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Show Van Luven, latum, Uttlead Miner boys to track victory The record of Park City High School in track and field is less than awesome. Hindered by a lack of facilities and an abbreviated season, would-be track stars have little chance to practice. prac-tice. But the Park City boys' track team shrugged off that handicap April 26 to finish first in a four-way track meet at Morgan. Led by David Van Luven, Scott' Tatum and Pat Ott, the boys finished with 66.5 points, ahead of Dugway (65.5), Morgan (48) andLehi (28). Unfortunately, the Park City girls' team didn't fare as well, finishing fourth with 28 points behind Morgan I. Ill II II III,. I 111. I ll .F. (116.5), Lehi (68) and Dugway (68). The Morgan meet provided the Miners with a good tune-up for Friday's region meet at Utah State. Miner Coach Bill Kahn described the Morgan conditions con-ditions as "horrible at best." He said it was freezing cold at the outdoor track, with snow falling on and off all day. Van Luven, Park City's long distance specialist, led the team with two wins in the 1600 meters and the 3200 meters. Miner Michael Richards was the next best local in the 1600 with a fifth. Richards did better in the 3200 taking third, followed by imn rrw h h win nm mil nm nm ni niKicmi meters, and the relay team of Chris Carlson, Jim Clahane, Chris Elkins, and David Van Luven grabbed first in the 1600 meter relay. On the female side of the track, the Park City squad didn't do nearly so well. The Miner women finished dead last with 28 points, behind Morgan with 116.5 points, Lehi with 68 points, and Dugway with 68 points. The top individual result came from Erin Bolton who took second in the high jump. Pam Finegan and Doreen Kilgore did well in the 300 meter hurdles, taking third and fifth respectively. Finegan also placed fifth in the 110 high hurdles. Janis Kimball placed fourth in the 800 meters, then turned around and took fourth in the 3200 meters, behind teammate team-mate Leslie Rukavina in third. Rukavina was fourth in the 1600 meters behind teammate Cindy Thaller in third. Finally, the Miner girls' 400 meter relay team of Erin Bolton, Tracy Stottern, Paige Irvine and Bridget Price raced to a third in that event. Kahn looked ahead to the regional meet at Utah State Friday with some questions. The region tennis tournament tour-nament is also on Friday in Park City, and Chris Elkins and Scott Tatum are both on the tennis team and the track team. Kahn said Elkins, the No. 1 seed in singles, will be a definite absentee ab-sentee from the track meet. As yet, Tatum's situation is unknown but the Miner track chances would be hurt by his absence. Kahn said his team may do well otherwise. He said Dugway is the only 1A competition com-petition the Miners have faced this season, so sizing up just how well is difficult. He did say North Summit usually has a strong team. Spectators are welcome at Utah State on Friday, Kahn said. The preliminaries will start at 10 a.m. and run through 11:30. The finals will follow at 1 p.m., concluding at approximately 4 p.m. fellow Miner Mike Eichner in fourth. Tatum tasted victory in the 110 meter high hurdles. He also collected awards for a second in the 300 meter intermediate in-termediate hurdles, and a third in the high jump. Tatum might have won the 300 meter hurdles had not teammate Pat Ott nabbed the top spot. Poetic justice was served, however, as Ott finished second behind Tatum in the 110 high hurdles. hur-dles. A surprising performer in the 300 meter hurdles, according ac-cording to Kahn, was Mike Price. Price, a strong performer per-former in the field events, fell flat on his face as he crossed the finish line, but still managed to take third. Price's other accomplishments accomplish-ments at Morgan were a third in the discus and a fifth in the shotput. The Miners were strong in the 800 meters as well. Chris Carlson took second, while Chris Elkins grabbed third. Here is a rundown of other Miner boys' highlights: Jim Clahane took third in the 400 meters, Erich Fouse was second in the 200 meters, jay Worley was fifth in the 100 |