European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 22, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 High school track s4s photo by in at Imp Mannheim s Shelia Merriweat bar sets 300-meter hurdle record ahead of Frankfurt s Shea Spradlin i and i Heidelberg s Kris Wright Al right. Bison s Corey Jenkins wins Long jump. Merriweather sets hurdles Mark Bybe Abrams prep sports editor Heidelberg Mannheim s Shelia Crri Wrath or look a bad spill Clearing the last hurdle in the 100 my scr event and was disqualified. However the Classy Mannheim Sophomore Shook off the Etc cts of her disappointment and showed her True Mettle later saturday by not Only winning the 300 my scr hurdles but winning it in record setting fashion. Merriweather s 47.0 clocking Over the Long hurdles was the Only Dodds record shattered in the two Day Germany aaa track and Field championships Over the Fine Heidelberg layout at Patrick Henry Village. Her spill prevented her from becoming the Only triple Winner in the girls Competition she won the Long jump Friday but it did t have any effect on Mannheim s Romp to the championship. The Bison piled up 128 Points with Kaiser Lautem a Distant second with 96, two More than Wiesbaden. I Hope Shelia can Bounce Back after that spill in the 100 hurdles coach Burl Blank said prior to the 300. She fell in both hurdles events last year and then she fell today. I just want her to finish the race. Winning would be super but finishing is the important thing for she finished in blazing style breaking by two tenths of a second the Dodds record Fulda s Mildred Cawthon set last year and beating Heidelberg s Kris Wright who had turned in a 46.9 clocking in beating her last week. Wright in fact managed Only a third place showing saturday finishing behind Frankfurt s Shea Spradlin. Mannheim s Travis Jenkins thought he had the High jump Mark but he failed to set a new Standard by a Heel. He easily won the title at 6 feet 4 inches. Then he took two attempts at 6-8 and missed both times. Instead of going for a third 6-8 attempt he opted for a shot at 6-9 / in an Effort to get the Dodds record. He cleared the bar but his Heel swung Back and nipped it. Down it came and Jenkins who has gone 6 11 while performing for a Germany club was disconsolate. I thought i had it he said. I know i can do it and that was so teammate Corey Jenkins no relation and Wiesbaden s Jason Beko shared individual laurels in the boys Competition with three victories apiece. Jenkins prevailed in both hurdles clocking 14.8 in the highs and 39.0 in the 300-meter intermediates and taking Thelong jump at 22-4 a. Biko won the 800 in 1 56.9, the 1,500 in 4 04.6 and the 3,000 in 8 46.0. In All three it was like two races Biko All alone and far Back the rest of the Field. Weather conditions were quite bad yesterday and today i was t pressed by anyone Beko said. The weather was much better today and i was hoping i could get Down near the records but it did t work out that Ramstein s Andy Forbes was Biko s nearest Chal Lenger in the 3,000, 23.6 seconds behind. His second place finish there coupled with a Victory by the quartet of Brad Glosson Julas Hollis Jeff Hill and Tony Petronelli in the meet finishing 1,600-meter relay gave the royals the boys title. Mannheim finished third in the 1,600 relay but Blank lodged a protest against Heidelberg for spiking the Baton after taking second. The protest was denied the finish stood and Ramstein look the title with i06u Points to Mann Heim s 105. Had the protest been upheld the Bison would have had 107 Points Matching a half Point win they had posted Over the royals in a regular season ending meet last week. Ramstein won Only the 400 meters 400 relay and 1,600 relay but it piled up enough seconds thirds and fourths to get the title. In addition to the he wins posted by the Jenkinss Mannheim also got a winning 13-0 pole vault from Jay Wilson and a shot put Blue ribbon from Andre Green. The Mannheim girls picked up most of their Points with their blistering Speed. They scored 18 Points in the 100 and 12 in the 200 without picking up a win and they took the 400-relay and spent Medley. Mary Burns Cisa Icymore theolisia Vaughn and Lisa Mcdowell ran the 400 relay. Burns Mcdowell Betsey Arthur and Tiki Suarcz handled the Baton in the med Ley. Suarcz also won the 3,000 meters. Wolves Wallace bucs Terrell sparkle in a k1tzingen, West Germany Wurzburg s Tyrone Wallace and Baum Holder s Tammi Terrell turned in spar Kling performances in the Germany a track and Field championships that ended Here saturday. Both athletes won or helped win four events for their schools. Wallace helped Lead Wal Ryburg to the boys team title by sprinting to Victory in the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Wallace also ran the first leg of Wurzburg 400 meter relay Victory and the second leg of the wolves Triumph in the 1,600. Wal lace won the 100 in 11.47 seconds and ran the 200 in 23.05. Teammate Ron Little won the 400 meters in 50.80. Wurzburg piled up 131 Points to out distance runner up Baum older which had 96. Terrell won the 100 and 200-meter sprints and anchored Baum older s Vic tories in the 400 and 1600 relays. Team mate Jocclyn Hubbard finished second to Terrell in the 100, but later won the triple jump with a distance of 33 feet 11 inches. However Terrell s efforts were not enough to overcome Wei Brincken s Over All team Effort As the trojans held on to win the girls championship by a 114-99margin Over the second place hues. The Owci Brincken girls triumphed with winners in the 400 meters shot put and 100 hurdles. Angie Hill won the 400 in 53.91. Racla Paogofie took the shot with a 35-2 a and Wendy Humph pics won the 100 hurdles in 16.4 seconds. But the trojans also racked up Points by taking second place in four other events. Amy Tanner gave we Brucken a second behind Humpherys in the 100 hurdles Becky Dorris was runner up in the 800 Humph pics placed second in the 300-meter hurdles and Stephanie macs finished just behind Hubbard in the Lon jump
