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Mike Zerressen cruised to easy wins in the mile and two mile run and several other winners posted runaway victories during the third of the Northwest Florida Track Club’s summer meets at Memorial Stadium Thursday. In the only down-to-the-wire finish of the evening, Pat McLaughlin edged Jason Goddard by an inch in the 100-yard dash in 10.2 seconds with third place finisher Sher man Eller one foot behind McLaughlin. Sharon Kenton, a Bruner Junior High student, scored a tight victory over her school teammate Stephanie Dorman in the women’s 100 yard dash in 12.1 seconds. Zerressen built up large leads in both men’s long distance races cruising to easy wins. His performances pushed him to the lead of the summer-long Grand Prix com petition. Keith Lee, who figured pro minently in other Northwest Florida Track meets this summer, was absent from this event. Three members of the NWFTC went on to top finishes in the shorter distances dur ing Friday's track and field competition of the Sunshine State Games in Gainesville. Dorman posted a second place in the women’s 100 meter dash in 13.72 seconds followed by Cynthia Boling of Fort Walton Beach High School with a 14.21 clocking. Kenton placed second in the 200 meter dash in the open women’s division in 28.45 seconds followed by Dorman in third place with a 29.69 clocking. Kelly Chandler took third in the open women’s 400 meter run in a time of one minute, 4.72 seconds. Another local runner Jim Baggett, took third place in the 100 meter dash with a 13.45 time in the master’s men’s division. Kenton and Chandler qualified for the junior division of the games during the district meet at Pensacola over the July 11-12 weekend. Track competition in the games concluded Saturday night. The next in the series of the track club’s summer meets will be at Okaloosa Walton Junior College at 6 p.m., August 6. Track events include all regular distances from 100 meters to two miles with several heats comprising the shorter events. No entry fees are charged for the meets and anyone is invited to attend. For more information call Mark Flynn at 651-1570. Here are the results of the top-three finishers in the individual events. MEN 100 yard dash--1. Pat McLoughlin 10.2. 2. Jason Goddard, 10.2; 3. Sherman Eller 10.2. 220 yard dash--1. Pat McLaughlin 23.6; 2. Sherman Eller 25.8; 3. Jesus DeLeon 26.8. 440 yard run--1. Jason Goddard 53.9; 2. Paul Davis 55.7; 3. Chris Ford 57.4. 880 yard run--1. Sherman Eller 2:08; 2. Larry Walker 2:12; 3. Jesus DeLeon 2:13. Mile run--1. Mike Zerressen 4:37; 2. Dale Eiriksson 4:49; 3. Walker 4:50. Two mile run--1. Mike Zerressen 10:53; 2. Preston Mor rell 11:27; 3. Tony Bradley 11:33. OMEN 100 yard dash--1. Sharon Kenton 12:1; 2. Stephanie Dor man 12:2; 3. Kelly Chandler 12.6. 220 yard dash--1. Stephanie Dorman 27.8; 2. Sharon Kenton 29.5; 3. Melissa Dorman 39.7. Mile run--1. Gaye Heckman 5:37; 2. Ava Suydan 6:04; 3. Cindy Kenton 7:05. Grand Prix Leeders MEN--1. Mike Zerressen 8229; 2. Sherman Eller 6427; 3. Keith Lee 5811; 4. Dale Eiriksson 3455; 5. Jason Goddard 3319. WOMEN.-/. Sharon Kenton 2233; 2. Kelly Chandler 1550; 3. Stephanie Dorman 1489; 4. Nancy Grete 846; 5. Gaye Heckman 709. MASTERS--1. John Everly 2717; 2. Tony Bradley 1913; 3. Bernard Zerressen 1689; 4. Frank Kubisz 1086; 5. Ron Allaire 898. Levi, Lyn Lott and veteran Butch Baird were a 211, only two back. Levi slipped to a 74. Lott shot a 67, Baird 68. South African Gary Player had a 68 and topped a group at 212. There were five at that figure placing a total of 14 men within three strokes of the top spot — and 25 within four shots going into Sunday’s final round of the chase for a $54,000 first prize. British Open champ Bill Rogers had to rally from a dou ble bogey on the ninth to shoot a 72 that left him at 214. Strange, a native of nearby Norfolk, Va., but now a resident of this resort community, miss ed only one green in his remarkable effort over his home course. That was the 18th, where he drove into trouble, had no chance of reaching the putting surface, played his third to within about 12-15 feet of the hole and made the par-saving putt. “Boy, I'll tell you I made some of the damnedest putts over those hills and knolls to day,” Strange said. He played his front side in 33, with the highlight a wide breaking 40-footer on the ex tremely difficult eighth, scored from about 20 feet on the 11th, then birdied three in a row beginning on the 15th, where he hit a sand wedge to within six feet.
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Fort Walton Beach Playground Daily News
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, US
Sun, Jul 26, 1981
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