Viking_Yearbook_91

TRACK SEASON FILLED WITH OBSTACLES T he 1991 Track and Field season provided more obstacles to the Viking squad than hurdles and high jump bars. A rash of in– juries and NCAA-mandated mathematics kept PSU participation in the May nationals to one athlete, despite several school-record performances. Seniors Shelly Bryson and under– classmen John Gentry and Kyle Remington each established new school recorcis, but it was senior Kent Newberry's sixth-p lace fin– ish in the Javelin at the NCAA Division II Nationals in San Ange lo, Texas, which highlighted the eason. Newberry was making his second trip to the finals, after failing to place in 1988 when he suffered a strained rib cage in the qualifying round at San Angelo. But his toss of 204-7, fi ve feet off his career best, was good enough to place this year. Bryson, who set PSU marks in the 300 meter intermediate hurdles and the hep– tathlon in her Viking career, qualified for the national meet, but fini shed out of the top 16 in the country and was left of the list. Gentry, a freshman, set new PSU records in the 100, 200 and was part of the school– record-tying 4x100 meter relay team. But his Photo by Dan Martin hand -timed 21.2 in the 200 meters in a meet at Seattle earl y in the season was equated to 21.44 due to an NCAA "fud ge factor. " This left h im just one-one hundredth of a second short of qualify ing. His appearance at the meet was jeaopardized earlier by a hamstring pu ll, the fourth of his brief career, at the Pepsi Invita– tional in Eugene at mid-season. Also suffer– ing injury was Remington, who established a new school record in the decathlon, but was lost for the season following a nasty spill on a pole vault attempt midway through the season . Head coach Ken Woodard and as– sistant Keith Woodard enj oyed a deep men's team, which should return a wealth of talent in Gentry, Remington, Shannon Powell, Davis Evensen, Adam King and several dis– tance runners. The women's team struggled with a lack of depth, and one of the primary goals for the Woodards entering the 1991-92 season will be to fill open spots in several events. Becky Henry, Marti Foster, Jenny Bj erke and Chantel Sporrer will form the core of that group. • • •J.R. Rardon T R A C K MEN: Name Alan Bosdtma Eilt i~own Donny Cooper Curtis Delgordo Chmles Douglas D · eoson G erly Chris Frank John Gentry Colin Griffin lot e ·Hardll~lll!l: Wayne Harris Tom H~Kkathom Chris Hodgers Briqn HQYterton i+Jacob 1llson Adam King Shon Kraley Pat Low Ken! Newberry lq non Powell K.~e Remington Jock Rose R'maldo Shackelford I R 0 5 T E R YR JR FR FR SR JR FR so FR FR JR so JR JR so JR JR FR so SR ~~· FR JR. ' FR ....&.;I Pos Sprints VauHer Juml!f Sprinter Distaoces Sprintilr Distances Distances Sprinter Distances Sp Sprints Jumper Distances ·Thrower Sprinter Jumper Right: Wayne Harris pulls ahead in the 200 meter dash. Sports/Track