Murray State University - Shield Yearbook (Murray, KY)

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l 10 Sports TR TWU SIPUIIU IBHIIIS UWB l'iValS A Rllll IDI' TIIBII' MDIIBY The Murray State men's and women's track teams, which have been steadily im- proving over the past few years, both had outstanding seasons during 1980. The women's track season and the men's out- door season ended in second place Ohio Valley Conference finishes. The men's team, however, finished its indoor season with the OVC championship, its first since Bill Cornell became coach in 1967. I f. The men's track season, which Cornell described as the best ever for Murray State, began unspectacularly with a fifth- place finish in the Illinois Invitational. But the end of the indoor season was much more outstanding, as MSU won the East- ern Illinois Quadrangular meet and the OVC championships. The latter victory was due in part to eight first-place event finishes. B. Johnson 3 , Stretching across the bar, Ernie Patterson strives for Crossing the finish line first was common for Mitch a high jump victory in a home meet. The season was Johnston, Jerry Odlin, and Richard Charleston. All Panel-50n'S first on the team, three were selected for OVC all-conference teams.

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'P X t. ,,. 55534. V- . , if -gk O if A 1 l .ii. ' F ,T iii. LALh. f ...g i C. Brown Chipping out of a bunker is senior Jon Stanley, who shared the top fall average, 74.55, with junior Chris Edholm. Hi!IllBI' GPUUIIU Murray State's golf team rebounded from a less than outstanding 1979-80 sea- son, finishing third in two of its 1980 fall tournaments, according to Coach Buddy Hewitt. The Racers ended the l980 spring sea- son by finishing sixth in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. But the team which played in the fall was clearly better. We had a good fall season, Hewitt said. We didn't play well at the Eastern Ken- tucky Tournament, but other than that, we played exceptionally well. However, the team's success was not due to individual standouts. The top two players, Chris Edholm and John Stanley, shared a 74.55 average for 15 rounds, and the next best player, Ron Overton, aver- aged 74.66 for I5 rounds. None of the main seven players had an average of greater than 77. Hewitt had expected the fall season to be one of rebuilding. By the end of it, a very solid team had formed, and the status of Racer golf was rising. -Tim Bland H G. Vincent Watching the roll of his putt is junior Brad Boyd. Boyd averaged 76.53 in nine rounds during the fall. Cast in the shadows of sunset, Ron Overton finished an afternoon practice session. Overton had the third highest average ofthe fall season C. Brown Golf IO9

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In addition, distance runners Patrick Chimes and Richard Charleston qualified for the national indoor championships, and Chimes was named OVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. Named to the indoor all-conference team were: Charleston, Chimes, 400- and 800-meter runner Marshall Crawley, mid- dle distance runner Mitchell Johnston, 200-and 400-meter runner Brent Konantz, distance runners Jerry Odlin, David Raf- ferty and Eddie Wedderburng high jump and hurdles participant'Ernie Patterson, and shot put and discus thrower Stan Sim- mons. Although the outdoor season was not as successful as the indoor season, Murray did enjoy victories in two meets and placed second in the OVC outdoor champion- ships. The OVC outdoor all-conference team included: Odling Raffertyg Simmons, Brent Konantz, Perry Konantz and Tony Smith, all 200- and 400-meter runners, and Elvis Forde, a sprinter. The outdoor season was also highlighted by qualifications for the national outdoor championships by Rafferty and Charles- ton. Rafferty qualified by finishing the 1500-meter race in the Murray Twiligght Invitational with a 3:40.9, which the equiv- alent of a 3158.9 mile run. Charleston qualified during his journey to the Tom Black Classic, where he finished the 3000- meter steeplechase with a time of 8:33.83. The performances of Rafferty and Charleston were also MSU records. Other MSU men's track records set during 1980 were: Indoor two-mile run - Charleston, 8:38.6. Indoor 1000-yard run - Rafferty, 2:08. Outdoor shot put - Simmons, 54-7V2. Outdoor 120-yard high hurdles - Ger- ald Jackson, 14.1. Also Patterson tied the school record of 7-V2 for the outdoor high jump. fcontinued on page 1135 Taking charge of a 3000-meter run against Middle Tennessee are Jerry Odlin, Richard Charleston, and Gary Ribbons. Murray went on to win the dual meet, 91-54. - . ure. ff-L-, ..K:z,'.,,-- .W --5.1-,w 911,-mm ,,,., 1.4..,w.., -H . ,..- -- f - -. l 3 A ' v 1 QAXRQ M 2 at . .V . W .,.... rw' B. Johnson . af, G3 q.