32-PALO ALto TIMES, PALO ALTO, CALIF., MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1969/

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1 J 32-PALO ALto TIMES, PALO ALTO, CALIF., MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1969/ Homestead track team captures Bios SAN JOSE - A lot of faces league, Central Coast Section M,:Carthy, (St. Francis)' 9:43.2; Flynn SHUTTLE HURDLES -. Gunn 60.9; 3:30.1; Wilcox 3:30.S; Wesfmoor 3:31.6; e e d'ff e t b t th It d. t Westmont 61.S; Saratoga 63.1, Santa Clara Lincoln 3:32.8. W r I er n u. e resu san sta e meet competition IS 8S0 RELAY _ Woodside 1:31:S; Aver 63.5; Sunnyvale OPEN MILE RELAY-Lynbrook 3:31.5; were about the same Saturday underway. 1:31.S; Leigh 1:32.2; Wilcox 1:31.7; Sunny- 100-YARD DASH - Braboy (Riordan) Westmont 3:27.1; Homestead 3:35.5. as Homestead- High.. School cap- H IS wmmng toss Saturday vale 4 MILE 1:33.1. RELAY _ Wilcox " ls:27;. (Sunnyvale) 10.0; Fowler 10:1; (Cupertino) Gillick 10.1; (Bellarmine) Brown pts.; PENTATHLON - Pluckebaum (Las Swann, Gatos) (Serra) 369; Nortured the team title In the Blos- sailed out of the measured area,!omestead ls:3s; Riordan ls:39.5; Cuper- 10,2; Anderson (Santa Clara) ber:g (Gunn) 36S; Follett (Branham) 362; 369 som Hill Relays at Leigh, High of 180 feet and hit the concrete t~na ls:46.9; Mt. Pleasant IS:56. ~ MI::_RE~AY -:Leigh 3:2S.2; Prospect Ogilvie (Branham) 361. The steady if not spectacular chip a piece of the wooden plat-.' ' -, Mustangs used team'depth to ter.. "". " for the second straight year. retaining ring hard enough to _II --I mainly pile up underclassmen, 39 poiu". Leigh, finished I"iug weather Royal, gets whowarmer, gumhighe' soared " the to ) 0m H IRe ays crow n a surprising second with 31. a height of 15 feet in the pole Top individual marks came vault. That mark is the second from Gunn's Tom Birtwhistle best in the state and third in and Fremont's Russ Royal. the nation as well as being a Birtwhistle, who has thrown stadium and. meet record. the discus farther than any prep Homestead captured just one in the nation this year with a first place-the two mile relay effort, tossed a wooden -but the Mustangs grabbed discus 180-1to set a meet and three seconds, a third and three stadium record Saturday. fourths to take home team hon- BirtwhistIe was flinging a ors. rubber discus when he set his The results: Prep record but switched to the 440 RELAY - Cupertino 44.3; Saratoga 4.5; Sunnnyvale 44.2; Homestead 44.S; wooden one because he felt it Westmont ld dd d' t 2 MILE RELAY - Homestead 8:11.3; WOU a IS ance. Leland S:lS.5; Lynbrook 8:19.2; Woodside The Gunn senior will be back 8:19.7; Freont 8:19.8. bb d' h OPEN 2 MILE - Larson, (Fremont) to the ru er ISCUS wen 9:37.0; Ferguson, (Homestead) 9:3S.3; DISCUS-Birtwhisfle,(Gunn) ls0.1; Cov- POLE VAULT. - Royal (Fremont) '15-0; TRIPLE JUMP - Freeman (Santa, ey, Scholl (HomesTeod), 160-9; Allen Green (Wotdside) 13-0; Groat'.' (Leigh) Clara) 47-3'''; Moulton (Hiil) 4s,s'1.; Mill <Sarotoga) ; Wailer (Homestead) '.; Smith (Leland) 12-6; Brown (Bel- er (Leigh) 45-~14; Brown (Westmoor) 15B-2; Bassonl (Camden) larm,ine) ; Bourdeau (Westmont) Y., LONG JUMP - Buser (Leigh) 23-13/.1; HIGH JUMP - Landman (Blackford) 'SHOT PUT - Hlman, Barry (Leigh) Freeman (Santo 'Clara) 23-0;. Martin 6-4; Ogden (Lincoln) 6-4; Goecher (Cam ; King (Mt. View) 54-3\4; Himan (Ayer) 22-9Y2; Anderson (Gunn) 21-1Y2; den) 6-3; Wyrick (Mt. Pleasant) 6-3; Brian (Leigh) 52-10'4; Bernal. (So. So Mountan (Hill) Anderson (Gunn) 6-1. Fran.) 51-BY.; Callero (Riordan) 'I)

