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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, October 4, 1981 P5 Cummings Breaks Record in St . George 11 By Ed Rogers Tribune Corresjxndint ST. GEORGE Paul Cummings of Orem capped a fine summer of road racing here Saturday with a record-- ) breaking ierformance in the rth running of the St George Marathon Cummings led a record field of 1,516 which came from 22 states, the District Columbia and Canada to win what has become Utahs most popular marathon. And the former NCAA mile champion and BYU track star won only the eighth marathon he has ever run in style, breaking the course record with a time of two hours, 15 seconds. That time, believed to be the fastest marathon ever run in Utah, bettered Cummings personal record of 2:22 0 by over seven minutes as the former Cougar star participated in his eighth Paul Cummings of Orem approaches finish line in winning the St. George Marathon. Weber Rallies Past Bobcats Continued From Page D--l reception, did the scoring honors when he hauled a five-yar- d lob pass in the left comerof the end zone from Myers. That drive right before the half really put some spark into us, admitted Price. What did it take? 40 seconds? That was a pretty drive. Weber, still trying to scale the mountain it had built with its own mistakes in the early stages of the game, took its first lead of the afternoon when Myers y drive with a splended capped a 7 touchdown pass to Eric Allen. The advantage was made possible largely by Myers, who read a Montana State safety blitz beautifully on the play and delivered a strike to Allen with 6:06 remaining in the third period. The tension grew taut again, however, when field goal just seven MSUs Carter booted a seconds into the fourth quarter, allowing the Bobcats was to creep within But Carters three-pointto be MSUs final points of the shootout, thanks to a sturdy Weber defense. ' Weber Sate gave itself some breathing room when Myers flipped a pass to Miller and Scott Roth march on a five-yar- d capped an sprint around right end with 12 : 07 to play . That made it 0 for the Wildcats, but the victory was not assured until linebackers Danny Rich and Bob Casper, and defensive tackle Curtis McGhan engineered two significant defensive plays to stop Bobcat drives. minutes and Ijike, finished third with 3 03 50 time. Wheelchair cornXtitor Cuil Bi iukuiHii of American Fork finished with a 1.59 time to better his own previous record of 2.02 and win his classification easily by beating Jim Peterson of Layton. The town of St. George really rolled out the red carpet for the marathon competitors who, as usual, had a variety of individual stories to tell for their efforts. The course and race organization drew praise a Steve Naylor, 2 21.5. another Salt Lake runner, crossed the finish line at 2:24.33 to finish fourth. Former women's record holder Enid Rust of Sandy, running in the 35 to 39 age group, captured the overall womens title in the race with a time of from most of the marathoners who competed St. George people and the Dixie area really turn me on," said 58 year-olDick 'Valsh of I .as Vegas "This was a most beautifully nin race Fe been in. perhaps the best of the 55 iiiuiaihons run in over the past 12 years Ive run all the major races on the west coast, in Boston, Phoenix, New York and four times in d the Deseret tant, Chuck Hansen. "Weve really had a special day today, with a "Everything went extremely well tixlay," he said "We had better weather than ever before and no health problems to .speak of along the way. lot of We're really pleased with the way things finished His sentiments were echoed by his chief assis News ternfic The participants seemed to agree. It was a marvelous U U1MJU marathon and I'm more thrilled with the people and the way things went today than at any other time. folks com- peting I can really say now that Im glad its all over " VII race and very well organized, said Dick Tan of Sandy, whose 2:48.34 time was good enough for 13th in the mens masters division. "It was just gorgeous today, said Susan Jones of Sandy, who finished second in the womens 9 age group. open 25-2- V uHeuS uS aSE D0ua tfrn iij o)wn Race director Ron Ploger was pleased with the way the race he has worked so hard to plan progressed. Lot-G- o, Penetrant and Solvent Battery Protector Battery Cleaner Ignition Sealer 3.01.9. INSTRUCTORS METHODS COURSE , IN CLASS SESSIONS BEGIN OCT. 8 AT WESTMINISTER COLLEGE 7 TO 10 P.M. MALOUF HALL RM. 124 THERE WILL BE 6 INDOOR SESSIONS & 6 ON SNOW SESSIONS. $85.00 FEE DUE BY THE 2nd CLASS, BRING 3 RING NOTEBOOK AND DRESS CASUAL. Carb,PCV V&he and Choke Cleaner 1563 SO. 3RD W. S.L.C..UT. 84126 ALL NEW INSTRUCTORS WILL 21-1- 21-2- 0. The second place overall women's finisher was Joan Olsen of Salt Lake who finished with a 3 03 22 time while Carolyn Ostler, also of Salt SKI six-pla- d, 15 marathon The St George course has the reputation of being one of the fastest in the United States, hut Cummings found it sur prisingly difficult. "The course was more difficult than people told me," said Cummings, who has won many of Utah's major road races this season during a fine summer of running. "I'm very pleased with my time this morning. Creighton King of Sandy finished second in the event with a time of 2.18.5 while veteran Salt Lake distance runner Scott Bringhurst finished third with a time of BE HIRED FROM THIS COURSE EQUIPMENT PH. MON. FRI.8 12,1 5 er 28-2- The first defensive heroics for Weber came with e With MSU facing a situation from the Weber line, McGhan stopped Bobcat quarterback Barry Sullivan cold and the Wildcats took over on downs. 6:11 remaining. fourth-and-on- Defensive gem No. 2 for Weber unfolded with 4:43 left and Montana State looking at a fourth-and-si- x from the Weber 32. With the fans rising to their feet, sensing that this might be the Bobcats last possession of the game, Weber defensive coach Dave Campo ordered a blitz and the Wildcat defense forced Sullivan to throw incomplete. Weber then took possiession on downs, gained one first down, and nearly ran out the clock. MSU was able to run a final, desperation play with six seconds left, but it went for naught and Weber owned its first triumph since 1969 at Reno Sales Stadium. iTI R ED ISCOU NTS! m i for mini trucks, pickups, motorhomes & 4 x 4s LUBE-OI- L TIRE CHAINS & FILTER I kept waiting for us to put something together in the fourth quarter, but we never really did, said Montana State Coach Sonny Lubick. 5 5qts. 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