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Show TRACKThe cinder paths and sawdust pits in the Ute stadium have long been the home of track champions. With a collection of five Western Division and two conference championship trophies in the past six years, Coach Pete Couch has never failed to produce brilliant cinder men. The 1953 spring season saw the Redskin thinclads sweep over BYU, Montana, and USAC in dual meets. After a jittery third-place showing in the Western Division meet, Couch guided his team to a second place post in the conference meet, right behind champions Colorado A & M. Cal Clark, whose sensational 6-9/8 high jump early in the 1953 season was one of the best marks in the nation, also captured the conference leap crown. Buzz Yates, brilliant soph hurdler, blasted the conference record in winning the 220-yard low hurdles, while Gerald Tovey and Dowd Jesson also came through as top laurel winners in conference rivalry.But for the 1954 outlook, the only sure bet was thatCouch had a few sure point winners and a host of eager frosh, transfers, and newcomers. Buzz Yates and Cal Clark were out. Paul Furr and Mike Morris, the Big Two of the mile and two mile note, also started early in the season to chop up the cinders. Supple Oscar Jackson, the rythmic pole vaulter, sprinter Dale Newbold, Herb Nakken in the discus, and Bob Fulton, javelin hurler, completed the hopes for a 1954 track nucleus.With depth in nearly every event a questionable thing, Couch had to rely on newcomers. But Loosli, transfer from Weber College, had been one of the top junior college javelin men. John Grundvig, Bill Workman, Melvin Ward, Jim Wood, and Heber Tobler were some of the promising frosh. With a season schedule of three dual meets and the division and conference championships, Utah tracksters carried the gonfalon of past athletic glory into the oval cinderpath of the future.Oscar JacksonPole VaultGary Loosli and Bob FultonJavelin176 |
