Muscatine High School - Auroran Yearbook (Muscatine, IA)

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Ordinarily, the objective of any track team is to break previous records, and ordinarily several are broken yearly. But when a track team sets eighteen records in one Melissa Hart running their share of the meet. While in the distance medley, runners Iill Crouse, Melissa Hart, Brenda Mente, and Teresa Harper ran to finish third, field season, that's not so ordinary. Coach Ierry Lorimors girls track team accomplished this feat, The long hard February practices soon paid off as eight girls qualified for state. Sue Pribyl, Teresa llarper, Brenda Mente, and Melissa Hart ran in the mile relay to place second and became eligible for a fifth all time best. The 880 relay also placed second with lean Byrne. Laurie Vanlist, lill Crouse, and Upandoverwith speedandagility,RobinLohse strives over the third hurdle in the shuttle hurdle relay. A fight to the finish between Lori Stuhr and Nancy Madden resulted in two victories for the Muskies in the 100 yard dash. 88 Girls Track events sent one person, Iulie Powers to finish sixth in discus. This field event victory gave the Muskies the needed points to tie for fourth. Completing the season with 6-0 in dual meets, two and two in invitationals and third in Trojan Relays, the girls felt pride in a season of hard work and more than the usual amount of accomplishments, Ready, aim, fire. Rhonda Henry prepares to hurl the discus during the field event at Heinz field. Q I' I 2, I ISM'

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BOY'S TRACK Varsity MHS OPP iowa City City High 90 28 Iowa City West 103 39 Relays: MHS Keokuk 1st Ottumwa 1st Fort Madison 1st Conference: MVC. 6th Muskie Invitational 2nd Districts 5th Sophomores MHS OPP Iowa City City High 81 28 Iowa City West 70 48 Fort Madison 115 i I Relays: MHS Forwald 1st Lancers 1st Conference 1st Bettendorf Triangular: Bettendorf 84 Muscatine 47 Davenport Assumption 43 Stretchin' out ahead of his opposition, jeff Lyon wastes no time in getting his feet back on the ground and across the line in the 120 high hurdles. Comin' round the bend, Chris Ales quickens his stride to maintain his lead in the race. If ever there was a season for firsts and winning combinations, it was this season for Coach Dave Matthews' varsity and sophomore track teams. The varsity team brought home the trophy from the Keokuk Relays, placing first in the Class-A division. Four firsts were achieved in the meet including one by the 880 team of Andy Allison, Bill Anklam, Doug Fry, and Gary Monroe. Mike Mitchell won the mile run, Ieff Cochran took the 440 yard dash and the team of Cochran, Todd Duncan, Monroe and Craig Plowman broke the string in the mile relay. Compiling a total of 110 points, the varsity captured the Forwald relay. Individual wins eased the Muskies into that third outdoor win in as many tries. Victories were recorded by Ieff Lyon, in the high hurdles, Gene Bailey in the mile run Randall Eichelburger in the long jump and Tim Tyler in the discus. The varsity team felt the sting of defeat in a triangular meet in Bettendorf on April 26. They finished second to Bettendorf's varsity team. The Bulldogs dominated the meet, winning all but five events, but the Muskies did not place. The sophomore team also experienced their first loss, being clipped 73-72 by Bettendorf in the last event. The sophomores had wins Mu kie ower Relays in Iowa City winning nine of the meet's eighteen events. School records were set by the two-mile relay crew of Iim Barry, Mike Mitchell, Chris Ales and Dan Dietz, and once again by the infamous mile relay team of Cochran, Duncan, Monroe and Plowman. Sophomores Doug Anson, Tom Tyler, Al Ward and Ed Castillo also won their 880 in the 220 yard dash, the 880 relay, both the high and low hurdles, and both the high and long jumps. State qualifiers included Bill Anklam, placing 6th in the 220, Anklam, Doug Fry, Brad Smith and Ieff Cochran in the 880 relay, Mike Mitchell, and Tony Shellabarger in the mile, and Gene Bailey in the 2 mile. Boys Track 87

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The wind-up. julie Powers hurls the softball quickly and forcefully over her head in hopes of a first place in this event. Taking it almost to the limit, Melissa Hart receives the baton from jill Crouse just before crossing the finish line, avoiding disqualifica- tion. GIRLS TRACK MHS OPP Burlington 93 50 Washington 104 39 I.C. West-Bettendorf 2nd Pantherette Relays ist North Scott Invitational 2nd Davenport Relays 2nd Cedar Rapids Washington 80 63 Fairfield Relays 151 Iowa City City High 82 60 District 4th Pleasant Valley 104 39 MVC Meet 3rd Burlington 119 24 Drake Invitational Mile Relay 6th State Tenthalon 4th FRONT ROW: Lynette Adams, Lauri VanEst, Ann Mitchell, Linda Mittman, Michelle Oveson, Gail Neff. SECOND ROW: jill Shelangoski, Mary Hart, Lori Harris, Teresa Harper, Sherri Cook, Rose Yerington, Vallory jones. THIRD ROW: Carol Rininisland, Diane Vanerlinden, Sue Pribyl, Kathy Fruits, Diane Kraklow, Nancy Madden, Sue Roth. FOURTH ROW: Robin Phillips, Sally Brown, Mary Laeser, Cynthia Sayles, Lori Stuhr, Rhonda Henry, Lori Tiecke. FIFTH ROW: Vidette Longhurst, Sue Schroeder, Stephanie Sayles, Lisa Chittick, julie Powers, Sylvia Carroll. BACK ROW: S. M. Lorine Keller, Kris Boehme, S. M. Vanessa Sloat, Melissa Hart, Brenda Mente. ABSENT: Margaret Brink, Linda Burr, jean Byrne, jill Crouse, Robin Lohse, Carie Stych, Michelle Stych, janis Ward, Kim Wiegand. Girls Track 89