rackin' and was named co-athlete of the meet for his effort. Another top finisher for the Vandal men was senior Koduah. Koduah won the 400 meters. was a member of both winning relay teams and and finished second to Smith in the 200 meters. Koduah's winning time in the 400 was good enough to earn him a trip to the NCAA championships. In addition to competing on the winning relay teams. Wanliss finished third in the 200 and fourth in the I 00 meters while Stokes took fifth and third in the 200 and I 00 respectively. Other winners for the Van路 dais included Tim Taylor. who threw the shot put a personal best of 60-0. Idaho's Dan Martin took third in the shot put as well. For Norris' women's team. the MWC championships were primarily a painful experience as Sherrie Crang. the defending 1.500-meter run champion. 路 pulled a hamstring during the prelims and was forced to scratch in both the I . 500 and 3.000 meters. With Idaho's top runner down. it was up to the trio of Pam Paudler. Lisa Tyler and Janet Beaudry to pick up the slack in the long
Men's Track Bli Sky Conference Northern Arl.z:ona 129.3 Idaho 126.0 Boise State 106.3 Idaho State 80.5 Montana 77.0 52.5 Montana Stat e 44.0 Weber State Nevada-Reno 4.3
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distance races. Paudler responded with a second place finish in the 5.000 meters and a fourth place medal in the 3.000. Tyler took fourth in the 800 and Beaudry netted a fifth place finish in the 3.000. " We had several areas where we had hoped to score well... Norris said lamenting on the injuries that hurt his team. But one area where the Vandal coach could not complain was in the field events. Idaho made it a 1-4-6 finish in the long jump. as Kristen Jensen wQn the event. Caryn Choate took fourth and Tammy Lesh. who had earlier placed fourth in the heptathlon. grabbed sixth place. Idaho's only other firstplace finisher was NCAA bound Sherri Schoenborn in the javelin. Schoenborn and Mylissa Coleman combined for a 1-3 fin ish in the event. Thus after all of the training and straining that went on in early March. the season was over. The Vandal men finished second for the second-year in a row while the women's team slipped from a third place showing in 1984 to fifth. It was indeed a season worth waiting for.
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Women's Track Mtn. West Conference Boise State 129 Montana 107 Weber State 98 Montana State 82 Idaho 72 Idaho State 65 E. Washln,ton 22 Portland State 14