2 --1\; After missing once at 14-3, he made 14-6,and then his winning vault of 15-0on first attempts. "That was the best jump I've had all year," he related. "Nelt I was over about eight inches." Royal is gunning for a 16-foot vault in the State Meet, a mark he claims will win the event. "Then I want to make the 1972 Olympics," he added. Only one other meet record was topped and that came,. in the pentathlon where juniors Vince Pluckebaum and Lynn, Swann tied for first with 369 Gatos scored heavily in the' I points. Pluckebaum of Los [..shot put and 880 while Swafin was at his best in the hmg jump and loo-yarddash. Swann, a two-time All-Central Coast football player for Serra and an All-West Catholic League basketball star, recorded a long jump of 23-1%-a mark which w 0 u I d have tied him,,;ith Leigh's Jim Buser in the"open long jump.

3 BIRTWH.lSTLE, ROY AL STAR Homestead Cops 'Blo~ By CHET WOOD And Royal, who Friday went only eight behind the winners. only 180 feet and his winning Mercury News Sports Writer 14-9 in a dual meet for Fremont, Birtwhistle fired his nation- toss sailed. onto the concrete 1m After proving - they are the cleared 15 to up his leading leading with a rubber ring surrounding the track and v, area's best in their respective Central Coast Section mark. The discus but switched to a wooden a chunk was chipped out of his events, Tom Birtwhistle and effort, which i~ se~ond bes~ in platte.r, which is supposed to discus. Ih, Russ RoyaI are ch' angillg weap, the I statet bi' andhthird d III tthe nation, d t add distance. Birtwhistle believes. once he I. a so es a IS e mee an s a- " '.'. " gets back to usillg the rubber ons III... an effort to become the dium standards But It bothered the ". flight, d' ISCUShe can reac h h' IS goa I 0 flv' ' best III the state. Immediately after each win- Blrtwhlslte related. I Just 20" b f th St t M t he Both,... reaffirmed their lofty ning effort '. the victors an- With h~ven.'t It. been I have ablesmall to dohands. well ";h en ~ ~re on 't care e w~ a~ I thee row 1 '" positions Saturday III the sixth nounced a change III tools.. d' t 't t. I tho III the State Meet as long as I 0] annual. Blossom Hill Relays at But Homestead refused to an wooden JUs. disc." can con 10 IS WIll.." LeIgh,, " change and us~d ~he s~me Royal also cited a state cham- v Gunn s Birtwhistle, the na- formula-depth-it relied on last Even if he had been success- h. h' f t t' IOnsea, I d. d' t t d pion SIp as IS reason or 1 n g prep ISCUSyear 0 cap u rea secon ful with the wooden platter '., thrower with a effort this straight Relays championship.. '.. ' switchmg to a new pole Monday, season, hurled his wooden plat- Leigh unleashed its talented Birtwhistle would have had to "This pole is bending too ~ tel' to set a meet and underclassmen to finish a sur- change followmg the Blossom much, I'm going to get a P stadium record. prising second with 31 points, Hills meet. Thf' throwing area is catapult," Royal said. -3(

4 -- O' "-", n. 'r'"l;/..'6 Blossom Hills Relays Winners and local placers: 440 rcl Cupertino 44.3; 2 mile rei - Homestead...B.;] Woodside 8:19.7; 2 mile-lorson (Fremont) 9: Francis) 9:43.2; 880 rei McCarty (51. - Woodside 1:31.8; 4 mile rei-wilcox 18:27; 480 HHR - Gunn 60.9; Braboy (Riordan) Gillick (Bellarmine) 10.2; Mile rel-lynnbrook 3:26.5; Pentalhlontie between Swann (Serra) and Pluckenbourn (LOS Gatos) 369 pts. 3. Norberg (Gunn) 360; Dis - Birtwhislle (Gunn) 180-1; LJ - Buser (Leigh) 23-13, 4. Anderson (Gunn) 21 l1v2; PV - Royal (Fremont) Ogren (Wood) Brown (Bell) 12-6; HJ - Landman (Blackford) Anderson (Gunn) 6-1; TJ - Freeman (SonIa Claro) "; 5 P - Himan (Leigh) 56-6';'" TEAM SCORES :leaders): Homeslead 39, Leigh 34, Wileo..:: 20, Woodside 18, Gunn 18. FROSH SOPH: Woodside placers: 880 rel- 3.1:36.4; Dis Med Rei :20.4; Mile rei -1. Fuller. Legg, Murphy, vidolli 3:37.5. San

