Glendale Community College - El Ano Yearbook (Glendale, AZ)

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After a month of hot, hard practice, Long Beach California was where the championship trail began. Expecting a run for their lives, the speedsters from GCC cannonballed around the course, embarrassing the competition for a 50 point win. Six Gauchos were among the first I5 in the I2 school race. A string of 5 dual meet victories was then run off, indicating that the GCC gang was strong and deep with talent. The only blemish on the record was an upset win by Boglione of Mesa CC over Scott Giddings. Boglione thus became the first Arizona junior college runner to ever defeat Giddings. Prospects for the nationals were brigh Prospects for the nationals were brightened further as the Gauchos ran away with the Mount San Antonio Col- lege Invitational. At SAC, Giddings, Palmer and Hancock fought off the eye-burning smog for third, sixth and seventh places. Breathing was so diffi- cult Sweeney had to be admitted to the hospital. Although he did not repeat as the na- tional champion, Scott Giddings picked himself up off the ground, with a great second half effort, beat Mesa's Boglione. placed fourth, and led the team to its national championship. Giddings' story illustrates the kind of sacrifice and pun- ishment each team member was called upon to endure on the way to the cham- pionship. lt would have been easy to let down, but the team finished the season with two more dual wins and the conference championships. The runners could look back on 7 meet, 2 invitational, I confer- ence and I national championship vic- tories.

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Undefeated harriers are National Champion Over 250 cross country run- ners representing 39 schools and I8 states convergd on Farm- ingdale, New York in November of I967 for the National Junior College Athletic Association championship cross country run. When the dust had cleared, GCC emerged as the best in the na- tion. As it had been all season, a superb team effort was required of the Gaucho runners for the victory. A single point separated the champions from the second place team, Brevard Junior Col- lege of North Carolina. But sec- ond place had been the spot the Gauchos and Coach Fuenning had to be content with in l966. For one year, the team had pointed toward the number one ranking.

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