Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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5113 qJl0M i-4 1.15 1. Senior Dave Boyd sprints past Los Alamitos runners. Boyd has been running with the varsity team for three years. 2. jose Sanchez, Brian O'Neil, Jon Sarvey, Kent Lawrence and Jinii Anglin rest between events. The women's team took the league championship for the fourth time and the men took an Empire League third place. 3. Kevin Knapp runs the half mile event. Knapp, according to teammates, is an outstanding athlete. 74 - track

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Men again take Empire third The Men's Track Team finished in the third place Empire League position behind Katella and Los Alami- tos. The team, competing against schools that are older, more established and more experienced and in a tougher league, retained last season's third place posi- tion. Even while in the Orange League the menis team has never been able to place higher than third in league standings, said junior Doug Brower. This has been the best varsity season since I've been on the team, said senior Dave Boyd who has been on the varsity team for three years. It was one of our better seasons, everyone did very well, and we were all proud, said senior Mike Worden. Coach Al Britt said, It's the best season so far, and this is just an indication of what we could do if the best athletes in the school came out. The lack of well- rounded athletes has become a problem to some coaches and was one of the reasons Varsity Basketball Coach Mike Moore resigned. 1. junior Doug Brower prepares mentally for a pole vault. Brower has participated in the pole vault event for three years. 2. Men's Track Team - front, E. Langenwalter, Sanchez , , B. O'Neill, R. Saucedo. Row 2, S. Bronson, D. Stauton, W. Hauptmeier, E. Kochis, S. Messer,n-Ikgargia, Hayes. Row 3, R. Duran, G. Davis, R. Sosrodjojo, G. Christian, G. ,QQle,-Dgjhmts, T. Whaling. Row 4, K. Forsythe, W. Frederi- burg, D. Browerh , M. Arthur, K. Pontiflect, Farrell. Row 5, S. Bordelon, K. Knapp, Sarvey, D. Hillger. Row 6, D. Boyd, K. Lawrence. lVIen's Track EHS W Troy L W Irvine L W El Dorado L L Katella W W Kennedy L W 'Cypress L W Pacifica L L Los Alamitos W track Y 73

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'Glu-s Track and field, truly a Whole team effort The great appeal of track and field to athletes who are both highly competitive and non-competitive when it comes to trying to grind opponents into the dirt is apparent by the very nature of the sport. While there is little team action, most athletes participate individual- ly, there is an indomitable team spirit shown on the field. Teammates, already exhausted and limping from running in their own events, hobble to the side of the track to offer encouragement to teammates running in other events. Impromptu pep talks are given by one athlete to another, consolation is dished out in equally large doses. The team spirit seen on the track field, is every bit as important a part of success as the team spirit seen among other teams. That spirit, although quieter than spirit seen in other sports, is there and it is every bit as intense. Janine MacDonald and Cathy Conner support Tricia Aubuchon fcenterj after a relay. They, and Mary Ann Bullard, run the mile relay. Wordenis best: field Participating in track and field events may not be, as some might say, as glamorous as donning shoulder pads and helmets to play football at Bradford Stadium every Friday night in the fall, but for senior Mike Worden it is the way he chose to go. Excelling in both the high jump and the long jump Worden also runs in a relay event, but his best events are in the field portion of track and field competition. Worden has participated in the track program for four years and has even been able to organize his schedule to allow him to participate in the Drama Club's spring presentation of She Stoops to Conquern where he played a butler. Worden took an Empire League first place in the high jump at the League Finals at Fullerton College. Senior Mike Worden long jumps at a home meet. He took first place in the high jump at the Empire League finals. track - 75