Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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1. Concerned Track Coach Al Britt assists runner Dave Boyd after Boyd suffered an injury in a race. Boyd's father and fellow runner Ken Forsythe offer aid and concern. 2. junior Doug Brower psyches himself up before pole vaulting. Brower has been a track team member for three years and has also competed with the Cross Country Team. ew ,,m,,,,.mWwM-Wu! .1 5156 we 1 'W F 42' f rx I n X .xJ U. far- ...,. 'l f ,..' ' - -Q -f ,. 9 ' ' 'Z-tis, . -' Conner will keep running Senior Cathy Conner began running com- petitively since she was in the seventh grade. She obviously enjoys it because she plans to keep running after she begins school at the University of California Ir- vine in the fall. Conner is one of the most consistent, dedi- cated members of the girls' track team and was greatly responsible for helping that team win the past four league titles. 76 - track Conner set the school record in the 1oo and 440 relay and received the Most Improved Award during her sophomore year. Conner also plays volleyball in the fall but track is her best sport. She chose track as something she could excel in. I attribute most of my success to family support, said Conner whose brother Doug, a I98I gra- duate, was an outstanding track star. of 2 1 Senior Cathy Conner strides ahead of the pack during a league meet.

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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

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4..- .ff M lL....,-i . lj 1. Senior Glen Cole sprints across the finish line only seconds behind a Katella runner but well in front of a Loara runner. Cole will be attending the Air Force Academy next fall. 2. Girls' Track Team - front, T. Aubuchon, C. Con- ner, Arthur, M. Bullard. Row 2, S. Newman, Croix, Chaput, M. Davis, K. Loya, K. Williams. Row 3, C. Martinez, P. Anderson, C. jakovac, K. Schichi, K. Hodgens, M. Hagman, S. Larson. Row 4, C. Davis, A. Pocialik, P. Leavell, M. Weltin, T. Valdez, K. Young, T. Harberth, D. Scalise, MacDonald. Women seize 4th league title For the fourth consecutive year the Girls' Track Team coached by Al Britt captured a league championship. In 1980 and 1981 they won the Orange League Championship and in 1981 when the Aztecs switched to the tougher, more competitive Empire League the women won the League Championship in 1982 and again in 1983. The women were led by junior Mary Anne Bullard who placed first in both the 300 meter low hurdles and the 400 meter run. She also ran the last leg of the victorious I6OO meter relay. Other relay members, Trisha Aubuchon, jan- ine MacDonald and Cathy Conner, set a new Empire League record on the 400 meter relay. Aubuchon also placed second in the 300 meter low hurdles and set a new league record in the zoo meter. Conner placed second in both the Ioo meter and 400 meter events. Senior Tamsin Valdez won the 1600 meter and set a league record in the 3200 meter. Kristi Young placed sec- ond in the 32oo,meter and third in the I6O0 meter run. Both Valdez and Young run with the Cross Country team and the distance events are their strongest events. Senior Ken Forsythe limbers up before his event. He and fellow runner Dave Boyd donned striped socks for the League finals. As if that weren't enough to call attention and garner good luck, he and Boyd switched one sock so that they ran in mismatched striped socks. track - 77