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Show Page . IB South Edition ; oW Lakeside Review Wednesday, August 8,. 1984," Marsh Qualifies For Bountiful's Henry Marsh, still feeling the effects of a nagging virus he hasn't been able to shake since before the Olympic trials, Monday night qualified for the semifinal round of the 3,000-met- - er steeplechase. Marsh said he knew that before he ran. even with the virus, he would qualify for the semifinals, which he did by finishing fourth in his heat with a time of 8:29.23. Marsh ran in last place for the first half of the race, but said he wasn't worried about qualifying. I planned to run lajSsi which is a pace I knew would qualify me, but those leaders started too fast. Marsh said. leaders also finished fast. The winner, Julius Kariuki of Kenya, finished the race nearly K) .seconds ahead of Marsh, and Marsh thought that may have beeri a mistake. "The time was too fast for qualifying heats. The fast pace didnt bother me, knew 1 was on an 8:25 pace and that it would be enough to qualify me, Marsh said. 1 Marsh ran what appeared to be a comfortable pace throughout the race, hanging back but keeping close enough to place in the top six and automatically qualify for the semifinals. But Marsh said because of the pace the leaders set, he could probably finish farther back than sixth and still qualify. I knew we were in the fastest heat, and the three fastest outside the first six in each heat qualify for the finals, Marsh said. I was pretty sure seventh or eighth would be safe, but at the end figured Id better not take a chance, and I may. have edged ahead of two guys who quit running just before the finish, he added. Marsh figures he will have to run about five seconds faster in to make it to the the final race for the gold. Coming into the Olympics, Marsh was nearly everyone's to win the gold especially since defending World Champion Patrick Ilg of West Germany was unable to run 1 semi-fina- ls odds-on-favori- te in the emifinals Olympics because of a Ilg beat Marsh in 1983 when Marsh stumbled over the last barrier and finished fourth. ' But when it became public in July that Marsh had been ill since just before the trials, the pick for a favorite was again up in the air. Marsh began feeling weak a few days before the trials in Los and susAngeles on June 16-2- 3 pected he had contracted a virus from his pregnant wife and children. Marsh impressively won the trials, but the three races that would be a drain on a healthy runner, allowed the virus to get a stronger hold. The night Marsh returned home his wife went into labor and gave birth to a boy. All that left Marsh with little time for sleep in his already tired condition, and the virus put him in bed, flat on his back, for three weeks. The virus has been diagnosed as being inside the cell, and therea fore, the only cure is rest prescription that has terrible contraindications for an athlete in training for what may be the' most important race of his life. Marsh said that within the last week the virus has seemed to release its grip, but without the distance training he has needed to prepare for the race, it may be difficult for him to have the kind of race Friday he will need to win ER STEEPLECHASE Illustration by Oan Burr the gold. The semi-fin- al round is sched-- HEURY MARSH . uled for tonight. lUJUSTKKltTP y Darts Get New Coach, Retain Traditional Offense ' KAYSVILLE The Davis High School football team will have a new head coach this season, but the Darts will retain their traditional offense, defense and as much of the program as possible, according to new coach .Jim Dickson. Ward Sawley, who spent the 'past five years guiding the Darts to five straight region titles, July 3ft. handed in his resignation to accept an opportunity in business as a representative for an Ogden investment consulting firm. Dickson, an assistant to Sawley the past five years, was named the new coach Aug. 1. - . Dickson has been the defensive coordinator and weight trainer for.the Darts, and predicts the transition between coaches will be a smooth one. - -- He said the players may be shocked by Sawleys announce- championship. Another factor that may heave ment, but they should have no problem adjusting to the change. had a bearing on his decision to Dickson added he will keep the leave coaching is the publics attiofDarts unique double-win- g tude toward teachers. fense. The general publics attitude toward teachers is poor. Teachers Sawley said many factors entered into his decision to leave work hard, but the public seems the ranks of coaching and teach- to think what they do is not vefy ing for a new business career. important. I think it is. This is one thing One of the reasons Sawley left is because he felt he had exper-iece- d the public needs to take by the nearly everything he could horns and cope better than it has as a coach. ' the past few years, Sawley said. Ive been involved in coachSawley said he is not going to ing for nearly 20 years and I feel divorce himself from football, not reached a dead end Ive and has some regrets about leavbut I feel Ive gone about as high ing, but this business opportunity as I can go personally. Ive done affords him a chance he cannot what I can do, Sawley said. pass up, he said. ' One thing Sawley