Santa Rita High School - Eyrie Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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, , ' ':t5,frwr1fiWffti' I - - A - A Stability and a good grip on the pole are essential to Kenny Hunt when vaulting. 4 Lincoln Mergard and Dale Green run the track to build endurance for upcoming meets. 4 While others stretch outjunior classman john Kirstein works to improve his height. 'junior Kenny McKnight has distance in his jump from many long hours of practice. ! V p ' I l li M afffrav . F ye w I er- ll.:-rm , ,V -'-,..,,,.... , .,,,.,,,,,,, t M'l . f ' . r, --1, W, 1 , . H'-,., , i , , ,g5r7 Palo Verde 69d .L,,,M 554 fp, Buena ' 8 f 1, uuuut, 50 ,W A, .-..,.. ' 'W' Pueblo , r W fr inconfSahuaro'f92f2 - L 'Ms Tucson . 45 ft Q abino 7 ,V 64 Vg W f F t afpointe g M l ff .1 1 ' heirs n if G?-04 ll.H2i'-ZS. 73 l , vi '1VfQ',.,.,.tl',.f?,aA ?'if7'f,z, y r q t .1, i1igsfgzriEF'f'12gpfL,, A 5, 3rl:44f1-,4,,:f.w'f-1 11 ' at ??-fl: f'35lifi.n.,, BOYS' VARSITY TRACK 253

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Q! evotion Required for Track e're looking at developing our kids throughout the season with time improvements in the running events, and height and distance improvements in the field events, stated Boys' Varsity Track Coach Art Droegmeier, about the team's goals. Another ambition was to do well in our divisionals and hopefully get a few people into the state meetf' Droegmeier, in his second coaching --...L ,, rfsffy.-5 ' il!! . J- , ' A Coach Williams looks on as Senior Dale Erickson cuts a few seconds off his time. season, commented that dedication was needed for track. Unlike a lot of team sports, track is pretty individual. A per- son has set routines he's supposed to perform on a particular day, and some days he feels good, and some days he doesn't. It takes a lot of personal dedication to make all the practices and work hard, he said. Improving his understanding of various events and sharing ideas with other coaches were some of Droegmeier's personal goals. Senior Kenny Hunt joined track as a sophomore, after friends suggested that he do so. Hunt found that he liked pole vaulting and decided to keep with it. Track had taught Hunt that to be good at something, one must work hard. He planned on going to college, but whether or not he would compete would be determined by his last season at S.R. The 300 meter intermediate and high hurdles were the interests of junior Robert Saniga. He joined track as a freshman for the fun of it and to keep in shape. Since then, he had come very close to making a state meet, and break- ing one of Santa Rita's school records. Good sportsmanship was a quality that all athletes tried to possess. Saniga noted that through being in track, he had learned to maintain good sportsmanship when competing. Varsity Track-First Row: james Tolley, jim joy, Wayne Cooper, Richard Walsh, Mike Meyer, Todd Bechtelg Second Row: Sid Crane, Leonard Altieri, Tim Burgess, David Lake, Dale Erickson, Third Row: Robert Berger, Travis Good, Denny Vaughan, Gilbert Larocque, Lincoln Mergardg Back Row: Bruce Conley, Ricci Boni, Dale Green, Not Pictured: Kenny Hunt,john Kirstein. Design' Bill Sharp Copyzjohn Richard 2 2 Photos: Gwen McCarthy

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