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Off to the showers!
BISHOP CINDERMEN CLIMAX SEASON WITH WIN OVER NELSON; CLEAN SLATE FOR '59
being edged in each time by Ben
Ackerley, high scorer for the Saints
with 14 points. Cooke also tied for
second in the high jump for a total Gro1 of 8 points. tanc1
Virginia Episcopal School's track- men swept the first event of the day, the shot put, and were never headed as they completed the schools first perfect season in eighteen years with a convincing 82-36 win over Nelson County High School of Lov- ingston Tuesday afternoon on the VES track. The sweep of the shot put was highlighted by a record shattering performance by big Jim Shanklin, who b e t t e r e d his own record by more than 20 feet when he tossed the sphere 48 feet 9 3/4 inches .
The results:
I00-ya rd dash: I.
Beard( (N); 3. Orgain (V). Time: 10.4 seconds.
220-yard dash: I. Douthat (V); 2. Lewis (V); 3. Lincoln (N). Time: 23.4 seconds.
120-yard high hurdles: I. Cooke (V); 2. Groome (V); 3. Bullock (N). Time: 16.9 seconds.
180-yord low hurdles: I . Cooke (V); 2. Groome (V); 3. Bullock (N). Time: 22.5 seconds.
8 8 0 - y a r d r e l a y : VES ( L e w i s , O r - gain, Cooke, and Groome). Time:
I :41.5.
Mile relay : VES (Meador, Smith,
Hunter, and Bonfoey). Time: 3:54.5. Shot put: I. Shanklin (V); 2. Park- e r (V); 3. Perry (V). Distance: 48
feet 9Y+ inches.
(New VES record. Old record 46
feet 2 3/4 inches held by Shanklin). Discus: I. May'O (V); 2. Shanklin (V); 3. Beard (N). Distance: 139 feet
' I 3/4 inches.
Broad jump: I. Beard (N); 2-way tie for second: Groome (V) and Martin (N). Distance: 18 feet 5 3/4 inches.
Pole vault: I. Floyd (N); 2. Phillips (N); 2-way tie for third: Blackwell (V) and Nelson (V). Height: II feet 6 inches.
High jump: I. Lincoln (N); 2. Dillon (V); 2-way tie for third: Groome (V) and Cooke (V). Height: 5 feet 7y.l in ches.
with the Bishops matching their strong runners against the Saints' field event stars. Five of the Bishops' first came in the running events, the other two coming in the high jump and pole voult. The biggest upset of the day came in the pole vault, with Jim Blackwell, Skip Rawls and George Nelson sweeping the evenf. Bill Bottger legged it home second in the mile and Bill Mayo grabbe.::l a second in the discus with his best throw of the season. Ed Lewis, John Gregory, and Jim Shanklin rounded out the scoring for the well-balanced V.E.S. squad with thirds in the 220, 880, and shot, respectively-.
The results:
I00-yoard dash: !-Douthat (V);
2-Ackerley (S); 3-James (S). Time-10.3 seconds.
220-yard dash: 1-Douthat (V); 2-Coddington (S); 3-Lewis (V). Time-23.0 seconds.
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Hi tie fc
kins
440-ya rd
Hunter (V); 3. Beard (N). Time: 54.6 seconds.
880-yard run: I. Smith (N): 2.
3 .
(N); 3. Bottger (V). Time: 4:51.5. 6
G r e g o r y 2:10.4.
Bl o o m
T i m e :
dosh: I.
Douthat (V); 2.
( V ) ;
Mile run: I. Bonfoey (V); 2. Goode
Douthat (V); 2.
( V ) .
SPORTS
BISHOPS DOWN SAINTS IN UPSET
Jim Douthat, Kirk Groome, Ned Bonfoey and Austin Cooke accounr ed for 43 points os Virginia Episco- pal School's unbeaten track team continued its winning ways with a stunning 61-52 upset over St. Christ- opher's of Richmond at V.E.S. Satur- day. For the fourth time in six meets this season Douthat was a triple winner in the I00, 220, and 440. His
IS points was high for the meet.
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ley I (V).
[3onfoey continued unbeaten in the 18
mile with a 4:52 clocking, and came
back t o win t h e 880 in 2:07.8.
ley (V).
Groome annexed the high jump with M
a leap of 5 feet 70 inches, gathered
in a second in the broad jump, and
took thirds in both hurdles for I0
gan,
Time
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points. Cooke ran the best races Holl~
tancl
of his career in the hurdle events,
but had to be content with seconds, Di1
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feet
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