OCR Text |
Show Sporting a large crew of freshmen, the U of U had a young track team this year. During the season several of the frosh distinguished themselves. Taylor Williams was one of the best men in the sprints, while another frosh, Wayne Smith, kept Blaine Lindgren on the move in the hurdles. Steve Wright doubled in both the sprints and the broad jump.Among the upperclassmen Neil Schmitt, the Ute pole vault ace, spent the greater part of the season flirting with the fourteen foot mark. The University record until this year has stood at thirteen feet nine inches. Coach Marv Hess was confident that Schmitt would hit the mark and set a new University record this year. Craig Christensen was the javelin man for the Utah team this year and turned in some good throws.Another record broken by the Redskins this year was the school mark in the relays. The members of the relay team shaved the old record down by a fairly considerable margin by breaking the old mark. The members of the team were Jon Johnson, Mike Soulier, Bob Hunter, and Bill Barton.Coach Hess praised the team for its improvement this year and expressed confidence that next year the Utes would really go places in the League. |