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Show SUSC Thinclads plagued with injuries in the discus; Russo, third in the high jump; Bruce McLearn, third in the 1500 meter run; Joe Wells fourth in the shot put and discus; Hanks, fourth in the high jump; Greg 'McDonald, fourth in the high hurdles; Gary Edwards, fourth in the 400 meter dash; and Frank Scott, fourth in the 400 meter intermediate hurdles. the triple jump. Don Smith got off the best shot put toss in Southern Utah history with a 50-2 as he placed second. Other second places went to John Russo (triple jump, 45-9), Jim Kearns (Steeplechase), and the 440 meter relay team (Greg McDonald, Deason, Vance Matheson, and Herbert Robinson) 43.37. Other T-Birds who placed last week were Smith, third Coach Steve Lunt's Southern Utah State track squad will be in Las Vegas, Nev., Saturday for a triangular meet with Nevada-Las Vegas and Cal Poly-Pomona. Southern Utah opened the 1978 season at the UNLV Invitational with a fifth place finish. "Injuries have really thinned down our team" states Lunt. "I just hope everybody can get healthy by conference." Two of the T-Birds' top performers, Manuel Deason and Steve Schoell, are doubtful to compete this week as they both pulled up lame last week during races. Last week the T-Birds scored 55 points at the Weber State Quadrangular. Weber and Nevada-Reno both scored 101 points while Brigham Young had 21. Marc Broadway captured SU's only first with a 46-2 in |