eee ens eee siete! Lh BS st ee Sse: Miler Ron Zefferer, hurdler Bob Gillespie and discus ace Scott Maw, left to right, are top performers on POPS POSE * he PAN. 1966 Ben Lomond track squad. Scottie Coach Charles Hislop is hopeful of high finish in state this year. Ben Lomond Track Outlook Scots Pin Hopes on Star Trio By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer ness. and heartbreak up to this! maybe. The youngster has been year. The Tribune all-state football player copped top honors in OGDEN Ben Lomond’s the discus in the 1964 meet, but track coach, Charles Hislop, last spring he fouled four times whose teams have never fin— all tosses over the state recished worse than third in the ord — in the region meet and state meet, wishes this spring failed to qualify for the state battling injuries to both legs and has yet to run a competitive mile this spring and Hislop said he may not run until the middle of April. Zefferer has undergone surgery on both legs since he en=that he had a dozen harriers of go-round, | tered high school, but medics the same mold as three of his While his teammate, Steve have been unable to solve the 1966 Scottie performers. Geary, won the event with a problem. : Pretty Thin heave of 166-2, Maw looked on Thick of Race While Hislop has young men for the top spots in the discus, hurdles and mile run, it’s pretty thin the rest of the way and that’s what makes for third place finishes in the state test. Hislop brought home the third place trophy in 1965, 1964, and 1962 while Scottie harriers managed the second spot in 1963. This year, discus thrower Scott Maw, hurdler Bob Gilles- in the state meet. This spring, he has topped the 160-foot mark. Gillespie was the ‘‘bridesmaid’? to South’s stellar Delane McGarvey in the 180 lows and 120 high hurdles last spring in the state meet with second plac- If Zefferer can overcome his injury and Maw can avoid a repeat of the disaster of ’65, the Scotties might once again find themselves in the thick of the race for the 1966 prep crown. If the problems persist, well, Hislop’s third-or-better record might come to an end. But don’t The senior Scottie will be one count the battling mentor out of of the top threats in the state to this year’s track picture. win both events come May 21 in pie and miler Ron Zefferer are Ute Stadium. the bright spots for the Scottie Zefferer will bring his mile team. win of Jast year back to put it Maw’s history is one of happi- on the line at state May 21 — es in both, Top Threat