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Show The 1930 Squad THE SEASON THE Utah track and field team lost to the Brigham Young Cougars in a dual meet staged May 4th in the Ute stadium by a 81 to 64 count. Four state records were smashed as the athletes responded to the ideal conditions that prevailed. Owen Rowe was responsible for two of the four, when he lowered his own time in the 220 yard hurdles, and smashed the broad jump mark with a leap of 23 feet 4 inches. Buch Grant, versatile Utah ace, clipped three seconds off the old 120 yard high hurdle mark, and Mark Reeve of B. Y. U. broke the hammer-throwing record which existed for 25 years by heaving the hammer 139 feet 6 inches. Piling up a score of 99y2 points against 45^2, the "U" track and field squad easily defeated the Utah Aggies in their annual dual meet Saturday, May 11, in the Aggie stadium. So successful were the Utah athletes that they placed first in 14 out of the 17 events. Taking 8 first places and a goodly measure of seconds and thirds, the Utes won first honors in the annual intercollegiate track and field meet on Saturday, May 18, in the Ute stadium, by totaling l68j/2 points, while the favored Brigham Young University tracksters were forced to second place with 54^ points. The Utah Aggie varsity performers drew up third with 30*4 points. Four athletes responded to the ideal conditions that were dealt to them in the Ute stadium and four state intercollegiate records fell and one mark was tied. The "Y" Cougars started out strong and massed up a small margin over Utah in the early events, but the Crimson athletes gradually drew close, and, after having once passed the Cougars held it for the rest of the afternoon. In the annual Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate track and field meet staged Friday and Saturday, May 23, and 24, in the University of Utah stadium, Ike Armstrong's "Utes" were forced to take second place due to the handicap caused by the illness of Nate Long. Brigham Young University finished first with 48^ points, forcing the Utes to second with 46j4 points. Colorado University, Colorado Aggies, Utah State, Colorado College, Denver University, Montana State College, Wyoming University, and Colorado Teachers finished in the order named. Page 228 |