Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Procter, llnice, Llljilll, llnynes XhillSth1l, 'llzxylmg Mnrpliy, XY:tytv SUU'l'llI2R N tfUNlf1iRIiXt'li Al lCli'l' .Xt the SUlllllCl'll Conference trztek meet held :tt the L'niversitv of ,Xrizonzl stnclittm. un .Xpril 29, 194-l, the Tucson Senior lligh thinelzuls carried away the eonferenee title. The teams represented vghere from llunglzts, Nogales, Xlilleox, :md .'Xmphi- theziter. N 4 . . . They were led hy lired lizltiste, VVl1tl'i:lll'tJliC the district reeord in the 200 yard low hurdles hy running them in 22.5 seeonqls. knocking four tenths of ll second wtf the old record. Butiste also won the 120 'yard high hurdles in 15.3 seconds. .Xnd in his third event, the lmmzltljitiiip. Fred jumped 2l feet. nine inches to victory. The Tueson tezlm :mmssed 10816 points hy winning twelve of the fourteen events Fred Linihering Up msS.WN V M Q ' WM KJ swims.

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Bucl's Badger Thinelads honors. 'liueson took the meet with a grand total of 55 points to -ll for Mesa. the second place winner. The win looked like the writing on the wall, for another Class A championship lookecl iminent for the Turson traeksters. XVhile Batiste was consistently high-point man, the Badger cindermen were not a one-man track team-not with men like the previously mentioned Lentg lioh Young. one of the state's best pole vaultersg Iitlsil Lewellen, heavy cluty man on the shot, broad or high jumpg Monty NVilkinson, on the diseusg lilliot l.'oston ancl llale Montgontery, on the tlashesg Raul l.ujon, Frank Boise, George XVilson. XYalter Scott. ancl Maurice Busby on the Air. Dennis, A553 longer distance runs. Charles Nichols showed his ability in the high jump ancl shot put. 'l'ueson is wiclely known for its great track teams. Despite the war. which took away three coaches in as many years. the llaclgers have turned out another ehantpionship squacl which more than lirecl up to the reputation so proudly helfl hy 'l'. ll, S.

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Bob on the Pole Vault Nicholas NVith the Shot :uid rlnzllilied I4 of the l5 men entered to compete in the state meet tu he held the following week. llunglas placed second with 27M poinlsg Nogales czune in third, with 9 pointsg XYillcoX won fourth place by attaining 7 pointsg and ,-Xmphilheztter :Lttuined 1 point, gained in the jnvelin event. Gordon fjiggsj Lent grahhed firsts for Tucson in the l00 and 220 yard dashes. Huh justice. .-Xmpliitheatre star who had heen clocked at 10 Hat on the l00 in przictice, failed to place in the 10.3 sec. l00 :lt the meet because of 21 charley horse which also made it necessary for him to withdraw from the 220. ln the weights Monty XX.lllilllSllll racked up tirsts in hoth the discus :ind jzmvelin. Clmrles Nichols threw the shot -H feet, 3 inches to win his event. Bob Young of Lent, Batiste, XYilkinsnn, Young Postun, Bartlett, Lcwcllan,