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Mental preparation.
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the season included Mark
Blanning, Don Rondeau, Jim
McKean, Paul Lagrou, leRoy
Robinson, Don Martin, and
John Olson.
But while things were
looking bleak lor the men,
their women counterparts
were enjoying one of their
finest seasons ever.
Entering their first season
of competition on the Division
I level, the women tracksters
were confident of a successful
campaign and had their
sights on a Regional championship
and a trip to the
Leg lUt.,
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Nationals.
The regular season in·
c1uded first place finishes at
the Peuller and the Montana
State Invitationals, and an
impressive 'hird place
showing at the Stanford invitational,
which attracted
the top 24 teams in the West.
The Mountain West
Athletic Conference Championships
were neJtt for the
women as they traveled to
Portland, Oregon. The meet
proved to be a relatively easy
win for the Vandals as they
outdistanced second-place
c:i_are among lb. mony rllil'orola
calisth.nics ID the I'W1Del'I schedule.
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Montana State by 33 points,
winning the championship of
the newly-formed conlerence.
Two weeks later they were
in Salt Lake City, Utah, lor
the NCAA District Championships.
Bul this was to
prove to be the end 01 the line
lor Idaho as they could only
manage second place behind
BYU, a team they had beaten
earlier in the season.
But all was not lost lor the
Vandals. Patsy Sharples, winner
01 the presligious
Broderick Award lor excellence
and achievement in
women's sports, qualilied lor
the NCAA National Championships
in Bloomington, Indiana.
There were many other outstanding
individual ellorts lor
the team during the year. It
was the best season to date
lor junior Caroline Crabtree,
who finally hit lull stride
during the season after two
years of illness and injuries.
Sherrie Crang, despite
lighting a llu bug for six
weeks, came back lor another
strong season lor the Vandals.
And, with the help of freshmen
Pam Paudle and Karen
Voss, Junior Lisa Kindelon
and senior Sandra Krist·
janson, Crang was a major
lactor in molding the strong
performances.
The cross country season
ended wi th the women
looking forward to continued
success on the Division I
level, and the men trying to
rebuild a program with
reduced scholarships. It was
a tale 01 two teams moving in
opposite directions.
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Cross Country