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MARVIN UTECHT . . fourth in decathlonUtecht Takes 4th cathlon RaceBILLINGS. Mont - HowardPavne - Mar' o I. techt trig* ered bv a record-shattering per-formanccr* in the lin-meter high hurdles, tallied som 6.400 points to finish fourth against a strong f!p:d in the \ \IA decathlon fin* aN here Thursday Oklahoma Christian's JeffBennett grabbed hi* second na-tiona! title by scoring 7 301 points Teammate Gary Hill was second with 7.082 I tpcht floated over the high hurdles in 14 0 for a new NAIAdecathlon record In othereven's on Thursday’s gruellingcard, I techt sailed the javelin171 fret, ran th#* ! 300 meters in 3 o|, pole vaulted 12 fee and reached 106 feet in the discus The weary I'techt hoped tothe 330-vard intermediate hur-*dies as competition started in the NAIA track meet today Scheduled today were finals in the 100-yard dash six-mile run, lone jump, hammer throw, dis-us and 3 000 - meter steep’e-hase. along with preliminaries in nine other events Three of the world fastestr*humans were scheduled to meet in the 100-yard da h with a new world record considered a possibility.Both WUlie McGee of AlcornAM of Mississippi and RobertTaylor of Texas Southern have tied the world record of 9 1 seconds in the !n. and Taylor's teammate. Willie Polk, has a 9 2 time on the booksIn winning his second straightdecathon title, the 5-foot-8, 150-pound Benner— known to track fans m this southeastern Montana city as the ‘ mighty mite'* -showed consistency throughout the 10-event grind.During five events on Wednesday the 21-vpar-oid senior tooktwo firsts, one second and onefifth place.In Thursday s competition he broke a meet record with a pole vauh of 15-feet, one inch, took thirds m the javelin, 110-meter hurdles and 1 500-meter run and finished fourth in the discus for a final total of 7,304 pointsTeammate Gan Hill was second with 7,082 points.A m* _ o
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Brownwood Bulletin
Brownwood, Texas, US
Fri, Jun 05, 1970
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