5 ~Buser's mark, theoestilr1i1e CCS this year, was one of three_ first place finishes by Leigh. Barry Himan producedonei of the wins with a 56-6% effol+ in the shot while the LonghoI:ns' mile relay quartet recorded the other with a 3:28.1 clocking. i Homestead managed only one ifirst place, in.the two-mile-r~lay IWhere they notched au S:11.3 leffort. But, the Mustangs posted three seconds, a third and' three fourths to nab meet honors. ~..~. 440 RELAY - Cupertino 44.3; Saratoaa 44.5; Sunnyvale 44.2;' Homestead ~44.B; Westmont MILE RELAY - Homestead 8:11.3; Leland 8:18.5; Lynbraok 8:19.2; Waodside 8:19.7; Fremont 8:19.8. "." OPEN 2 MILE - Larsan,' (Fremant) 9:37.0: Ferguson, (Homestead) 9:3B.3; McCarthy, (St. Francis) 9:43.2;' Flynn (!-Iomestead) 9:43.2; Davis (ProsPect) 10: relay - Woodside, 1:31.8; Aver 1:31.B; Leigh 1;32.2; Wilcox 1:32.7; Sunny vale 1: MILE RELAY - Wilcox 18:27; Homestead 18:38; Riordan 18:39.5; Cuper tino 18:46,9; Mt. Pleasant 18:56... SHUTTLE HURDLES - Gunn 00.9; Welmont 61.B; Saratoga 63.1; Santa Clara 63.5; Sunnyva Ie 63.B. 10~-YARD DASH - Braboy '(Riordan) 10.0; Fowler (Cupertino) 10.1; Brown (Sunnya!e) 10.1; Gillick (Bellarminc) 10.2; Anderson (Santa Clra) MI LE RELA Y - Leigh 3: 28.2; Prospect 3:30.1; Wilcox 3:30.8; Westmoor"3:31.6; Lincoln 3:32.B.. OPEN MILE RELAY - Lynbrook 3:26.5; Westmont 3:27.1; H 0 me s tea d 3:35.5., PENTATHLON -- Swann, (Serr"C 369 Ipts.; Pluckebaum (Los Gatos) 369; Nor 'berg (Gunn) 368; Follett (Br,anham) "362; Ogilvie (Branham) 361.,. DISCUS - Birthistle (Gunn) 180 1;Covf$~rar:aort lj~f~es~~ftkr 1~;;';'es~~a~ 15B-2; Bassoni (Camden) LONG JUMP - Buser (Leigh) 23' 1'/.<; Freeman (Santa Clara) 23-0; Martin (Ayer) 22-9'12; Anderson (Gunn) 21-11'12; Mounton (!-liil) POLE VAULT - Royal (Fremont) 15-0; Green (Woodside) 13-0; Groat (Leigh) 12-1Wa; Smith (Leland) 12-6; Brown (Bel Jarmine) 12'6. HIGH JUMP - Landman (Blackford) 6 4;' Ogden (Lincoln) 6-4; Goecher (Camden) 6-3; Wyrick (Mt. Pleasant) 6-3; Anderson (Gunn) 6-1. TRIPLE JUMP - Freeman (Santa Clara) 47-33/.<; Moulton (Hill) 45-8%; Mill ~-5; (~~i~:::leaj5(w~~tm~n~)~3_1(o~;,~~~ SHOT PUT - Himan, Barry (Leiah) 56-63!.<; King (Mt. View) 54-31/.; Hi.",an, Brian (Leigh) 52-10'; Bernal (So. - San Fran.) 51 B'12;Callero (Riordan) 51-B.

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