewmont team for fourth place at the 70th annual BYU Invitational last Saturday. Coach Russ Jones has his Lancers moving. All field events in the Davis Invitational will be conducted and concluded on Friday the 6th. They start at 10 a. m. and go through the remainder of the day. TRIALS IN the running events begin at 1 p.m. on Friday and continue on until 5 p.m. that evening. On Saturday, the finals in all running events except the boys 3200 meters and the girls 1600 meters, take place from p.m. Those two distance events will be the only running events with finals on Friday. THERE WILL promise to be some interestthis week in Kaysville. The ing match-up- s Myron Cooper-Bubb- a Conley rivalry in the 400 meters will be as exciting as any. Dont forget the medley relay where Viewmont, Clearfield and Layton have all turned in very impressive times, and very close together 1- -5 too. THE 100 and 200 meters will be testy with Viewmonts Jon Warner, Bonnevilles Bruce Keyes and Easts Troy Vealey battling it out. The hurdle races will again pit Hillcrests Kyle Jensen against Viewmonts Dave Chowen. Schools 22 Gather At Davis 4-- A Friday: 10 a.m. Field Boys and Girls Event Trials and Finals Saturday: 1:00 p.m. Boys and Girls Running Events Finals SECTION MAY 4, 1983 ' Lancers Sport Finest Hour In Track At BYU Inv. a day for local last at ;tracksters Saturdays BYU Invitational in Provo as Clearfields boys and girls teams finished in third place respectively, Laytons boys had their finest hour to date and plenty of first places dotted their trail to glory. It was quite , i HILLCREST did emerge as the grand ner of the meet, both on the boys and girls sides. Payson finished second among the boys 'and Clearfield was third. ;! It was the surprising finish of the Lancers that had at least the Layton fans excited. THE FOLLOWING is a breakdown of how they did: 4. Boy we did good, said Russ Jones, It ;was unreal. Layton finished just behind the .Falcons for fourth place with 36 points as the Clearfield team could do no better than 42 points. ; , through the efforts of sophomore Eric Thompson, who took sixth in the discus event, but the things that didnt come through for them, hurt them the most. J.C. VonCollin was again consistent in the field events where he took first in the discus (154-4- ) and second in the shot put. The shot put loss was J.C.s first this year but it came from the hands of Mark Girola of a Nevada high School. Girola tossed his winning shot 55-- 1 1 Vi feet while J.C.s went 54-1- 1. 'lilli 15-1- f 6-- 5. 3. I it Clearfield Falcons J Though third place isnt that bad. Coach John Flint may have been a little disappointed that his troops didnt do just a little better at the $th annual BYU Invitational. ?. THERE WERE a lot of good things to report, OTHER SUPERB performances came from Laytons Melba Tyson who took fifth in the high hurdles, Suzy Orton of Davis who was fifth in the 100 meters. More impressive finishes were recorded by Davis Tammy Duke in the 400 meters where she took fifth, Davis medley relay team which captured sixth place, Davis Julie Molyneaux who got fifth in the 3200 meters and Davis sixth place in the mile relay. 100-met- er mi. g rj i s Brains- And Less - CLEARFIELD There is such a person in the Falcons world of track and field, who is called a smart runner. The kid happens to be senior long distance ace, Bill Wilcox. I behind them. Were very defmetly improving and haven't peaked yet. Last Saturday was our finest hour for sure, he said, y The medley relay team, a second place finisher at the meet, qualified for the state meet with their effort. The Lancers time of 3:41.37 ls their best time of the year. That time was just of a second off the winning time set by Hillcrest. The medley was made up of Charles Hanor, Phil Johnson, Dave Kirkham, and Tre-fo- r Figgins. Our kids were tickled to death ith that race, said Jones. r JERRY COOPER really came alive for the Lancers Saturday. The senior athlete finished fourth in the high jump with a measure of Cooper was also a terror in javelin where he finished second and qualified for state with a (trow of 171-Phil Johnson just narrowly missed the finals Of the 100 meters and Tom Kidd was just one inch from placing in the Top Six in the long jump. Kidd also ran the 300 IM hurdles where fie tripped over one of the final hurdles where has shoe came off. But despite it, Tom finished