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APRIL-MAY, 1974 THE VOICE PAGE 7 XiT TOP CIAA GOLFER is Vincent Reid of Greensboro, North Carolina by defeating Clinton uraham of Livingstone College in the CIAA Golf Tournament held in Winston-Salem, N. C. recently. Reid fired a 36-hole total 141 and a final round one-under par 70 to defeat three time champ Graham. (FSU Photo by John B. Henderson) Cameron and Smith: Outstanding Atliletes Gail Cameron and Barbara Smith, two students here at Fayetteville State University, have been chosen to appear in the 1974 edition of OUTSTANDING COLLEGE ATHLETES OF AMERICA. The announcement of their selection was made by the Board of Advisors of OUTSTANDING COLLEGE ATHLETES OF AMERICA, an annual awards volume published to honor America’s finest college athletes. Athletic directors and coaches from individual colleges and universities across the nation nominated the winning athletes on the basis of their abilities not only in athletics, but in community service and campus activities as well. Criteria for those selected as Outstanding College Athletes of America includes leadership, service, scholarship, and outstanding athletic accomplishment. All participating athletes will be eligible for the Outstanding College Athletes of America Hall of Fame Awards Program. Those selected by the Board of Advisors will be honored at an awards banquet. The ceremony will be prominent sports figures across the nation. The Hall of Fame is permanently housed in Los Angeles at the California Museum of Science and Industry, and serves to honor each year’s winning athletes. The complete biographies and accomplishments of America’s Outstanding College Athletes for 1974 will be presented in the annual awards volume, OUTSTANDING COLLEGE ATHLETES OF AMERICA. INSIDE BRONCO SPORTS WITH RONNIE ALLEN Now that the 73-74 school year is coming to an end, let us review some of the things that happen in the Bronco sports-world. First, we had a campus shocker in August when the Bronco cage coach Thomas L. Reeves left us forever, Second the Bronco gridders upset the Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith who ranked 24th in the nation among small Black colleges, then basketball season came in. Everyone was jessing about the team going to the tournament. Well they went just as I predicted. Although they didn’t win a showing was made by the Broncos of F.S.U. WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR What I would like to see next year is a lot more Bronco spirit. The coaches are looking forward to some new recruitments which hopefully would better Uie team. The basketball team will be hurting for a big man to play toe center spot. And the Football team will be looking for a few Mike Wrights, and Craig Sills. I feel they can do it if they put their hearts in it. Because playing sports is no bull. Sure there is some prestige to it, but you have to pay the price. And the price is overcoming your opponents. The attitude has to be set mentally as well as physically. So next year I hope to see a trophy in all sports that FSU has. UNMENTIONABLES The Track team, the Tennis team and the Baseball team are all underrated. Little is known of these and I confess to being one of those who has little interest in them. I do not mean to say that I do not care. It is just that I have neglected to check with the coaches on how the teams are doing. Next year I will try and better myself. WHEN IT IS ALL OVER Being a sportswriter for THE VOICE is a big responsibility and some pressure comes with the job. During the year I watched the Broncos go against some tough foes. Teams such as the Spartans of Norfolk State, the Vikings of Elizabeth City State, the Panthers of Virginia Union, and many more. They fought with pride, but in some cases it was in vain. Some one said a while back, “That it is not whether you win or Lose. But how you play the game.” I am in total agreement with that statement, but I would like to counter the last part of that statement by saying that sometimes it depends on how bad you play a game that d^ides whether your opponent wins or loses. I have enjoyed working on the staff this year and next year I look forward to working on it again with enthusiasm and a great deal of interest. BRONCO BATSMEN-The baseball team is all set for the ’74 season. Pictured above are five of the returning players who are (L-R) George Kirby, Stacy Caldwell, Joseph Tate, Willie Smith, and Robert Gaither.( FSU Photo by John B. Henderson) CIAA Track Looms Big For ’74 RICHMOND, VA. - Spring is the usual launching grounds for the track season and early season, performances by Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) teams gives indications that the league will have another successful Track and Field year. Norfolk State College, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) College Division Track and Field Champions of 1973, have another track aggregation and Virginia State College, Johnson C. Smith University, Winston Salem State University and Fayetteville State University have some outstanding talent. The sprints offer some of the leagues’ best talent. Norfolk State’s Steve Riddick, the defending NCAA College Division champion in the 100 and 220 heads the list. Riddick was timed at 9.3 in the Atlantic Coast Relays recently. Other leading sprinters and their best times in the century include Herb Carmichael (J. C. Smith 0.4), James Wooten, (Fayetteville State 0.4) , James Godwin (Fayetteville State 9.5) , Melvin Draper (Fayetteville State 9.6) and William Ijames (Winston- Salem State 9.6). Norfolk State’s mile relay foursome clocked at 3.13.6 for a meet record in the Atlantic Coast Relays and the four some of Lawrence Davis, Ron Penny, Bill Heely and Robert Colbert have the potential to lower that mark considerably as the season progresses. Hampton and J. C. Smith have posted 3:20s in the mile relay. Fayetteville State’s James Godwin also set a long jump record in the Atlantic Coast Relays soaring 25-5V2 to break the old mark of 23-6V4. Godwin has been hampered by injuries for the past two seasons and Coach Walter Johnson says that he is sound and should top the 27-foot mark this spring. In the 440-relay Norfolk State, J. C. Smith, Winston Salem and Fayetteville State have been impressive. The Spartans have posted a 41.0 and the latter three have been clocked at 42.0 or less. The Spartans also have a 3:30 in the spring medley relay. No other league teams are close to this mark. In the field events here are some of the better marks: Bill McKenith (Norfolk State, 46.0 in the shot put.), Mike Baker (Norfolk State 14.0 in the pole vault), Richard Brockington (Norfolk State 47’8” in the triple jump), Billy Corbett (J. C. Smith 246.0 discus) Brockington in the high jump 6-6 and Harry Dillar (Norfolk State 46’6” in the shot put). Many of the teams competed in the South Carolina State College Relays and will be in the Quantico Marine Relays and the Penn Relays. All of the league teams will converge in Winston- Salem Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 3-5, for the annual CIAA Track and Field Championships.
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