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April, 1975 THE BLACK INK Black's presence felt on track squad Brown: Latin Lover invades Chapel Hill By Ron Tillman When the starter shouted go, the runner took off effortlessly. The body was just a blur as it sped around the track. "Let's go Reg, let's go!" spectators shouted. "You're the one Reg, you're the one!" "It's yours Reg, it's yours!" The body fiew around the far turn. His arms and legs moved easily. The stride was perfect. The body lean and superb. The figure was gliding across the finish with as mucp ease as when the runner began. The runner's name is Reggie Brown. Reg, "The Latin Lnver," as his teammates call him, transferred here as a junior from Spokane, Wash., which was even farther from his native Trinidad. After his impressive years at the junior college, where he ran his best 440 in 47.0 seconds, Reg came here with the encouragement of former UNC runner Lennox Stewart. Reg likes it at UNC, he says. After an adjustment period, he seemed to fit right in, he adds. He feels that the associations with his teammates helped him adjust. "They're really a good group of guys, he says. "They've helped me by introducing me to people, helping me with courses and the like." "The people (at UNC) for the most part hove really been friendly, ond Sam Beasley is a UNC record holder in the long jump at 25 feet. Beasley, from Pensacola, Fla. has been co-captain of this year's team. He defends his ACC outdoor long jump title at N.C. State, April 19, at the ACC Championship meet. Bynum excels in campus bowling By Skip Foreman Sports Writer Terry Bynum hos a 165 average here at Carolina. For the academic community, thot's phenomenal. For a betting average, he could stand some work. But tor bowling, an average like that is not too bad. He's been bowling since the tenth grade, when he really got into team competition. Starting in Greensboro gave him a chance to bowl against other brothers near his neighborhood. But when a lody bought the alley near his home and decided to turn the place into a discount jewelry house, things didn't look too bright for the brothers, even for Terry. Carolina, however, gave him o chance to pick up the habit again, and he has storted out to become one of the top bowlers on campus. Team intramurols has a lot to do with it. "Since school had interrupted bowling on a regular basis, I just wekomed the opportunity to bowl the chicks. . . What can 1 say?" As far as track is concerned, "It's a very integral part of my life. I love it," he says. "I love to run, and above all, to compete. Competition is when all your hard work pays off, your goals are achieved. That's when it all counts." His all time best in the 440 was 46.8 seconds, which he ran in Trinidad. The UNC record stands at 47.5 seconds. Reg hopes to bring that record much lower. Note: The Carolina April 15 relays mark the lost home performances tor seniors Sam Beasley, Elwood Johnson and Winfred Falls, mainstays of the team over the past few years. The BLACK INK salutes them! Track (Cont. from page 12) middle of basketball season, and therefore track receives little or no coverage. Outdoor season begins in March, with the most prestigious event being the Carolina Relays in April. Top Black teams around North Carolina, including A&T, NCCU, and Fayetteville State meet at Carolina. However, this event usually, as it does this year, occurs on the same day as the Annual BSM picnic, thus the crowd participation is greatly lessened. The track team deserves a lot more backing and encouragement. I hope that the recognition of the track team's journalistic injustic, os well as its non-support by the Black members of the student body, will allow next year's team to receive coverage and ton support from the beginning of the seoson. Reggi* Brown again. I'm graduating this year, so I'd like to start back bowling in a couple of leagues. "My game would hove to improve a lot before I would go pro. It depends on how much time 1 had to bowl. It's just like a living. Pro bowlers have to put so much time into their bowling. I don't know if I'm ready to go pro." Terry's ability was recognized by some fellow bowlers while he was participating in dorm league at Hinton James. The guys obviously liked what they saw, and they asked him to be part of the team. "I guess they noticed me while I was bowling with the dorm team. They came by my room and asked me did 1 wont to bowl. I didn't know they had gotten a team together." Terry is now finishing Carolina as a pharmacy major. With his bowling improving as it has with practice and competition, before long there could be another break in on othletic barrier on the professional level. ■■■ -f . Elwood Johnson (left), and Winfred Falls (center), quartermiiers from Greensboro will graduate this year. Chuck Hayes (left center) and Howard Fitz (right) remain as mainstays of the teoins.
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