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MARVIN UTECHT ► * . fourth in decathloni-di?Utecht Takes 4th cathlon RaceBILLINGS, Mont - Howard Payne 5 Mar in I techy feigned by a record-shattering performance in the llfi-meter highhurdle?, tallied som 6.400 point-to finish fourth against a strong fie!d in the VUA decathlon finals here Thursday• ■(Oklahoma Christian's Jeff Bennett grabbed his second national title by scoring 7.304 point1- Teammate Gary Hill was second with 7.082 l tpchf floated over the highhurdles in 14 0 for a new NAIAdecathlon record. In other events on Thursday’s gruelling card. I techt sailed the javelin 171 fee! ran the ! son meters in 5 01, pole vaulted 12 fee and reached 1% feet in the discus The weary I techt hoped to the 330-yard intermediate hur-mdie? as competition started in the NAIA track meet today Scheduled today were finals in the 100 yard dash, six-mile run, lone lump, hammer throw, discus and 3 000 • meter steeplechase. along with preliminaries in nine other events Three of the world s fastesthumans w ere scheduled to meet in the 100-yard dash with a new world record considered a possibility.Both Willie McGee of Alcorn AM of Mississippi and RobertTaylor of Texas Southern ha' e!i*d the world record of 9 1 seconds in the 100. and Taylor s teammate. Willie Polk, has a 9 2 time on the booksIn winning his second straightdecathon ut!e, the Vfoof-8, 150-pound Bennett—known to track fans in this southeastern Montana city as the ‘ mighty mite *-showed consistency throughout the 10-event grindDuring five events nn Wednes-dav. the 21-vear-oid senior took two firsts, one second and onefifth place.In Thursday's competition he broke a meet record with a pole vault of 15-feet, one inch, took thirds in the jaseim, 110-meter hurdles and 1 5^-meter run andfinished fourth in rhe discus for a finai total of 7,304 pointsTeammate Gan Hill was second with 7,082 points.
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Brownwood Bulletin
Brownwood, Texas, US
Fri, Jun 05, 1970
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