fee race and was given a generous round of applause from the fans who witnessed it. Clements. Another first place performance was capped by Sharon Anderson in the 300 meter low hurdles. The Falcon runner ran that race in the time of 46:58. ilcox A Busy Fellow "iWitfti ! ABOUT THE MEET, Jones felt his fourth place finish was legitimate. Were coming on 4nd though we probably wont get Clearfield in tjegion or state, we could very well finish right OTHER OUTSTANDING finishes in the girls portion of the meet included a first place crossing by the Falcons Stephanie Clements in the 400 meters. Davis Highs sprint relay team of Darlene Stockton, Sonya Rees, Tammy Duke and Suzy Orton sped to a first place in that event. And another local finish came from Clearfields mile relay team of Sharon Anderson, Lisa Garcia, Kris Done and Stephanie , ' LEADING THE way for Laytons fine finish 'was the running of senior Myron Cooper. The 'second year track man nipped Clearfields Bubba Conley for the championship in the 400 meters and later took fourth place in the 800 .meters. It was Myrons smartest race yet, said Jones, It was mental and physical working !side by side. In the 400 meters we mapped out Who was on the outside and who was on the inside. With only 75 yards to go in that race, I thought Bubba might catch him and Myron could hear his footsteps. But if anyone was .watching Myrons face you could tell he reached way down for everything he had and pulled away. THE 400 METER classic between Myron and Bubba was run in the rain and Myrons time was just barely off the school record set 6y Charles Waller in 1978. J The Lancers were tied with Clearfield for third place going into the days final event, the feile relay. But it was there the Falcons finished second and Layton could do no better than fifth. PROVO - Clearfields Laura Zaugg had her finest day in track and field last Saturday at the 70th annual BYU Track and Field Invitational. The junior trackster won the womens hepthalon with 4,033 points to finish ahead of Murrays Shelly Jardon who got second with 3,358. -- Davis Darts Conley will definitely have his hands full when it comes to region championship time, having to battle both Kevin Anderson of Weber and Myron Cooper of Layton for the 400 meter title. ANOTHER SECOND place finish was tabbed by the mile relay team which had one of their finest times of the year, a 3:29.10. Other Top Six places went to Lane Fishbum in the pole vault, where he went 12-Another place went to the sprint relay team which Gds Also Bo Davis Del Espinosa made a brief comeback last Saturday and it was good enough to net him fifth place in the 800 meter run. THE ONLY other top six finisher was netted I win-- . Zaugg Wins Hepthalon gathered in fifth place. THE NEXT BEST finish was that of Bubba Conley in the 400 meters where he was beaten, not by Brad Cook of Payson, but by his archrival from Layton Myron Cooper. Conleys second place finish was clocked at 50.25 while Cooper went in at 49.71. I Clearfields Dean Foulger hands off to Dirk Barlow in recent medlay relay race. Going To Be Close YOU CAN PUT it a couple of ways. Wilcox, first of all, carries a very impressive 3.878 grade point average with 3 AP classes included, which was good enough to earn him an academic scholarship to Utah State University next fall. Combine that with the fact he serves as the schools yearbook editor, is a member of the senior committee and even finds time to be an LDS Seminary Council member. But theres another reason Wilcox might be considered a brilliant strider. It has to do with the common sense philosophy that in order to be a decent runner at all, youve got to spend some time at it. Wilcox will be the first to admit that. THANKS TO Wilcox committment to be he can be, Clearfields chances of dehold on the Region fending their One title in track and field looks even brighter. three-year-o- Coach John Flint and Clearfield track enthusiasts have learned a lesson that the infamous former. UCLA coach, John Wooden taught, Its not the hardest thing to win your first championship, but the real test comes in staying the champion. IN FLINTS tenure at Clearfield High, the track team has amassed four region titles and most notably, they have won it three consecutive years. We and everyone else have every intention someday of knocking Clearfield out of their nest, said a Region One track coach