The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 24

Standard-Examiner Wednesday May 16 1973 Wildcats Await log Sky Track Meet This Week The Weber State track team travels to Moscow Idaho for the Big Sky Conference meet Friday and Saturday On paper the championship boils down to Idaho sprinters and hurdlers against distance runners and field event strength from Northern Arizona and Montana Idaho and Weber finished fourth and fifth last year and should end up in about that same position this year The Wildcats will be well represented by individual standouts in several of the events Dan Dean the school record holder in the 880 (1:520) and mile (4:119) will double in both of those events in the conference meet A1 Yardley set a new school mark at 9:100 in the three mile run in last 85-59 dual meet win over Boise State in Boise Yardley snapped Dan old standard of 9:196 which was set earlier this year Dan Walker had a new dual meet record of 4:204 in the mile breaking the 4:207 set by Brian Hansen in 1971 Dean broke the meet record with a 1:531 in the 880-yard run The old mark of 1:546 was set by Jaime Nunez in 1969 Bob toss of 229-6 in the javelin is the best in the conference this year and teammate Guy Ashby threw 215 feet last week Flint Cunningham is the defending conference long jump champ at 24-2 and his best leap this year has been 24-1 Jimmie Watts has the fourth best triple jump with a 45-11 and Todd Parker is tied for fourth in the pole vault with a 14 foot effort High jumper Brent Stringham stands in second position with a 6-8 to his credit Idaho State has three conference champions back including sprinter Carl Lawson hurdler Larry Comer and shot putter Craig Byington Jerald Jones in the 880 long jumper Leonel Anderson three-miler Vince Capell and Byington in the discus give the Bengals a talented group of tracksters Northern distance runners are dazzling led by Richard Selby in the mile and Richard Sliney in the three-mile Selby took both those events in the conference meet last year Lumberjack Lauren Pompa has the top discus throw (170-0) of anyone in the Big Sky this season Ric Brown and George Cook of Montana are the defending conference champions in the 440 and steeplechase Glenn Chaffey and Boise Gerald Bell tied for first place in the triple jump last year but Bell became the first 50 foot trimple jumper in the conference this season Mike Hale is one of the best high jumpers in the Big Sky Idaho features sprinter and long jumper Collie Mack and pole valuter Bill Bramlette Montana State has dash man Mike Flynn miler Jim Robbins and long and triple jumper Rich Charlson Boise State depends on hurdler and high jumper Mike Bennett triple jumper Gerald Bell and sprinter Karl Bartell A IN ANNUAL NHL DRAFT Si Defenseman No 1 Pick of Islanders vi Sv 'v I -A -a S- sA S'3 vzr- s- Vv fW fl 3k MONTREAL (UPI) The so young the greatest took center Tom Medicine Hat and He rushes the i "I Lysiak of 1 ley of the Toronto Marlboros Vancouver I and Toronto chose defenseman took wing Dennis Ververgaert 1 the Pcterborogh i Petes Detroit selected goalie of the London Knights andjerry Richardson of the New' Toronto took wing Lanny WptTrnnfpr Ttminc: Jind Rnffaln McDonald of Medicine Hat St Westminster Bruins and Buffalo rww j-i -1 -g- 4 9 yv I i y' K' fe fe-- e' 'fi- skater in hockey puck and skates much better while I hit and play defense Atlanta with second choice Karen Magnussen Signs Contract With Ice Capades wAvrvwmr-D i Pittsburgh took wing Blaine! bull of the Ottawa 67s and vanluuvek BG (AP) I Stoughton of the Flin Flon Atlanta on a choice from Karen Magnussen of North Bombers and Stanley Cup Montreal ended the first round Vancouver winner of the 1973 1 champion Montreal selected by electing win Vic Mercredi of wing Bob Gainey of the the Newr Westminster Bruins Peterborough Petes Vancouver! A total of 168 players were selected defenseman Bob Dai- drafted named wing Morris Titanic of the Sudbury Wolves Chicago selected wing Darcy Rota of the Edmonton Oil Kings and the New York Rangers picked wing Rick Middleton of the Oshawa Generals Toronto selected defenseman Ian Tum- World Figure Skating championships has signed a -v ft 4:5 2 Qualifying Gymnastics Meets Staged Two separate AAU qualifying meets were held for gymnastics i and trampoline last Saturday The Intermountain Gymnastics Champion ships were conducted in Salt Lake City the lone Ogden-area entry was Ogden High sophomore Jeri Booth Competing in all four of the Olympic events for women Jeri placed first in vaulting second in floor exercise fourth in balance beam and fifth in uneven parallel bars I Ogden trampolinists staged a qualifying meet to determine entries in the AAU Regional Championships to be held in Salt Lake City in June DEFENDING CHAMP Repeating as champion for the third straight year Doug Coleman former national finalist and a contender the national title The other two trampolinists who qualified were Nick' Perucca 17 and Paul Greiner1 19 The regional championships teams from New three School made Gary he invoving S' a- DAVID NIELSON Earns Watch lyvjjT Kft St IS fc 'BOB HILL Weber ace javelin thrower will be the favorite to take top honors in his event in this