William Fleming High School - Colonel Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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First-place high hurdler Mike LaBrie receives a handshake and a medal for his efforts in the Roanoke Valley District Meet. The Colonels dominated the event, capturing three of six places. Flying high, junior long jumper Kathryn Conner takes off in the Disrict Meet. The girls captured the District Title with a 98 point performance. gb-f MMM ,M ,L as.. 1977 OUTDOOR TRACK TEAM - ffront rowl Cathy Stinnette, manager: Iames Arrington: William Childress: Michael Ramey: Maurice Ashford: Archie Mayo: Tony Ramey: Herman Lewis: Brian Dowe: Ricardo Harrison: Ronald Larry fsecond rowl Mike Turner: Ronald Brower: Michael Thurman: Dwayne Drew: 64 Track David Hash: Raymond Perry: Eddie Otey: Terry Coles: Tony Arrington: Glen Richardson: Mark Wiebke: Leo Brown fthird rowj Coach Eddie Burke: Sheli Peterson, manager: Wayne Rock: Mark Hale: Danny Grinnell: Benji Collier: Lynn Arrington: Iohn Coles: Iames Foxx: Mark Grogan: john Ruble, manager lback rowl Coach Bob Sandy: Coach Len Mosser: Milton Iordan: Keith Atkins: Kevin Robinson: Doug Booth: Allen Nichols: Iuber Preston: Leslie Dunnaville: Billie Davis: Richard Smith: Ronald Young: Osborne Wheaton Inot picturedl Mike LaBrie: Waverly Thornhill: Carlton Price: Ken Watson: Derrick Pullen.

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On his second attempt shot putter Keith Atkins tries to better his first toss. The Colonels swept a dual meet at Lynchburg College. In front of the pack, high hurdler Mike LaBrie runs away from the field in the Pat- rick Henry meet. The Colonel Cindermen edged the Patriots 72-64. me A f ' High Iumper Linda Mitchell attempts a jump of 4'6 against Pulaski. The Colonelettes defeated the Cougars 60-50. Country roads confront junior runners Ieff Lumsden and Bobby Saunders in Franklin County. The Eagles outdistanced the Flem- ing harriers 31-26.

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A:.,,'f A.v,A.-,,.,,- --Wt v,.:2. ,.J.: , . . .. ,, :,.we.g.ft-ff,t:e-ttwwetnwrg-wwe.:ff--as -sffwfis .- , - ., . , f ' f- ft '- -If f - wfaszaafaeeL.:aoa..a,e,fe.T-as f -1 . . 1977 CROSS COUNTRY TEAM - Ricardo Pace: jeff Lumsden lnot picturedj Herman COI'1t. while Mike LaBrie, Archie Mayo, William Childress, and Maurice Ashford earned All-Metro honors. Coach Sandy, Metro Coach of the Year, worked his team hard, trained it hard, and tried new approaches for cutting seconds off a run. His effort paid off. Coach Sandy was probably the only reason we went as far as we did, said Collier. He didn't tell us we had to do something, added Archie Mayo. He let us make up our minds, and he was willing to help us. He had the attitude that if a runner liked some- thing enough, he would discipline himself to do it. If a person had the desire, he would never sit down. Coach Sandy gave us that desire. The record of the 1977 indoor track team proved that no one sat down for long, and if the girls couldn't keep up stride for stride with the boys, no one could say they sat out the season either. The boys helped the girls, and helping them helped us, said long jumper William Chil- dress. We saw our mistakes in what they did. Coed track proved beneficial in several ways. Man, I liked it, said veteran hurdler Archie Mayo. I have always liked girls and athletics. When the track team went coed, I could enjoy both of them at the same time, he laughed. But don't get me wrong. We had a lot of fun kidding each other, but we worked, and we worked hard. The good practices made us all better. The teams no longer trained as girl jumpers, boy jumpers, girl runners, boy runners. They trained as athletes - jumpers, hurdlers, sprinters, dis- tance runners. Coach Miller and I got the idea during the winter, said Coach Sandy. We realized there was limited practice time and space. So we decided to throw our teams together and use all the coaches available to help. There was a coach at each station to work with the athletes. The girls on the track team won the first place district trophy for the first time ever. The Colonels who strode continued Fenced in, Ricardo Harrison takes an uphill grade at Glenvar. Harrison received the Most Valuable Runner award at the first annual Sports Banquet. me -2-f 'x...1tx sy, - , .. - - .f -. , '- z - ' ' .,g'iY'5,gg,,E35ig,,,53,QamggiQ5g,?.Egg553,Q5ig1 ww- I . . , . . , k . o k , . . . . it were we HHFNSOUJ WHy1'16 TUFHQTL Mikti Whichard: leff Lewis: Bobby Saunders: Coach Len Mosser. 1977 TRACKETTES -- ffront rowj Sharon Ramey: Chantay jones: june McGeorge: Sheila Broyles: Cindy Shull: Terri Mayo: Cookie Harris tsecond rowl Venice Burton: Kathy Mayo: Patti Dillon: Kelly Mullins: Rosita Mack: JoAnn Stephans: Toni Sparrow: Robyn Weeks lback rowl Lori Kitts: Angela Hopson: Cheryl Boyd: Zina jones: Barbara Hayes: Beth Prillaman: Dawn Sisson: jamie Frazier: Karen Throckmartin: Kathy Farmer lnot picturedl Cindy Arato: Angela Durham: Tina Durham: Toni Keeling: Patti Mills: Teresa Mundy: Sheli Peterson: Cathy Stinnette: Lana McCloud, sponsor. 1977 OUTDOOR TRACK Fleming Opponent 69 Andrew Lewis 52 Franklin County 48 96 Northside 40 87 Cave Spring 49 Pulaski 34 72 Patrick Henry 64 Cosmopolitan - First Place Disrict Tournament - First Place Regional - Fifth Place Season's Record: 6-0 271112 Track 65