Azusa Pacific had little trouble winning its...

Azusa Pacific had little trouble winning its fifth straight NAIA District III men’s track title and its third straight women’s title. The team set a number of records, the most impressive of which may have been in the decathlon.

Ted Campbell, who had cancer and weighed 120 pounds two years ago, surprised even his teammates by winning the decathlon with 6,673 points, the top mark in the NAIA this season. Campbell suddenly goes into next week’s NAIA national meet as one of the favorites.

Azusa Pacific’s top woman performer was sophomore Airat Bakare, who set district records in all three sprints. She and national discus champion Christian Okoye will compete in Saturday’s UCLA Pepsi Invitational.

Small College Notes

Cal State Bakersfield sophomore Ron Lee set a Division II national record with a high jump of 7-6 over the weekend and is taking aim at an American record. He narrowly missed at 7-8 3/4. . . . Cal Lutheran’s baseball team ended the season with a number of offensive school records, including Jay Knight’s .433 average, Ed Howard’s 51 runs batted in and a team batting average of .335. . . . Occidental’s Sue Hulse was named SCIAC tennis player of the year. . . . Claremont-Mudd-Scripps’ athletes of the year: swimmer Tom Harrison, Claremont McKenna outstanding male athlete; runner Diana Thomas, Claremont McKenna outstanding female athlete; swimmer Dave Lewis, Harvey Mudd outstanding athlete; basketball player Shelley Wetzler, Scripps athlete of the year; and baseball player Eric Exner, who doubles as a trainer, won the Bill Dickinson Award for community service. . . . Pomona-Pitzer athletes of year: basketball player Dave DeCesaris and swimmer Lyn Cunliffe. Football-baseball player Carl Curtis won the athletic excellence award. Basketball player Libby Gates and golfer Charley Black won scholar-athlete awards. . . . Ed Gibbons has been named an assistant coach to Larry Lopez for next season. Gibbons played at Cal State Fullerton. . . . Tracy Downs, a running back at Cal Lutheran, has been named a 1986 Truman Scholar, one of about 200 nation-wide. The honor carries a maximum award of $7,000 to cover tuition and school costs. Downs, a 5-7, 180-pound sophomore, has gained 596 yards in his first two seasons. He’s a biology major with a 3.6 grade point average.