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TRACK MANY HIGHLIGHTS IN GREAT SEASON ith a conference title for the women, Terrors moved outside to even more two second-place finishes for the men, success. Both teams finished first in the a of the Centennial Conference (CC) WMC Invitational and posted fine showings Performers of the Year selections, and three at the Dickinson Invitational. Division m All-Americas. it can safely be Cox and a strong supporting cast then said that 1994 was the most successful year in earned the first women's track conference the history of Western Maryland College title in school history as they tied Gettysburg The season actually began indoors in mid- In addition to winning the 100 and 400- February as WMC made its presence felt at meter hurdles events, Cox placed among the the CC indoor championship. The men placed top five in four other events. She once again second as senior Rob Johnson was selected was picked as the Performer of the Meet. the Performer of the Meet. Johnson won the Senior Sherry Albright capped off an 55 and 200-meter dashes and ran on the outstanding career by winning the CC victorious 800-meter relay unit. javelin competition. Sophomore Julie Cox was the lone WMC With Johnson hobbled by a leg injury, women's representative at the CC indoor junior Kent Lightbourn and several others meet, but she made her presence known. Cox stepped up to lead WMC to another second was named the Performer of the Meet after place. Lightboum sprinted to victories in winning the 55-meter dash and 55 hurdles. the 400-meter dash and 400-meter hurdles to Once the winter weather cleared, the Green win Performer of the Meet honors. Other CC first places were earned by junior Bill Tyrrell (11O-meter hurdles), sophomore Carl Von Tobel (javelin) and Freshman senior Alejandro Welch (long jump). Shane Brooks Cox, Lightbourn, Tyrrell and Von Tobel clears an represented WMC at the Division III obstacle during championship after reaching qualifying the steeple- standards. Von Tobel had the best showing, chase. capturing fifth in the javelin. Cox added a seventh-place finish in the lOO-meter hurdles after coming in sixth a year ago, and Men's Scoreboard Lightbourn was eighth in the 400-meter hurdles after racing to a third-place effort in WMCPlacing HU\edfm