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meet were Jerome Smith in
the
mile and Ronald Gant in
the
high
JUI'Tll.
Takeng th1rd place wens were
Clay Cole in the 60 y<l'd high
hurdles, Blaine Bates in the high
jui'Tll and David Newman in the two
mile run. A fourth place spot came
to Ken Wink in
the
two miles.
With
the
rest of the
1980
season
ahead,
Coach
Jack
Williams
commented,
"The
team
has
some
bright spots, but we will be short on
speed."
AIready Ronald Gant
had
cleCI'ed 6'5" 1n
the
high jui'Tll, while
Blaine Bates
had
cleCI'ed 6'4". This
ye<l''s hopes in
the
high hurdles
84/Track 1980
were Bates and Clay Cole while
hopes in
the
two mile run fell on
David Newman and Ken Wink.
WMHS was represented in the
long jump with Kenny Shorts and
Josef Bryant
and
in
the
mile with
Jay Wilh<I'OS and Jerome Smith.
There was also talent 1n other
events with Mike EdwCI'ds throwing
the
javelin, Willie Ross pole–
vaulting and Kevin
Jacobs
running
the
half mile. James Dangerfield and
Walter Hayes headed the spr1nts
while Tom Hudson and John Holly
took
the
discus.
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