said he reDickson came The grets leaving undone in his career to Davis as ?n assistant coach in as head coach is his team's failure, 1978. He coached the Davis Justate nior High football team for three to the capture years previously, guiding them to the county championship his last year there. He has been the Dart defensive coordinator the past three years and has been the wrestling coach the past four year. Dickson was raised in Burley, Idaho, and played football for Ricks College. He received a degree in physical education from Utah State University in 1973, received his masters degree from in Brigham Young University 1981. Dickson will continue as wrestling coach in addition to his new responsibilities in football. Sawley said he felt better about leaving knowing Dickson is the new coach. The transition should be smooth for the the school and for the team, Sawley said. WARD SAWLEY JIM DICKSON Charity, Players Win In United Cerebral Palsy Benefit Tfans dont seem to care as much who wins a charity game as they do regular season games. The school partisanship isnt there, and no matter who ends with more points, the winners are the charity and all the participants. The players dont share the fans easy attitude about the outcome, however, which explains the intensity with which the 11th all-st- ar annual United Cerebral Palsy Classic footHigh School All-Stball game was played. came from beThe 4A hind, putting together a ar all-sta- rs 94-ya- rd drive in the last quarter to edge 2 in the conthe 3 A squad 14-1- test. Both teams made the mistakes youd expect to see from teams, or not, that had been practicing together only a matter all-sta- rs of weeks. The 4A team had trouble connecting even on open passes and the 3As option running attack was plugged up before it ever got going. Two big reasons the 3A ground game stalled were Davis defensive specialists Jeff Sampson and ' Greg McNabb. Those are two of the finest kids Ive ever had a chance to work with and two fine players too, said Doug Berry, the 4A head coach from state champion Kent Skidmore and Clearfields Alta High School. Greg Folk. They are both tough and quick, especially for their size. They are not small, but they play bigger than they are. It is obvious they are also they have an excellent knowledge of the game, he adwell-coach- ed ded. Three other players who were effective in stopping the 3A run were Laytons Chris Shoop, Roys They didnt start, but they played alot and were very effective against the option. We shut them down better than I ever thought we would, Berry said. One area of the 4As game plan that didnt work out as well as planned was its passing attack. Berry had two outstanding passing duos in Hillcrests Bill Robertson throwing to Marty Haws and Olympuss Richard throwing to Andy Boyce. Er-ics- on And the 4A coach always made sure he put the two combinations in together, which may explain why Viewmont Kirk Tidwell didn't catch many balls. Tidwell was a real surprise. When we started to work in practice the receivers most people were thinking about were Haws and Boyce, but Tidwell is a fine receiver. He ran good routes and was open, but he kind of got lost in the talk about the other two, Berry said. Area Swimmers Do Well At USSA Meet The Clearfield Phantoms joyed high overall awards, broke a meet record, and placed high in individual events at the United States Swimming Association sanctioned state swim meet. Cottonwood Heights Recreation Center was the site of the annual state swimming championships July Nineteen teams from throughout Utah competed in this gruel24-2- 8. ing five-da- y meet. Erik Keskula, 8, of Roy was third in the race, broke the meet record in the butterfly, and placed in the money in nine of the ten events in which he competed. , The results tollow: high-poi- nt 100-met- er - Tony Keskufreestyle Jason Vauohn, 4th. -- 14 under, Erik Sam Vaugltn, 4th. Keskula, 3rd; 2, 4, breaststroke Tony Kes6, Mike Zidow, 3rd kula, 6th; & I under, Erik Kesbutterfly kula, 2nd. la, 3rd, breaststroke - - butterfly 2nd - Jason Vaughn,. 6, - backstroke t & under, Erik Keskula, 4th, 9 & 10, Peter Vaughn, 7th & I under, Erik Kesfreestyle Sam Vaughn, Colby Tanner, kula, 4th; Mike Zidow, Jason Vaughn, 8th. 8th, 8 & Under, Erik Kesfreestyle Ja- -' Sam Vaughn, 4th; 6, kula, 4th; 2, son Vaughn, 7th. 4, Individual medley Tony Jason Vaughn, 5th. Keskula, 7th; 2, Sam Vaughn, freestyle 4, 5th; Jason Tony Keskula, 4th; 15-Vaughn, 7th. d, 8 8. under, Kyle freestyle Mike Zi3rd, Erik Keskula, 8th; dow, 1st; open, Marleen Storing, 8th. 8 6 under, Kyle backstroke - - - - - - - 7th. backstroke Vaughn, 6th. - 6, Jason mreaststroke 8 8. under, Erik Peter' Keskula, 4th; Kyle Kofoed, 5th; 6, Sam Vaughn, 7th; Vaughn, 4th; Mike Zidow, 2nd -8 8. under, individual medley 2, Sam Vaughn, 4th; Erik Keskula, 2nd; Jason Vaughn, 7th. 8 8. under, Erik Kesbutterfly Peter Vaughn, 4th kula, 2nd; butterfly - Jason Vaughn, 3rd, open, Steven Tavlor, 4th. Brian Johanson, David Langford, Colby Tanner and Sam Baughn placed third In the 2 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle and Relays 400 Individual medley. The team of Tony Keskula, Jason Vaughn, Mike Zidow and Steve Taylor swimming In the open event placed fourth In the 400 freestyle , t and the 400 Individual medley. - |