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TRACK, 1964
The outlook at the beginning of the mon proved to be very promising, nd the prosepcts brightened after 'e first meet of the season. Fork n'on came to Lynchburg with the c~e of duplicating last year's vic-
but the Bishop harriers were to avenge the loss. The 'ghty Bishops , led by tri-capta ins George Harris, Arch Hicks, and Scott onklin, rolled over the military men, 38, and displayed an awesome ··oy of power in the running events. 1e V.E.S. team captured first place oil the running events, and a large mount of depth was the vital factor 1he scoring, as the Bishops preyed
pon the sec;ond and third places.
The second victim of the season as the Collegiate School of Rich- and, as the Bishops again copped rst place in all the running events, ong with many seconds and thirds, nd held their own in the field events.
final outcome was V.E.S. 76, Col- g'ate 42.
In the future, the Bishops face the vnchburg College JV 's , Miller :hool. highly rated Hargrave Mili-
~'Y of Chaiham, Augusta Military, 1d St. Christophers', finally finish- gthe season with the State Meet, ay 16th. If the team performs as
, it may end the season unde- in dual meet competition, and the State Prep Meet with an
chance of winning. -Hunsdon Cary, Ill.
Jim Hotelling celebrated his seven- teenth birthday in spectacu lar fashion by pacing a Bishop relay team to the Class A distance medley champion- ship in t h e Duke-Durham Relays a t Duke Stadium on April 18. With the school mile record holder anchoring the four-man effort with a 4:32 mile, the Episcopalians reeled off an
II:13.6 clock for the grueling event, just three seconds shy of the meet record.
Oddly enough, the idea of enter- ing the Relays did not occur until forty-eight hours before the meet. The team was formed after an in-
vitation to participate was extended by phone by Duke Coach AI Buehler. This year's meet, the seventeenth in the series, attracted some 500 athletes representing nearly forty schools from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
The distance medley foursome, which was awarded a handsome team trophy and individual medals, was made up of George Harris, Hunsdon Cary, Mike Agelasto and Hotelling. The "legs" with approximate time splits were as follows:
Harris, 880 (2:06); Cary , 440 (54); Agelasto, 3/4 mile (3:49); and Hotell- ing, mile (4:32).
The performance of the distance medley group over-shadowed another medal-winning effort, this one by a Bishop mile relay aggregation. The team, composed of Wesley Morek, Cary, Bill Watkins and Harris, re- corded a creditable fourth ploce finish in a field made up of twelve
teams.
HE METEOR
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SPORTS
CARPER'S CUBBYHOLE
In reflecting on my past articles one will find that they have all dealt in the realm of supporting athletics. Why do we support athletics? They are a part of our school life, ond victories in athletics make that port of our life better. Let us not stray from this topic but swing to the other side of the picture. Why does a team lose?
There are several factors which contribute to the defeats the Bishops suffer. One of these is the size of the school. Having only 174 students we are constantly at a disadvantoge when we play any other team in the Prep League. The athletic ability here at V.E.S., I would say, is above average, but look at the lorger schools with the tremendous S