Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
Vault Record
Falls as Terps
Beat Navy
BY STEVE GUBACK
Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 17.-With
a flair for the dramatic, Mary
lands track team came from
behind to capture it's big meet
over Navy, 53la-461a. here to-
day with a victory in the final
event-and then even topped
that.
The topper was record pole
vault of Is feet 334 inches by
the Terps' John Belitza. which
came long after the point totals
had been decided, but smashed
the Navy Field House and Uni
verSity of Maryland records.
1t was the first 15-foot vault
here and broke Belitza's own
Field House record of IA feet.
81 inches set last year. 1t also
topped Belitza's former high,
the 15-foot, 14-inch mark he
posted in the District AAU
games.
Relay Decides Meet
The meet itself hinged on the
2-mile relay, the final event on
the card, and that turned into
a first-class thriller with Mark
Wells, the Terps' anchor man,
coming from behind on the
final turn to win with a driving
finish.
Just as important as Wells
anchor leg to the Terp scheme
was an iron-man stunt by Guy
Harper, who earlier in the day
had won the 1,000-yard and
finished second to Wells in the
mile. Harper, drawing on all
his energy, opened a 25-yard
lead during the second leg of
the 2-mile relay and. as things
turned out, the Terps needed
all of it.
This was the Terps' third
straight dual meet triumph
over the Middies and the third
time in four years the outcome
hinged on the final relay. The
crowd of about 1000 couldn't
have asked for a better show.
Glass First Breaks Record
Those who stayed around
for the finishing touches to the
pole vault were we'll rewarded.
Maryland's Tom Glass, hitting
a personal high, cracked the
Field House mark first, clearing
IA feet. 9 inches. Then came
Belitza-With a Is foot, inch
jump; then his Is feet, 3a4
inch gem.
Maryland, showing its talent,
won six of the 10 individual
events and figured in a rare
siX-way tie for first in the high
jump, but the Middies' sweep of
the broad jump and shot put
almost balanced things. Navy
) also got a varsity record from
its one-mile relay quartet.
Maryland's chunky Don Van
Keenan,, just 5-foot-8 and $50
pounds, also figured in the
record business, tying his own
Field House mark with a 81
60-yard dash to whip Nays
Pete GolWas and John Sal.
Maryland's freshmen also
won the 2 mile relay to edge the
Navy Plebes, 52-48, in a meet
run concurrently with the
varsity affair. 1t was the Navy
plebes' first loss in six starts.
Shot tos. put-l. Mike Berkowitz. Navy.
Navy; 81 feet 61a inches; 3, Dick Mer-
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tel: Navy; u feet 124 inches.
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Maryland; .. Pete Golwas, Navy; 3,
John Sal Navy. 81 seconds
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Ron Hamilton, Maryland. 2:136.
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Joel Heine, Navy. 9:341.
Mile relay, Navy (Dick sidford,
Jay Green, Noel Bing. George Marien-
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drew after % milej
Two-mile relay, Maryland Chris
Mark Wells; ., Navy. 1872.
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land, ! ) feet 3a4 inches ., Tom
Glass Maryland, IA 9A; 3. Dick Mutt,