Viking_Yearbook_50

. Vanport's track hopes for 1950 were pinned on six returning lettermen and a flock of promising newcomers. . . Only field man back was Bert Kleiner who vied with the best in the state in the discus. Tom Smith was back in the low-hurdles and Pete Thorpe tried the 100 yard dash and broad and high-jumps. Rodger Eddy is the only man returning from Vanport's mile relay team. He again ran the relay and the 440. In the two-mile grind, Buzz Masters and Vic Nelson returned for another year. Twenty-two newcomers paced the squad this season. Most promising men were in the field events. Bill O'Hara was outstanding in the shot-put. Other weight men were Jim Havelhurst, shot-put, and Don Whitbeck, iavelin.