recently, And this year might be our best chance to do it. What the track coach says about this year is definitely on the up and up. Clearfield is powerful once again, if not one of the three best teams in the state. But teams like Layton, Weber and Sky View have all out possibilities of edging the Falcons in Jhe Region One meet to be staged at Weber State College on May 12 and 13. CLEARFIELD as a team has usually performed well at Weber State but Russ Jones claims his Layton team has always had their problems in Wildcat Stadium. Sky View would just as soon have the meet closer to home and Weber probably doesnt care one way or the other. And how about cold weather? Heres where the Lancers have got to have the plus. Said one coach at the BYU Invitational last weekend, Layton always performs well in cold weather. No one really knows what kind of conditions will prevail at Weber next week, but Jones realizes his kids have done better when its cold. Last weekend in the cold and muck at BYU, Layton as a team finished fourth in the title race, edging out powerful Viewmont. COACHES WILL be going for points in the 1983 meet, but as Flint says, Strategy will be important. A wrong move in a critical area could spell disaster for anyone. One of the featured areas of running will be staged in the 400 meters, 800 meters, mile and medley relays. Clearfield, Layton and Weber have talented preps each one of these areas which primarily includes Clearfields Bubba Conley, Laytons Myron Cooper and Webers Kevin Anderson. THE FOLLOWING is a list of the schools that will produce the winning athlete or team in the 17 boys events, at least in my opinion. In the 400 meters, Clearfield; 800 meters, Layton; 1600 meters, Weber; 3200 meters, Weber; 400 meter relay, Bonneville or Sky View; medley relay, Clearfield or Layton; mile relay, Clearfield or Layton; high hurdles, Roy; 300 IM hurdles, Roy; javelin, Sky View or Weber; discus, Clearfield; shot put, Clearfield; long jump, Sky View; high jump, Weber, 100 meters, Bonneville; 200 meters, Sky View; pole vault, Clearfield. FLINT, WHO is expecting Wilcox to really come through in the region meet next week, says, Bill and I sat down a while ago and tried to evaluate a few priorities and some goals he set way back as a sophomore. Of course I was prejudice about it, but I knew there was still time for Bill to reach some of those things he originally wanted. Lately hes been coming around. Hes always been one that could handle pressure and because of that I know hell do a good job for us. t the best Region Meet Nears THINGS are bound to get better for me because of the speed workouts were getting into right now, said Wilcox. Wilcoxs father, Floyd, who happens to be an assistant principal at the school, is in Bills words, one of my best fans. ld A dream that has kept the motor running throughout his senior year, has been to finish among the Top 6 in the annual state meet. With some of his other busy activities beginning to taper off somewhat, Wilcox seems relieved that hell be able to spend more time trimming his times in the mile and two mile runs. IT IS MY senior year, my final year to compete, said Wilcox, That has weighed on my mind quite a bit. Coach (John) Flint has, in his own special way, convinced me that this is it. He is right. Flint told me before the Icebreaker and the Weber State Invitationals, that Id never have another chance to compete in those races again. It did something to me when he said it to me, like I wanted to go out for the last time and do my very best, AND BILL DID do his best! In two years at the Weber State meet, which each year attracts the finest in the state of Utah, Bill hadnt been able to cash in on a pretty medal or a But because of Flints coaxing and primarily his own determination, Wilcox placed fifth in the grueling two mile race which was good enough for one of those medals. e Wilcox will run both the mile and in the upcoming region meet (May 12 and 13) at Weber State College. There is definite and positive vibes that he should and could do very well in both events. Wilcoxs best time to date in the two mile has been 9:48 but that was recorded a year ago. At present he is running at a 10:02 clocking but claims hell have that down to a 9:40 by region time. His best time in the mile has been 4:32. two-mil- I THINK youll see a big drop in his times right around the corner, said Flint. |