Avon High School - Nova Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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pill R 99? Q' ' 1 Left to Right Weinstein Grossman Piel Barr Proctor Marvin R Taylor Wilson Olson Emrnch Powers Fisher Mr Efinger CROSS COUNTRY RECORD Conrad High School Avon The Loomis School In its second year at Avon Old Farms the cross country team has achieved great success This year of the seven teams against which it competed Avon beat Eve and lost to two On November sixth Avon had its first test in a triangular meet with the Loomis School and Conrad High School When the runners were finally across the line Avon Old Farms had won The scores were Avon twenty eight Conrad forty tive Loomis fifty our Avon s second meet was with the Loomis School Avon runners came in first second third sixth and seventh The score was Avon nineteen Loomis thirty six The most difficult meet was with Yale University 124 Yale University Freshmen 21 Avon The Cheshire Academy 74 'Slot until the Avon team arrived in New Haven 1 it find out that Cheshire Academy was also to run The course ran over three miles of the Yale golf course Not only did the Avon team keep the Yale men running but Alon ran Yale man for man to the finish line Heading the Yale team was William Bachrach who on October fourth set the course rec ord Bill Powers ran all the way shoulder to shoulder with Bachrach and finished a mere ten seconds be hind this record setter Cheshire was unable to place in this meet The final scores were Yale twenty one Avon thirty five Cheshire seventy four The final meet with the Trinity College varsity was a setback for the Avon team who lost by three points In this meet Trinitys Robert Scharf one of u g'u Q Q .Y A Q 'i 4 , i 'f .Y fs ,Q ,C ff: A 4 . 78 ' 45 V ' ' .. . 54 JD . Avon 19 The Loomis School 36 Avon 29 Trinity College Freshmen 26 . y ' L . . . y dd f . ' ' , '

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Connecticut's best college cross-country runners, set the record on Avon's course. The scores in this meet were: Trinity College, twenty-six, Avon, twenty-nine. In looking over the year, it is easy to see the great strides cross-country has taken. Although it was felt last year that a good course had been found, this year an even better one was established. The new course is two and six tenths miles long and includes nearly every type of challenge that faces a cross- country enthusiast. Coach Elinget belives that the varied and attractive course is one of the finest in New England, containing extensive wooded trails, as well as easy hills, along quaint streams and through open fields. The footing, with the exception of a few sandy places, is all on springy forest bed, which is the best possible for any runner. The outlook for next year's team is very good. With the exception of Kim Wilson, this year's Cap- tain, and two other Seniors, Taylor and Piel, who will graduate this spring, all of the runners will re- turn next year, including Barr, Emrich, Garces, Gross- man, Marvin, Powers, Proctor, Weinstein, and next year's Captain, Olson. Already meets are being planned with the freshmen teams of Cornell and Yale, Trinity College and the Loomis School, Hall High School and the Glastonbury High School. Many schools are interested in getting meets with the Avon team, and Coach Efinger has already received letters asking for meets. Keeping the interest that has been engendered on the outside in mind, we can all be sure that here at Avon, a country school, such a country sport has great possibilities and will achieve even greater success in years to come.