Orange Coast College - Log Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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Wm xxx NW x sxva x .Q W XXV ngk. ' K xwwxxxx hKMVhQ NWW i h sx x Tmck team membem, right owe, fimt Tow: Em'c 36796, Steve Lehnhardt, TeMy Lundy, Mike OiBm'en, Dirk Van dewLin- den, and Rick Hanna. Second row: Dick Basile, Mike J ones, Ed H ealy, Owin H . Vandemvawk- track The Orange Coast tracksters finished fourth in Eastern Con- ference play with a very respect- ible 8-4 dual meet record. The men were coached by Ernie Bul- lard in his first season as head track and field coach. At this writing the Bucs still had to play in the Eastern Con- ference finals and they could have improved themselves by fin- ishing high in this meet. Win- ners in this meet would have been eligible for the Southern California meet and eventually the state championships. Leading this yearis squad were Eric Berge in the pole vault, Dick Van Der Linden in the 100 and 220, Bob Harrison in the javelin, Mike Lange in the pole vault, Terry Lundy in the long distance runs and A1 Britt in the 440. one-hundwd sixteen left to; 6?, Paul M . M cDam'el, and J ames Cthtian. Third TOW! Craig Stol- buTg, Mike Lange, Lawry Walker, J 06 Kinyone, Dan Chm'stian, and M ike M edlen. Fourth 7'010 : J ames DeMers, H ill H ollaway, Bill Ca? - penter, Wayne Cammona, Tim Rysdale, and Al B'ritt. Fifth Tow: Bob Hawison, Pete Smith, Vince Sweetsw, Bob Manwam'ng, Drake M uat, J ohn M amvaring and Coach Emm'e Ballard.

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The swimmers really showed how strong they were When they ran into all the EC opponents at the EC swimming and diving championships. They totally 0b- literated their competion as they swept to their seventh consecu- tive Victory. Out of 17 events, OCC won 14 with 11 of these be- ing new school and league rec- 0rds. OCC scored a total of 184 points and Santa Ana finished second with a mere 721x; points. Chaffey, Fullerton, San Bernar- dino, Citrus, Mt. San Antonio and Riverside trailed the two powers. OCC advanced to the Southern California championships at Compton, but because of the LOGls early deadline the results were not available. Coach Irwin definitely felt that the Bucs would finish in the top four brackets with a strong possibi- ity of going all the way to the top. If the Pirates placed in this meet they would be eligible for the state championships which were held in Bakersfield during the early part of May. in the EC championships Glas- gow set records in the 500 and 200 yard freestyle; Howatt won in the 400 yard individual med- ley; Craig, Schisler, Rayl and Nealy set a new league record in the 400 yard medley relay; Rayl set a record in the 200 yard but- terfly; Craig in the 200 and 100 yard backstroke set brand new league records; Nealy set a new standard in the 200 yard indi- vidual medley; Antista in the 100 yard freestyle and Bill J ewell set a new record in the 100 yard butterfly. LMXK egg xr rrm

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wrestling OCCts wrestlers hnished sixth in the Eastern Conference derby this past season. The grapplers had a 2-4-2 record for the league. Overall they were 2-6-2. One of their biggest downfalls was not having a coach for the first five weeks of the season. Their coach, Fred Owens, was line coach for the football team and the J unior Rose Bowl Game took preference over the wrest- ling team. 2We were initially be- hind time because I had to spend the extra time with the football team. We had no pre-season training to speak of and three days after I joined the squad we had our first match, said Owens When commenting about the season. The wrestlers managed wins over Chaffey and arch-rival Santa Ana during league play. They also tied Riverside and Southwestern to account for their two wins and two ties. In pre-season play they were wal- loped by two powerhouses in the Metropolitan League - E1 Ca- mino and Cerritos. ttWe had good desire and the boys were really aggressive to- ward the end of the season? Coach Owens commented. 21 was especially pleased with the way they wrestled in the East- ern Conference Finals. But, our late start really hurt us and we finished sixth? Members of this years squad were Andy Smith, Gary Ives, Ralph Lee, Jim Lahondy, Bob Marriner, most valuable; Ed Maxwell, Darryl Paul, Eric Snow, Cuauhtemoc Sanchez and Greg Wojcik. Seven of the 10 wrestlers are scheduled to return next year to try and help the squad win the Eastern Conference Trophy. one-hundred seventeen