Marysville Union High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Marysville, CA)

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l. Crossing over an old bridge on the Rio Lindo cross country course on October lb, Mike Galligan presses on towards the finish line of the Rio Linda Invitational. 2. Practicing lifting heavy weights during PE in the Field House, Pat Adams prepares for the weightlifting competition in intramurals. 3. During the Homecoming rally, Van Ray and Steve Lamon play the first game in their championship motchy Doug Riedel puts o crazy spin on the ping-pong ball while trying to outsmart his opponent. 4. Fatigue and frustration overcome cross country sophomore runners Jeff Scott and Craig Willis after the Marysville Invitation held on Saturday, September 25. intrommurcguls il 'QM

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A-v-Y lid aa FRONT ROW: S. Lam, M. Hatamiya, T. Welch, B. Davis, B. Wigit, M. Ransom, D. Carnahan, T. Moore, M. Wahl, S. Ashburn, M. Hess, SECOND ROW: M. Jurna, L . Williams, M . Wyman, B. Witzke, R. Leal, J. Anderson, M. Whitley, D. Glasgow, C. Willis, M. Wigit, S. Hylbert, R, Williams, L. Rolof, P. Grove, B. Shelton, T. Mitchell, E. Salcido. Encouraging more team unity this past year brought out many quality tracksters. Head Coach Ken Colt took care of both the girls' and boys' track teams. Because promoting team spirit was important to Coach Colt, he let each outstanding senior in every event be the coach. Underclassmen tracksters worked with the knowing and experienced. With eight outstanding senior returnees, the varsity division won their first meet against Colfax with o score of 78-57. Wayne Fukumitsu lshot putl, Mike Galligan llong distancel, Bob Hicks lsprinterl, Rick Hicks lhurdlerl, Tony Jow ldiscusl, Ed Landis llong distancel, Dave McQuay lpole vaulterl, and Cliff Taylor lhigh iumperl added the many first place points to win the meet. Always making track records were Mike Galligan and Rick Hicks. Galligan was the best distance runner in the Yuba-Sutter area, while Hicks was the best high hurdler. Towards the end of the season, these two outstanding tracksters broke their own previous records. Hopefuls in breaking more track records were JV tracksters Jay Anderson, Vernell Harris, Stan Rucker, Randy Williams, and Bill Witzke. Sprinter Anderson and Rucker smoked many of the opposingh team tracksters. Mile and 440 relayer Bill Witzke displayed team spirit by doing his share of the running. Hurdler Randy Williams streaked across the hurdlers as if there was nothing there. Five foot five incher Vernell Harris proved to be talented by high iumping six feet four inches. ln the last eight years, Oakmont High had won the varsity division league championship. Of course, MHS was in there battling to win the championship this year. Working with 64 boys, the team increased their chances to win the SFL. in 1976, varsity placed fifth, JV fifth, and freshmen sixth. Hoping to do better this year, Mr. Colt commented, lt's a great track team this year because we're tougher in all ways. Coach Colt's togetherness paid off with varsity and JV teams both capturing their first three meets of the season. l. Senior high-hurdler Rick Hicks studies instructions on proper hurdle placement for the 80 high hurdles. 2. Concentrating on good form, freshman Bobby Wiget aims for 40 feet in the shot put. 3. Limbering up for the pole vault, Mike Treadway ioins the rest of the team on the track infield before the Colfax meet. 4. Long iumper Brion Elliott soars through the air for a l7'l . 5. Track team members gather for Coach Ken Colt's team unity pep talk. track -615353 .