Aviation High School - Talon Yearbook (Redondo Beach, CA)

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Varsity Track Agile Trackmen Brangle Hardy Opponents ' arsity Tracksters are (top) P. (Jsburn, S. Shelton, S. McGillivray, B. Sandker, D. Dowd, D. Williams: (middle) R. Broadfoot, L. Jones, R. Miron, D. Rogers, M. Gorst, D. Schneider, R. Wanner; (bottom) Headed by Coach Ken Proctor and assisted by Mr. Hyduke and Mr. Kashncr, this year ' s Varsity Track brought itself up to the standards of an excel- lent team. There was only one problem, stated Coach Proctor, and that was a lack of depth. The squad members on the team were above average, in some cases excellent, but there were not enough of them. Varsity Track consisted of shot put, long jump, high jump, pole alut, distance runners and the Dave Piacentini strives for a perfect jump as he clears the ominous liar ■ L. Pastor, C. Fairbanks, E. Poison, D. Reese, T. Birkett, G. Stone, and R. Morgan. sprints. Outstanding trackmen in these events were Dave Reese, one of the best 2-milers around ; Steve Shelton, 1-mile; Bert Sandker. 880 and 220; Norm Page. 880; Richard Wanner, shot put; Monty Gorst, shot put; Scott McCiilli ray. 100 and relay; Dave Williams, high jump; Ron Broadfoot. high jump, and Dan Dowd, high jump. The most outstanding runner was Larry Jones in the 100. long jump, and 440 relay. L-atlv executed roll.

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Bees are (first row) P. Rigns, B. H.isl, R. Nash, D. Dohrusky, Coach Maurry; (second row) J. Wisscr, R. Pruitt, A. Barkcs, D. Triche. The Bee sfjuad l)rokc all but two of thr existing Bee records. Several swimmers on the Bee team will help the Varsity sc|uad greatly next year. Highlight- ing the Bee team were Bob Host, sophomore, indi- vidual medley swimmer and breaststroker; Roger Pruitt, junior, 200 and 400 frecstylcr; Phil Riggs, sojihomorc, 200 and 400 frccstyler; Dave Triche, junior, 50 and 100 frecstyler; and Dave Dobrusky. freshman, individual medley .swimmer and back- strokcr. Aviation had one of the strongest Cec teams in the area, said Coach Mike Maurry. All of the Ccc records were broken and many of the Cces swam Varsity. Heading the Cee .squad were Randy Lyman, freshman, 100 and 200 frecstylcr; John Schlueter. sophomore, 50 and 100 freestyler and backstroker; Bill Hcndcr.shot, sophomore, 200 freestyler; and Hal Heitman, 50 freestvler and 50 breaststroker. Bee, Cee Su ' imm ni Aquamen Start Swim Season with a Splasli Bruce Mangels serves as timekeeper while Penny Payton maintains a running score during the Hawthorne meet. Cees are Coach Maurry, H. Heitman, R. Lyman, C. Newton, M. Wilson, J. Schlueter, B. Hendershot, J. Gilmet. 103

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I Burt Sandker gulps for breath as he nears the end of the 880 run. Steve Shelton seems to whiz past the spectators like ihe rlassical winged feet of Mercury. Tim Kasper stretches his leap for a few more Paul Stillians heads up and over, clearing the inches, hopeful of a winning jump. bar cleanly for his winning vault. Able to leap tall poles in a single bound seems to be this high-soar- ing vaulter ' s motto. and