1929 Gem of the Mountains, Volume 27 - University of Idaho Yearbook

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HE STATE high school track meet which was held in f\ loscow lay I 1 was won by Twin Falls with 28 points, while Boise was a close second with 26 markers. Over one hundred athletes from all parts of the state participated and the meet was a huge success. The Twin Falls athletes won three first places and the relay, but captured enough second and third places to give them victory over the lads from the Capital City . Lemp, of Boise, was high point man with firsts in the high hurdles and high jump, and a second in the broad jump. W illiams, of Teton, won both weight events and J ossis, of Meridian, captured both sprints in near-record time. J ossis won the centu r y in 10 seconds and the furlong in 22 seconds flat. Robertson, Twin Fal ls hurdler, turned in the on ly record-breaking performance when he won the 22o-yard hurdles in 25 路-J. seconds, breaking the record of Alvord, also of Twin Falls . Other first place winners were: P. Tu cker, Caldwell, quarter-mile; Goiceechea, Salmon City, half-mile; Streifus, Twin Falls, pole vault; Jacoby, T win Falls, broad jump; and J ustus, Coeur d'Alene, javelin. The performance of Willi ams, Teton weight man, was noteworthy, for he rose from a sick bed to compete and capture the shot with a mighty heave of 45 feet 5 inches, and came back to toss the discus 1 1 8 feet 3 inches to outdistance Fr y of Boise, who was a close second. l .ernp's all-around work was the outstanding individual performance. H e bettered 5 feet 7 inches in the high jump and won the 1 20-yard hurdles over Bethel of Lewiston, who pressed him. To climax the day, he finished a close ~econd to Jacoby of Twin Falls, who leaped over 21 feet to win the broad

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