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CROSS COUNTRY T1AMS—Shewn abevt are II entries wMdi tempted In the Mitchell Cellefe*W)fieete Celleee cress cewrtry race heM yesterday el Mitchell CeUepe. The IS mile event wes devnlitafed by Wlnftfe whe eutpelnted Mitchell, SI-37. Pictured eve, first rew# left te rifht, Denny Ceppe, Clyde Beltey, Jim Benderant, Rkk Pester, Jeel Tewvtsend, Smltty Bellck, Pet Myers, end Bebby Harris. Second raw, Billy Ray Cemeren, Teny Lee Cleric, Tommy Can, J. W. Britten, Larry Merlin, Lennle Good men, Tern Dawkins, end Jimmy Chlltes. (Photo by Tommy Watts)*solayof-re-tur-mgackoftilSat-tenredsenothay.7-6gh-theallne-rith n amp-Lim-;traonsthebyme-thewinnp-i a•tintheov-;ndoreherWiir ate TripsMitchell Clubtwoi mMitchell College held Its first cross country meet of the season yesterday afternoon, falling to Wingate College of Hock Hill.S.C.. by a 20*37 score at the local school before an estimated 100 persons.The meet 2 larked the first time that Mitchell has attempted Intermural meets with other schools, and these same two teams will battle again later in the month on the Wingate campus.There were 17 harriers entered in the race which covered 2.3 miles. Mitchell’s Tom Dawkins set an early pace over the first half of the course with a time of slightly over five minutes.Dawkins was trailed by Tony Clark of Wingate and Lonnie Goodman of Mitchell at the midway point. However, the extra experience and conditioning of the Wingate team began to tell the difference over the second half of the race.At the end of the two-mile mark Clark and Tommy Cox had opened up a one-two lead for Wingate, with Danny Capps closing in on Dawkins. Over the last three-tenths of a mile, Dawkins dropped to fourth with Goodman maintaining fifth.At the finish line it was Clark, Cox, and Capps of Wingate followed by Dawkins and Goodman of Mitchell in the front five.The second five including J. W. Britton of Wingate, Ed Lynch of Mitchell, James Bond-urant, Billy Cammeron of Wingate, Joe Townsend of Mitchell. Rounding out the race were John Harris, Larry Marlin, and Richard Foster of Mitchell, Clyde Bailey of Wingate, and Smitty Bolick, Jimmy Chilton, and Pat Myers of Mitchell.Phil Pletcher is coach of the Mitchell team while Tom Faul-kenberry guided the Wingate squad.
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Statesville Record and Landmark
Statesville, North Carolina, US
Wed, Oct 14, 1964
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