Big 'Sky Conference Championships best toss this vear is 229-6 New York Islanders are hoping a brother combination can make them contenders next season The Islanders who finished with the worst record in the National Hockey League last season had first choice in the annual draft of over-age amateur players Tuesday and picked Dennis Potvin a 5-foot-ll 195-pounder billed as the finest defenseman to come out of Canada since Bobby Orr the Boston Bruin star Potvin who scored 35 goals and had 88 assists for the Ottawra 67s will join his brother Jean obtained from Philadelphia last season in an effort to make the Islanders contenders played with Jean since I wTas Dennis said really looking fonvard to it more than brothers freinds none of that big brother stuff We have an understanding of each DRAFT LATER statement indicated he would probably go with the NHL rather than the rival World Hockey Association which will hold its draft later this week money mean the young Potvin LEVI BELTS three-year contract with Ice Capades it was announced Sunday George Eby of Los Angeles president of Ice Capades said the contract earn Karen the highest amount ever paid to a performer or an act in the 33-year history of Ice He said the 21-year-old champion will perform in the two companies of Ice Capades playing 13 Canadian cities and a number of US cities BEARS PICK TOP ATHLETE TREMONTON David Nielson who lettered in sports Tuesday received the Ogden Standard-Examiner watch for being selected the top senior athlete at Bear River High The present ation was during the awards assembly The son of Mr and Mrs Nielson Tremonton w'as all-region in basketball the quarterback in football and ran the s-irjn's in trak Cats Go After 4th cy Golf Title for BIG TALL MEN Dahle's BIG and TALL 2235 Wash Blvd 392-9335 Cub Fans Patient CHICAGO (UPI) The said want to achieve certain Chicago Cub fans win hands goals and I want to be in the down plaudits for being the league with the best caliber of most patient and long-suffering hockey The last time that the Cubs won been compared to Bobby Orr for a long he said a great compliment a National League pemiant was -n 1945 only to gQ down before flirj GET THERE IN ONE OF THESE- saSS SPORTSLINER TENT TRAILER 6 sleeper stove ice box ONLY 1195 with on of following 1 FREE TV ti ELDORADO CHASSIS MOUNT FULLY SELF-CONTAINED ONLY Weber State will be seeking composure and steadiness over its fourth consecutive Big Sky 54 holes will be a big factor to-: golf title on the University of wards the Wildcats success Ab- Arizona Colorado and Idaho course in Moscow this cndroth must play super golf as Utah will be the final he has done all year long if qualifying round for the national WSC is to keep its string of Big to be held in -Jeams will compete cer sky titles intact Abendroth isAueust at the University of Miles Friday with the remain- the defending Big Skv medal- at the Umversity ot 13 holes' Saturday ist Michlgan- the history of the Big Sky Brad Will Captain Army vuerence onl two scnoois seconcj jn 1979 ancj was 'sixth! i Montana and Weber State haveiast year Jeff Jerman has fin- uale ot Junction ever won the golf title Idaho dshed' sixth and fourth the last 1 City Kan will captain 1 the Detroit Tigers in the World! but I think the comparisons has finished runner-up to the two years 1973 cross-country team I started because we both started I Cats the last three years andj with the conference champion-j ships being played on their home course this could be the year In the Boise State Invitation-1 al Weber only beat Idaho by four strokes oer 36 holes of i play With Idaho's home course compensating for that slight difference Coach Mac Madsen 1 rates the conference match as a dead toss-up and feels WSC wilj be fortunate to win the title for" a fourth straight year VANDAL SQUAD The Vandals are led by left-' hander Jeff Thomas -and Mike Gnaedinger but their strength! lies in their consistency Much iipproved Boise State Montana ahd will battle for third place with Idaho State and Northern Arizona fighting to stay out of the cellar AVeber hopes to play the course this afternoon and Thursday morning in order to get some familiarity with it be- fce the conference meet gets usder way on Friday Coach Mac lineup will consist of junior John Abendroth senior Brad Masin- gill freshman Cameron Ford I In3 Mike Malaska junior Jeff Jarman and frosh Jeff Thom I will miss the exper- farjce of seniors Ron Litzenber- gr and Doug Wood and junior I Steve Wathen who were out-1 played by the freshmen and consequently lost their berths on the squad THREE FRESHMEN I The three freshmen are the most Weber has ever used in its Big Sky lineup and whether or not they can maintain their 1 ijt Sesulfs Ready febr Shoot at Ogden Gun Club Results were announced to- day for the weekend trapshoot at the Ogden Gun Club They were: I Sing'es S3 Lorn Colvell Clar- Mce Starke i Jim Cagle 48 Frank Berglund 47 Bud Walcott 46 Singles 25 birds Lorm Colvell Clarence Starkey Charles Jury Frank 25 Eob Rauzi Lynn Lutz Jim Hunt Ron Skinner Jim Cagle John "JET" 20' fully self-CONT 6 SLEEPER 2995 ONLY 1 8' FIFTH WHEEL ONLY GE7 YOU NEW CHEWROtLETTS! 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