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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, May 8, 1966 RIS oung Ath letes Destro’ a Bee By Bill Coltrin Tribune Sports Writer ‘PROVO — Top young athletes of the Intermountain West practically destroyed the record book here Saturday as they took advantage of wonderful weather and a fast track at the 53rd an- nual BYU Invitational meet. Weather It probably was Great too hot for the fans — and the hundreds of girls who marched in the 27 pep ' clubs looked a little overheated runners, jumpers throwers thought was great. The. youngsters considerably more records, many the and weather wiped out than a dozen of which have been on the books for years, but Since this is the first BYU Invitational in decade when it _ hasn’t been cold and wet the - times and distances just had to be good. Big winner of the meet was almost tiny Jim Maw of Bonneville High School who won the ailerons the sie ape test of i strength, | speed and agility which is the near equivalent of the Olympic decathlon. Maw nosed out Craig Smith of ‘Hillcrest as the two fine youngsters dueled down the stretch Saturday. A total of 46 athletes began the all-around competition Friday and 31 of them were left in action Saturday. Only Athletes both of the almost blistering . They spent almost all of ) ae in it and a more tired The all-around companies and doubles the meet late Saturday, a huge in land shared the Class A laurels. Marshall Brown, latest in a long line of hurdlers developed by South High coach Nate Long, was the only double record breaker in the high school events. lest total ever recorded in all-around as only the fabu-mark of Neil Roberts is This is a record for number of entrants. singles Class B, but Olympus and High- nis honors were hogged by ntsville as the Cowboys won First he ran the highs in 714.5. (and this broke the :14.7 mark held by Blaine Lindgren, when the now world-famous hurdler. was at Cypris High). Then Brown came back in the low hurdles for a :19.1 clocking black storm cloud appeared in the west, but all it did was to New It Er in division a Jucos the where cool things off for the fans who Marks Junior College the record were end. but-the weather until the bitter One of Best was greatest as the Set new marks in virtual- From all appearances this year’s crop of high school athletes is one of the best in many years and many more records ly every event. All in all it was one of the greatest of all the BYU Invitationals, staying are expected to fall next week must get a lot of the credit. AS the last of the last relays” ‘were being run off to wind up in the régional meets and the following week in the state tournaments. In BYU Track Meet Roy Star Snares All-Around Special to The Tribune | of the top five. Jim de Arneta, threw the javelin 180 feet, 314 PROVO — Roy High School’s ‘Winnemucca, Nev., put the shot, inches for a new record. f Jim Maw became one of the \d1 feet 9%i smallest competitors ever to and Evan Larsen, win the BYU Invitational All- Around event Saturday by piling up 6,825 points, the second jump; 110 feet 7 broad jump, and 147 inches in the javelin. had 5,829. Beackstead set one of the rec- | ords as he sent the discus soar- | ing 147 feet, 5 inches. The other two records were set by athletes who finished out Staff Photos by Ross Welser in the high ever scored more points. Roberts, in 1963, scored 7,343 points. There were four new records of them as he skimmed over the 180 yard low hurdles in 19.8. Two athletes from Hillcrest High School finished second and} third as Craig Smith tallied 6,494 points and Randy Beckstead titbune In winning, Maw compiled the following marks: 5 feet 8 inches Cedar City’s Neil Roberts, has set Saturday, and Maw had one Great weather and a fast track resulted in many new records being posted in the annual BYU Invitational. High, inches in discus; 11 feet 6 inches in pole vault; 52.3 seconds in the 440 :10.1 in the 100 yard dashes; :19.8 seconds in the low hurdles; 39 feet 444 inches in highest total of all time, Only one prep competitor, They’re off and running; This was the scene Saturday as Class B high school runners started the mile run. West the shot; 21 feet 544 inches in feet 10 Maw held only a 60 point lead going into the final 440 yard dash, but event, the he outdis- tanced Smith by 214 seconds in the event and won going away. The resulis: Jim Maw, Roy: 6,825; Craig Smith, Hille crest, 6,494; Randy Beckstead, Hillcrest, 5,829; Tad Goasland Davis, 5,753; Craia Ross, Richfield, 5,512; Jim de Arnetas ‘Wi Nev., 5,359; Scott Parkin, | Viewmont, 5,302; Ronald Jones, Bonne'vile, 5,018; Evan Larsen, West, 4,8643 | Tom Duvall, Pleasant Grove, AAI. |