Aldine High School - Round Up Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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ow: Pouring rain during the pn-liminarivs at thr- r0 mvvl at Klein niadz' tht- vvvnts more' trying. Sprint- sc-nior ,lohn Crout and anplioniore Olin Wilvy, wait for nts under the shvltvr of the' stands. fy., QE 3 -kill-n ' I r I .,.41nv VARSITY 1. ,A Q ' qu ' 1 , - 1 . 1. ' 1 5 'I ,,.,, n t f .E 3 ,ir A 5 K .----an-. 6 r o 'J an '- Sd'W' fin fw Left: Junior Mike Parker coasts past the finish line in the 800-mvters at the Aldine Distrirt Mes-t, The distrirt ms-vt was the only meet at Aldint- where' rain had dclayvd the rompletion of the new trark surface. Below: VARSITY TRACK TEAM Front Row: manager C. Wright. .l. Lvwi. C, Wright. W. htrksnn, M. Parluvr and 0. Wiley. Second Row: roach M. lVlcCrarkf'n. L. Frank- lin. J. Turnbow, R. Coleman, K. Grucn, J. Cruut. .l , if fl 2' .5 St Left: Setting his personal record of 6'6 at thx- Baytown Meet. junior K4-vin Crm-n was disappointed with his 5'10 jump at distrirt. Travk lil-5

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5 'S P . 144 Track W f fe-NM is 'M inks a k d D R - Klein when weather prohibited the track from being com Above: Accepting their medals for fifth place in a relay, ior Craig Wright, juniors Wendell Jac son an ana an at the Jetero Meet at Klein are sophomore Otis Wiley, sen- dall. The meet scheduled to be run at Aldine was moved to pleted. TRACK Potential encourages new coach With the hiring of a full-time track coach, new emphasis was placed on varsity track. Mike McCracken, still an active track man, has led students to state in the past and began working on a team at Aldine this year. The 1980 varsity track team didn't do as well as predicted, coach McCracken said, but there were several individual stand-outs. Out of a nine-meet schedule, including district, the Mustangs had three notable finishes at Baytown with a fourth out of seven teams, at the Jetero relays with a fifth out of 11, and at Spring with an eleventh out of 21. Many outstanding performances led to these accomplishments, however, the success failed to materialize at district. At district, here at Aldine, proven sprinters Rodney Coleman and John Crout missed regionals by tenths of seconds, getting sevenths in the 800- and 400-meters, respectively. Dana Randall ran a 4-9.5 at district, good enough for a second but came up ineligible at the last minute and had to run ,l.V. ln the field events Kevin Green led the high jump with a 6'4 for a second at the Spring Meet the week before district. Clyde Williams' shotput of 4-7 feet got a third at the A.I.S.D. Champion- ships along with other weightman Luther Franklin whose discus throw of 140 feet placed a fifth at the ,Ietero Relays. School records were broken by several stand-out performances. The 1600-meter fmilel relay team of Dana Randall, Rodney Cole- man, Wendell Jackson and John Crout set a record at 3:23:3. John Crout, who received the most valuable player award, also personally set two school records in the long jump with a jump of 2l'2 and the triple jump with a 4-3'2 jump, a foot farther than the last record. Jack Lewi set the 3000-meter 12 milesj run school record at 10:02:2. Coach McCracken said, in his new position, It is very encour- aging to come in where the athletic director is making moves to upgrade track. The new track was very encouraging, and some- how with 3,000 students and a nice facility there is much poten- tial.

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Relay teams consistent JV The 1980 junior varsity track team was not outstanding, but was very consistent. The ,IV team, as most JV teams, was a farm club for varsity. Coach Charles Fitzmorris said of his group of about 15, To be such a small bunch we performed admirably. One of the best showings was the Baytown meet where the team placed fourth of twelve teams, scoring 48 points. Helping at this meet was the consistent 1600-meter Qmilel relay team of Don Taylor, Jim Miles, Mike Parker and Joshua Hamilton who placed second with a 3.29. Another high point was a second place of six teams at Nim- itz. The performances by Mike Parker in the 300-meter hur- dles with a 4-1.4 and the sprint relay team of Taylor, Hamilton, Parker and Porter Wright, who ran 45.3, highlighted the meet. FRESHMEN We had a good group of fellows, coach Joe Karkoska said of his freshman team. Although the team did not consistently place in competition, several individuals stood out in several of the meets. The sprint relay team of Kenneth Hall, Byron Lee, Mike Gross and Billy Williams set a school record with a 4-5:3 in the 400-meter relay. Lee also set a school record with his 4-0:1 in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles at the A.1.S.D. quad meet. The relay team also did vsell with a first at the meet. Allen Hayes was a major achiever by consistently pole vaulting in the 10 foot area and placing in every meet. Right: Freshman Bobby Williams crosses the finish line first in the 100 meter at his home track in the district meet. Right: FRESHMAN TRACK Front Row: K. Jackson, S. Machado, K. Hall, B. Lee, M. Gross, B. Williams and T. Cash Second Row: Coach .loc Karkoska. R. Young, J. TRACK Below: Freshm meet. 1 1 5 r xx x . w x,' 0. .V 5. an high jumper Harold Jackson practices his form at the Aldine dlstn Q l an 4 Q ,RY vii tx Hsmw- T YA, I . K ., t W , K . . 4 W , M, v ft ya Ledbctter. M. Thomas, C, Knight. T. Smith and A. Hayes. X, , .,.,, r xi 'M,,sf. r' Wa' ll Q er we Y 1 3 GF x.i nk Q Q , 4 t -r 1 at N g, 1 6. Xa: X We