senior Mike Tyler who led the wa Friday nightTyler won the 60 yard hurdles in 7 3 seconds a new state record He was coming off of a loss in the District championships to Lou Kelly of James M Bennett, who placed second Friday night ‘i was pretty shook up last week when Kellv beat me I had it all figured out that I d win that race But I worked on my start in practice this week, and it helped “I’m not disappointed that we came in second place The team knows that we’re just in our second year ” said Tyler Coach Roy Payne couldn’t be disappointed either The Patriots were beaten by a balanced Fairmont Heights team that has two 13-foot pole vaulters and a two mile relay team that set another Staterecord,8 03 3 Old Mill drew the top seed in the 880relay, but the Patriots could only takethird Their time however, 1*32 7, wastheir seasonal best The same thing happened m the mile relay, where Mark Johnson’s third-leg split of 51 7 helped the Patriots to a time ofpi uvcu uiit: iuui in seven uaysTim Downs of Kiehard-Montgomery highlighted the meet by winning the pole vault with an easy clearance of 14-3 That’s believed to be the best ever by a State competitor indoorsKarsten Schulz helped Westminster to third place in the team standings with a double distance win Schulz took the mile in 4 23 4, and followed with a 2 19 3 time in the 1000Giles Hunter of Paint Branch ran the 600 m 1 12 9, a meet and state record Other winners were Westminster’s Dave Weisgerber 9 42 1 (two mile), and MarkShaw of Paint Branch Shaw defended fps dash title with a state record of 6 3 secondsOld Mill placed ninth in girls’ race with ten points Scoring for the Patriots were Nancy Baker (third in the hurdles) and Debbie Huff, who took fifth m the high jump The Patriots also finished fifth in the 880 relayCentral of Pnnce Georges County won the girls’ title with 54 points to Walter Johnson’s 35Jit- % *sfc!jM ?**r *\ - 1^ Photo# by Jo* OwnJUMPING FOR JOY —Old Mill's Mike Tyler goes over a hurdle with a substantial lead over the second place runner in heat of state championship meet. Tyler emerged the state champion with a record 7.3 performance.Photos by Joe GreetMENTAL PREPARATION, PHYSICAL COMPETITION - Old Mill High School shotputter Tony Harvin sits between throws concentrating on his goal When he putthat concentration into motion, Harvin heaved the shot 50 feet, 7-1/2 inches good for second place.