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

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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

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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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T .., , ..,.., an ir' iv.. it A f P15 s E , P' . 0 f as Q Q 9' Y 7 ' ., X AE ,. ,Aga 1 b.......... .,,.. Q 4- 9 L TTER Our track squad was short in numbers, but long in competitiveness. -Coach Loren Ziegler. GIRLS' TRACK 12 - ith only nine girls cord for the freshman half- . ff out, track seemed 4 more like a team sport than an individual one. According to Coach Loren Ziegler, the team performed its best at the Silver Lake invitational, where they took second. Although no varsity records were broken, Shelley Renfro set a new re- The last runner. In the Rossville track meet during the mile relay, senior Brigette Hartter runs the last 440 length of the race. Photo by Renee Strong. mile a time of 2:31. In her senior year, Brigette Hart- ter was undefeated in the half-mile at all league meets. Added new in girls' track was the javelin. Cinnemon Bath now holds the school record in this event.lIl I-landoff. Running the 440 relay, freshman Shelley Renfro prepares to give the baton to sophomore Tammy Kruger, Photo by Nadia Evenepoel. '5-...F 'Q f! ..l...v ' A 2 S