Till- Mir Track star John has to prove himself all over again John works hard adjusting to new school and country llrrildSpl IMA USA One raid day last January John wck bopped Into a car for x hour to City had no special piins from running in the prestigious Eastman national al the State indoor track The day the native stepped onto the tartan surface In Memorial Center off a long exhausting drive and irregular eating schedule Warnock strode around the track in our and seconds That a pretty good lime lor a collegiate in the United Sutra but John mil in high school Warnock rd phce finish Smith was first inManlly the of colleges The host school interest and the University of Nevada at La also found his finishing lime Impressive Three monllis later as signing intent to run for the Thundering Herd of Marshall University A little a later paced nervously around the track at Cam Henderson Center it Huntington He was about to make his lint appearance on an indoor track in West Virginia His first race was the 1500 meter run and Warnock the fin line in a less than spectacular 4 more than 10 seconds off personal best in the event was the a race had never ran in his life He was second in But despite Ihc lackluster showing help but smile The butterflies were gone now His fir meet was history ran OK considering it Is so early In the year sweat dripping from his green uniform My limes that ureal but I expect them to be this lime of year I II be OK It was a different John Warnock who had sat In his dorm room just a short sprint away in Hodges tea Marshall athletes the day before 1 after running a pair of Rood races the pressure season in is own coach s words seemed go the fall in from an which ha John has made lor ever r Rial lail In ice John o a ed well in hit rookie seiio and hit CO In 1 hell Improve Lancaster lail now Georgia Tech So he also had the competition as Honing and so forth he really works hard at It I think he is going to be an excellent addition program in his adjustment to a new country and new school also had the help of having another Canadian on the Marshall squad with him Roy of nearby Milton It really helped me a lot having Roy around because relate similar experiences with one another both of us being from Canada and all Warnock said We ve become really good friends since we came down here We do a lot of things together almost quit school during the fall when he well and got homesick Out talked seriously thinking if he ha been here with me I probably would have pone home said about going home but John convinced it also noted a vast Improvement in running since he came lo Marshall with him in laie August John has Improved his and his training has come a long For us there is school and then there is Ira And s about it There not much lime for us to do much because we ore tired or homework said Warnock is majoring In sports manoRement and marketing He hopes to eventually on with one of the major athletic companies like Adidas or Hut first he and hope to the for Canada in Southern Conference Among Immediate goals are running around a four minute mile and getting down to around j5 In the 1500 meters Minor Atoms advance to final been disappointment Johndocan like crosscountry is much oh he does track said senior Herd runner Dave a track and you 11 see a whale of a difference 1 the John originally took up running Just to stay in shape during the offseason for his first love hockey Then alter finding success as a distance man In grade 10 Warnock he had a future In track spikes if he worked at it His coach Bryan Barnes coached Ihc Canadian national distance team bo he had the coaching His team consisted of such runners as Ian Clark currently California Berkeley Jim Allen Arnold Brake and John Georgetown Develop ment Minor Atoms overcame a stubborn Stratford team to advance to the final against Burlington Georgetown look a point in the series on Thursday when they over came Stratford 1 in very exciting game Georgetown Jumped into a first period lead when banged home Mike Barnes rebound after he was sent in alone on an 1 fro Wade Serjeant goalie hockey results Rod Baker Joe Mc Guinness Goals Mike Nell Handy Dow Neil Mike Terry PLAYOFF STANDINGS Shannon Finn and the Stratford goalie made spec lacular saves for each team before scored in the third period tic It at With five minutes remain Mark Lor to scored on a Wayne move from behind the net with Scan Gardner assisting Mike Elroy Roddy Pasma Mark Minninch David Hodgson Steve Alchin and Kevin Usher very big reason for this close victory Georgetown wrapped up the series In Stratford when they scored a win In overtime SCORELESS IIOCKFV The two teams played three periods of scoreless hockey due mainly to out standing by both Again Georgetown defence led by Roddy Mike Mark Minninch and David Hodgson were outstanding In the overtime period Wade Serjcantson hit Mark on a breakout pass and he skated the length of the Ice to tuck it home with a backhander Mark added 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