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Amigh, Davis Win State Track Titles
 Kevin Amigh and Vic Davis - distance runner and sprinter - captured Montgomery County's only two state track titles, winning the two-mile and the 50-yard dash.
Davis, leading Richard Montgomery to a third-place finish as a team in the AB competition, clocked a 5.4 on the Catonsville Community College track, bettering his last two efforts of 5.6 in the county and 5.5 in the bi-county meet.
Amigh, Gaithersburg's premier distance man, clocked a 9:43.4 in the two-mile. He also topped his two previous performances - having run a 9:52.2 in the county and a 9:48.4 in the bi-county.
Teamwise, Crossland dominated the AA with 98 points to Arundel's 38 1/2, Northwestern's 27 and Gaithersburg's 20.
In the combined AB meet, Fairmont Heights and Friendly tied for team honors with 87 points each, followed by Richard Montgomery with 27.
Kennedy - with the strongest distance contingent in the state - was stricken by the flu and its big men did not compete. Ed Boggess, who had won the county 1000, mile and two-mile, finished sixth in the state mile at 4:41.9 and opted not to run in the other two events.
The non-appearance of Kennedy may have had a direct effect on the eventual tie as its placing in the distance runs would have pushed Friendly runners back a place or two, thus costing the team what turned out to be crucial points.
Amigh, in helping the Trojans to fourth, also ran third in the mile (4:32) behind Crossland's Kent Burno (4:29.8) and Glen Chumley of Arundel (4:31.2).
For Richard Montgomery, Steve Jenkins, with a 6.5 in the 50 high hurdles, was second to Leroy Walker of Friendly (6.4) and Tim Gavin clocked a 4:36 in the mile for third place.
Paint Branch's 4-by-264 relay team was third in the AB with a time of 2:01.1 and Mark Christiansen, Northwood's 1000-yard runner who won the bi-county meet, was third at 2:21.1.
In the AA, Peary's Dave Stalters kept close to Amigh in the two-mile before Amigh pulled away on the final quarter. Stalters finished in 9:54.5.
Third places in the AA were taken by Brock Ware of Churchill in the 50-yard dash and by Peary's John Philbin, clearing the pole vault at 12 feet.
Photo 1 by Robin West.
Photo 2 and 3 by Mike Touy.
Photo Caption: "VIC DAVIS of Richard Montgomery (left and below) sets to run his winning 5.4 in the 50-yard dash in the Maryland state track meet. Davis won the event as he and Kevin Amigh of Gaithersburg (bottom left) took the only firsts for Montgomery County. Amigh, shown leading Peary's Dave Stalters, won the AA two-mile in 9:34.4 and was second in the 1000."
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