Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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ON YOURUM RK The possibility of having a good track team looks bright if the participation remains strong. U Coach Jim Lindstrom. OHN HOOVER: I ,Q improved a lot. I in- W creased my strength and my javelin throws by about 25 feet. My high jump was also about 4 inches higher. I don't really know if as a team we really im- proved, but we were very young. r RANDY DEPUE: I think I moderately im- proved. Because of the shortage of team members, we were able to compete as Hey, no problem. Freshman Doug Barnes clears the pole vault bar with ease during a Rossville meet. Photo by Michelle 'I-Ieflin. a team. I'd like to see more people get involved. Going to state was a unique exper- ience, and I felt very fortu- nate to have the opportunity to compete on that level. COACH JIM LIND- STROM: I thought this season went realatively well, since we only had 7 of the 23 returning, and every event was filled. The entire team had a lot of good work hab- its and strength improve- ment. Heave hone! Junior Shannon Hook refines his talents in the dis- cus event during an after-school practice. Photo by Jenni Jarmel. iam- the .,t, ' i s ' V s i .. sgifig- :riff ' BOYS TRACK JOUSTING ' r is ,xp fi Q Wir V t

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iii Boys' rack STATISTICALLY SPEAKING RECORD: Silver Lake Perry-Lecompton St. Marys Silver Lake Kaw Valley Relays St. Marys Rossville League tRossvillel Jackson Heights Regionals Santa Fe Sol 7 Sol 9 Bot' 5 lof 6 l3 0fl5 Bof 5 Zoi S 7of 7 Aol 5 l3 of 16 Aol 7 ALAN HOW XRD As a fresh man, l found track a lot more en- ' ' ior high. ioyable than l had in jun The workouts were harder in the seventh and eighth grades, but f depending on how good you want to be -f in high school track you make the workouts hard on your- self. Personally, l did much better than l had anticipated. At the be- ginning ot' the season, l had no goals set and no high expectations, 'n track season but my freshma couldn't have gone a whole lot bet- ter. DENNIS ANDERSON: l really Keep your eye on the bar. During a FreshmanfSopho- enjoyed pole vaulting although it more meet at home, sophomore John Hoover clears the was a new experience for me. The 5'6 high jump bar securing him the first place position. event is almost as 'thrilling as ro- Photo by Debbie Brundgardt. deoing JOUSTING 1

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ii STATISTICALLY SPEAKING . . . RECORD1 Silver Lake 2 of 7 Perry Leeompton 3 of 8 St. Marys 5 of 7 Kaw Valley I3 of I5 Wabaunsee 3 of 6 St. Marys 4 of 3 League 5 of 7 Jackson Heights 3 of 5 Regionals of 6 CORI SMITH: Track was pretty ' ' h onl fun. We had to work hard wit y Girls' Tra IIAMMY KRUGER: Track was a lot more fun for me because I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I liked track because l got to run a lot more relays and our team. I thought. did well over all, especial! ly considering how few people went out. I hope that next year we will have a lot more people, and hope- fully the team will be able to have a more fulfilling season. SUZYE HOWELL: I realized track was primarily an individual sport. but with only nine girls out. we felt more like a team. We all needed to do well in order to place in the meets. so we all depended on e eo le on our track team, but Cach Otherf. ck Stride by stride. Freshman Dawn Bahner and sopho- more Tammy Kruger are in the race as they run the ' ' ' Lz k meet. Photo by Jannie open 2-mile in the Silver 1 e Brady. nin p p we did well. I think. N-N... I Jousrr 1 NG GIRLS, TRACK