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Show ' 4C Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, May 4, 1983 ; 'Vi 'M',- t wt 1 t Highland, Leopard G DominerfG w Region Pour Tonni G Moefl ly - Davis County High School tennis teams have problems with keeping up with the Joneses" as shown in the Region Four championships last Friday and Saturday at Liberty Park. Armed with players who practice and are instructed at Salt Lake racquet clubs, Highland and East dominated the meet, leaving Davis County Schools far behind. . placed are: John Neil, fourth singles; place, number-twSteve Sargent third place, number- Nestman and Robinson are the former Woods Cross numbe- BARRY KAWA Review Staff r-one with 20, Davis with 11, Bountiful, 6, and Viewmont and Woods Cross came in last place with 2 points each. In the singles and doubles division, no Davis County school finished better than third behind either a Highland ':6r,E&st player. ' ; They have club players who had 'a tennis racquet in their hand before a baby rattle,' said Woods Cross Coach Craig Glover,' explaining the Salt Lake teams' domination. Rfegion state '.jFojlr qualifying for the ' journey will be held May 4 number-tw- o o singles singles; Scott Hill and Paul Bithell, third place, number-two doubles; and Bryan Mark Miller, fourth and Butler doubles. number-on- e place, In region one, which includes teams from Sky View, to reLayton, there are no official players who were combined as a doubles team by Coach Glover to give them a chance to qualify for state. Their third place finish in region is remarkable, considering that they had never played a doublea match together before Friday. -three 4-- A gion standings this season. between Each schools is viewed as a practice match in preparation for the state qualifying tournament at As for number-on- e and numbesingles players, their chances of going to state were pretty marginal," said Glover. Robinson said that he and Nestman make a pretty good team since they play a serve and volley game which allows them to play aggressively all the time. Davis High Coach John Dawson said Kwon has an excellent chance to get a state berth Friday. Eight singles players and four doubles teams will qualify for state. Ward combined his r-two . Highland finished with 24 points to garner the region championship, followed by East and . number-tw- o and duo-matc- h Ogden High School on May 9 and 10. Instead of having to play in number-on- e number-tw- singles, o dousingles, number-oneach so bles and player is on, tossed into either the singles section or doubles team competition and the best players overall qualify for state. This is the forfirst year for this mat, which also seeds players res according to their cord in practice matches. I think its a very poor sete number-thre- e pro-styl- e singles players into a doubles team also, and explained that this was an acceptable proce- won-los- dure. Youre not breaking the hon- - up, says Clearfield Coach or system unless you drop your Lynn Thorne. I feel the whole at Liberty Park. best players down," said Ward. philosophy of high school sports If you lower your number-on- e Eugene Kwon of Davis, who is the team concept. As far as singles player to number-three- ,, finished third in number-on- e going to state, it will all be indisihgles, and Gary Nestman and then thats breaking it. But putvidual now. Eric Robinson of Woods Cross, ting them as your number-on- e Teams in region one which who finished third in number-on- e doubles team is acceptable." will be trying to qualify players doubles are the only players The honor system" for state include: Sky View, of the Davis County teams that is one reason for the changes in Bonneville, Clearfield, Roy, are expected to qualify for the the region tournaments this Layton, and Weber. The local state tourney. year. A controversy over an Og- favorite to win the singles qualKwon is known for his strong den High Schools girls team in ifying is Chuck Bierwald. return of his opponents service, the fall where a coach put her Sky View and Bonneville which he credits to his rabbit best player in a lower division players are expected to domihops. I hit the ball a lot harder was a major factor in the nate the region one qualifying and react quicker when I change. In past years, coaches next week. Layton Coach David bounce up and down," said were on their honor to play Nielson expects the new format Kwon. I just started doing it the players where their ability to hurt the playand it made me faster to be able merited. ers and give the better players a to get to wide serves. Other Davis players who better shot to qualify for state. , 4--A 13-1- ; last week. Kwon placed third in the singles. EUGENE KWON of Davis prepares to hit a backhand in the Region Four tennis meet ( lower-ranke- number-on- e d Roy Duo Training for Olympics By BLISS FULLMER Review Correspondent t While most track enthusiasts throughout Utah have focused their attention on college and high school meets, track history was being established in a sparsely-attende- d road race west of the Salt Lake Airport. Three of the fastest distance men in Utah ran in that race and all three broke the Utah state record. Contestants, ranging in age from six to 56, competed in a 5,000 meter (3.1 mile) run. Phil Peterson, former BYU star, crossed the finish line first, just seconds ahead of Doug Friedli and Paul Pilkington, former distance men out of Weber State, who now train in the Roy area. All three runners surpassed the existing state record in times of 14:18.59, 14:22.16 and 14:26.80 respectively. The race was held on rectangula- asphalt streets r-shaped running through an industrial park, one mile west of the Salt Lake International Airport and was sanctioned by the Life SafetyLaw EnforcementArm-e- d Forces Road Race Championship Series. Peterson, Friedli and Pilkington made it a three-ma- n race, although there were a dozen different categories of runners. Youngest of the lot was Jeff Bray of Holladay, Utah, and the eldest was Beverly Shoshoni Crum, a Indian woman, who is currently All runners were breathing hard when they finished the race, but the three runners showed the strains of the race much less than the rest of the field. One middle-agerunner was gasping in loud grunts as he attending the University of crossed the finish line and threw Utah. She finished the race 10 up. Others had to have assistminutes behind the three ance to even remain on their leaders. feet and moving, after the race. Friedli and Pilkington set the One unique runner raced with a pace for the first two miles of head-se- t and tape recorder the race, and then Pilkington playing rock music. "Rock ' made his move. music gives me energy, he I dont have the kick that said. Doug and Phil use in finishing Peterson, Friedli and Pilkingthe race, said Pilkington, so I ton are all training for a shot at tried to put some distance bet- the United States 1984 Olympic ween us midway in the race, but Team, and all three are serious they stayed right on my heels, contenders. They plan to run in and then with about half a mile a 109,000 meter run scheduled to go, Phil began to move out, for Memorial Day at and he sprinted the last 300 Park in Salt Lake City.Liberty Plans yards. , are to include such notables as e holDoug and I stayed with him Henry Marsh, the until he opened up with 300 der of the world record in the yards to go, and thats where he steeple chase, and Doug Padilbeat us. la, who currently owns the I was right with him, until world record in the 5,000 meter half a dozen of the that last 300 yards," echoed race, plus best distance runners. nations Friedli. That Peterson really has a strong kick." The trio had crossed the finish line before anyone else was, even around the last turn, down the road. THE ASSOCIATED d one-tim- half-a-mi- le STUDENTS OF WEBER STATE COLLEGE PRESENTS AND Dont Lose All Thats Been Gained... 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