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Show Eakin rockets to three wins in Region Eleven track meet -x s z by DAVE ADLER staff writer Ena Eakin, Park City High School's freshman flash, exploded for three victories Thursday in the Region 11 track championship at Weber State College in Ogden to spearhead a strong team performance perfor-mance which will send nine local athletes to the 1A state championship champion-ship Saturday at Brigham Young University. Eakin, 15, who has dominated the half-mile, mile and two-mile events , throughout the season against older, more experienced competition, '. flashed across the finish line first yet again to take home the blue ribbon in those three events. And she did it with flair and drama. , While she swept the mile with ease, she faced tough competition in the half-mile and two-mile races. In the half-mile, Ena held the lead , throughout most of the race before being passed heading down the ihome stretch. But Ena, whom track coach Bill Kahn calls a "gutsy runner," battled back to pull out the victory. "It's not very often that a runner is passed in the home stretch and still manages to win," said Kahn. good," said Kahn. "I think there's a lot of potential there. She ranks with the better runners in the state." While no other Miner managed to strike gold, several turned in performances good enough to qualify them for Saturday's state competition. competi-tion. And the overall team strength enabled the Park City girls to finish second to North Summit while the boys were third behind St. Joseph and North Summit. Scott Tatum qualified for the state meet by virtue of his second place finishes in the 100- and 300-yard hurdles and a fourth place finish in the long jump. To qualify for the state championship, an athlete must finish in the top four in his or her event. Joining Tatum on the boys' side will be Bruce Buckner and Mark Knudson. Buckner, who holds the high school's record in the shotput, finished third in that event in the regionals and added a fourth-place finish in the discus. Knudson was fourth in the shotput. On the girls' side, Shelley Barnes will be making the trip to BYU on the strength of her second in the shotput and fourth in the discus throw. Joining her will be Katherine Willard, who finished third in the 300-yard hurdle, and fourth in the k 100-yard hurdles. " Other teammates who qualified for the state competition include Pam Finegan, who earned the trip with a third in the 100-yard hurdles and a fourth in the 300-yard hurdles; Wendy Smith, who was third in the long jump and fourth in the mile; and Heidi Hannai, who was fourth in the 400-yard run. Final team tallies among the girls showed North Summit first with 143 points, Park City second with 92 points, Wendover third with 68, St. Joseph fourth with 65, South Rich sixth with 64, South Summit seventh with 15, Dugway eighth with 13, Salt Lake Lutheran ninth with 12, Manila 10th with eight and Tintic 11th with four points. On the boys' side, St. Joseph was first with 137 points, North Summit second with 114, Park City third was 66, Wendover fourth with 58, Dugway fifth with 45, South Summit sixth with 35, North Rich seventh with 24, Manila eighth with 18, Tintic ninth with eight, Mt. Vernon 10th with six, and West Desert and Salt Lake Lutheran tied at 11th with one point each. The state championship competition competi-tion begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Ena Eakin scored a triple win in track Thursday in Ogden. "That shows her drive and determination." deter-mination." In the two-mile race, Ena again had to duel her opponents all the way to the wire before gaining her third triumph of the day. "Considering that she didn't run in either the seventh or eighth grades, her performance was very |
