Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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A CONDITIONING DURli ' JG PH.... the team. A Starting on a sprint, and take on two opponents. The sprints . , were a strong point on the team this season. A As Coach Roberts gives encouragement to another .,1. jv,ii,n,d Vuiauo iuuks at the track ahead of her Jessica ran long distance tor runner, jogs by. Coach Roberts had the responsibility of head coaching the girls this season. 136 Recreation Girls Track

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On The Riqhr TracU Going into the first meet against Mont- clair, the Boys ' track team knew no more than when practice first start- ed. I don ' t know how were going to do, commented Troy Rockwell, junior. We ' ve never ran against any of the people in league before. Last year (at Walnut) we were in a different league. The team ' s biggest competition was ex- pected to be Garey and Ganesha. We ' ll have to beat them with our relays, continued Troy. Although they didn ' t know what to expect, the team went into the season prepared. Coached by Jack Malloy, John Park, and Steve Salm- ons, the team specialized in many area. Coach Park, shot-put coach, said, We should do good this year. We ' ve worked hard enough. We ' re ready. Coach Jack Malloy, head coach and long distance coach, came from Chaparral every day to coach the team. He ' s a great coach, Commented long distance runner Chris Shrum, who also ran for Coach Malloy in Cross Coun- try. He really knows what he ' s talking about. We ' ve worked hard enough, we ' re ready. -Coach Park We should do well this year, as well as in a few years down the roas. The team will be very experienced in a few years, commented Troy Rockwell, ' we have alot of sophomores out there. d if w3 ▼ HEAD TO HEAD comping to the finish line, Tim Ryan battles a Montclair opponent. Races such as this made the Montclair meet very close. ▼ ON THE LAST LEG of the relay, Derek Butterfield hands the baton to Troy Rockwell. Troy helped the team on the short and middle distance races with his great speed. •4 WITH AN EXPLOSIVE MOTION, Jeff Petty puts the shot. The intensity on his face shows his concentration. M EASILY CLEARING THE HURDLE, Bill Warden hur- dles during practice. Hurdling was new to many of the younger players, making adjustment difficult. With good form, Micky Martinez clears the bar. High jumping was one of the stronger points of the team. Boys Track Recreation 135

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ThE MElriNq Pot Of TaIeimt With the end of the winter and summer sports, the start of Track in the spring brought together all the talented ath- letes. In the aire of excitement, the runners from cross-country, the jumpers from basket- ball, and the strong football players all came together to join in one sport. With members from most of the girls ' sports the Diamond Bar High school ' s girls track team started in the spring with great If we can beat Ganesha and Garey we ' ll do really well. -Adonica Blair anticipation. With all of the tough competition in the league, the girls started their hard work early and trained vigorously. The girls ' team has some good young tal- ent, commented Linda Bundy, junior. Led by Adonica Blair and Tina Holme running long distance, and Michelle Reany and Tracy An- derson running sprints, the team was full of skill in the two areas of running. I think well do really good next year, once we get estab- lished, commented Adonica Blair, long dis- tance runner, if we can beat Ganesha and Garey we ' ll do really well. Ganesha and Garey we ' re expected to be the dominate forces in the league. Rounding the turn, Adonica Blair, O and sprint to the finish of a race. Adonica was one of the teams best long distance runner. Track. Front Row: Garrett Flores, Tama Feyka, Jaycee Blair, Chris Shrum, Launa Ellsworth, Kristi McDonald. Car- rie Courville, Kim Rollheiser, f anuel Sosa, Leo Shiang, Todd Spiegel; Second Row: Derek Butterfield, Rex Alford, Chuck ONeil, Kriss Reed, Kim Bales. Ken Hardin, Bob Tilley, Leevale Butter, LeValle Jackson, Mickey Martinez, Peter Moms, Rosalyn Mitchell. David E. Johns, Adam Deleon, Third Row: John Park, Steve Solomons, Fred Taj- gardown, Jody Wooton, Bill Warden, Tim Ryan, Radger Vandenunihoef, Joe Matsch. Jeff Nordschow, David Da- maske. Kim Bruner, Robert Sosa, Scott Steele, Kevin Ear- ns, Mike Hemming, Tony Ramsey, Janet Roberts, Coach Jack Malloy. Fourth Row: Ray Rodriguez, Michelle Ander- son. Glen Murray, Troy Rockwell, Jeff Petty, Chris Plum- lee, Richard Ortiz, Brian Mount, Jeff Parker, Lisa Schur- icht, Steve Horvath, Annette Johnson, Veronica Ellis, Eric Shuford, Phil Mahoney: Fifth Row: Willie Etheridge, Canessa, Vargas, Adoncia Blair, Taunya Smith, David Hol- man, Wendy Arterbern, Mike Bourque, Michelle Rivin, Balinda Cabeebe, Tania Waren, Tina Holm, Regina Perez, Jessica Vargos, Kevin Paul, Kelly Salay. Girls Track Recreation 137