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nuat PIAA track and field cham pionships tomorrow at University Park.Coach Tom Maaill’s District Class B champions will be represented by 11 athletes. Augie Dietz, a regular on the Lions’ half-mile and mile relay teams, may not run because of an ankle injury suf fered in a fall from a truck Sun day night.All athletes who placed first or second in the district meet Saturday are eligible for the state meet. However, some coaches scratched possible entries because of subpar performances In runningup finishes.United will be led by Jack Waters, who set District 6 records last week in the high jump and 180-yard low hurdles.Coach Madill said Thursday that he plaits to remove his versatile sophomore from the -high jump and enter him in the two relaysand the hurdles.Waters yvill run in the mile relay with BUI Walsh, Stan Mos-ler and Joe Naugle.Walsh also is entered In the half-mile and will run on the half-mile relay team with Lenny Dixon, Ernest Widmar and Waters. Naugle also qualified for the 440-yard run.Charles Mack will run the mile. Bill Peterson tied for second in the half-mile with Crowell of Patton and lost the toss and right to enter the state meet. John Drak-sler is in the shotput and discus events while Duwayne Dunmire is in the javelin to roundout the United delegation.For the second consecutive year, JHS* Bill Faust finished in a tie for second place in the pole vault and lost the toss for a state meet berth. Altoona’s Ris-oldi wort the flip last Saturday. Last year, Gene Rinkus of Indiana won and went on to place fifth in the state test. ,Rinkus won the -pole yault Saturday and will be one of three representative of the Indians of Coach Jack Kurtz. Dave Watkins and Wallace Boyer, will run the 440 and 120-yard high hurdles, respectively, for Indiana.Bill Plummer of Central Cambria, who set a new district record, and Tom Harasti of Purchase Line are the Class A entries from District 6 in the javelin.heharaBewsav1ansa;Jalt;onwasinquihojanlt;So:
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, May 23, 1958
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