Track and Field Roundup : Devers, Young, Marsh All Are Double Winners for the Bruins
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UCLA’s Gail Devers, Kevin Young and Mike Marsh were double winners Saturday as the Bruin men’s and women’s track teams easily beat Kansas State and Houston in a triangular meet at Drake Stadium.
The UCLA men’s team scored 92 1/2 points, while Kansas State had 53 and Houston 36 1/2. The Bruin women compiled 89 points, with Kansas State and Houston scoring 40 and 39, respectively.
Devers won the long jump at 22 feet 2 1/2 inches and the 200 meters in 22.8 seconds. Young won the 110-meter high hurdles in 14 seconds and then outkicked Houston’s Kevin Mason in the stretch to take the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 49.24.
Marsh won the 100 in 10.35 and the 200 in 20.69. Kansas State’s Ken Harrison was also a double winner. He won the long jump at 26-0 and the triple jump at 55-3 1/2.
In hammer-throw competition held earlier in the day at Cal State Los Angeles, UCLA’s David Wilson improved on his school record with a throw of 218 feet.
The meet was also scored on a dual-meet basis. Bob Larsen’s men’s team improved its record to 10-0.
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