Booker T Washington High School - Graffiti Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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7 While Chris Truitt spots, Razolm Gross prepares to clean and jerk 225 lbs. Count Winners WEIGHTLIFTING Members: Row l: Coach Williams, Razohn Gross, john Reineke, Roderick Gulley, Gil Hayag, s Tolbert, Chris Truitrg Row 2: Hiro Ueda, Roderick Carson, jonathan Thomas, Alvin johnson, mald Reese, Luther Smith, Bobby Davis, Terry Shoemore, William Carson, Randy Gill, Row 3: Ed Scholz, Robert Heck, Ben Vaughn, David Brandon, Wes Norman, Michael Acton, Wayne Norman, Phillip Hicks. Weifbtlifqing '2 Watrhinghr any possible afridenls, William Carson, Rod Carson and Dewaynejolmson look on as Hero Buda executes a clean andjerk of 220 pounds. Trying to beat bisfirs! IM of3 75 lbs., Ed Srbolzprepares to IW 385 lbs. jizr a personal best. wlsvrwwsmvsvai A ,P Luv 31 zu? 'ga 73. 4 H , l ix E .aw ,W ,awww f. NND TOIV W5 1

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FAST AS FLASH, sooo as coco Success is Measured in Practicing bdfId0f-ff, Sarabetb and Lisa :mile tbinking of winning tbei r relay. Earnie glide: over the 330 low hurdle: with grate and agilily. ...-nl. Ladycat track is all about winning. The girls started off shaky but throughout the season they excelled at every meet. Dominating all other schools, the cats racked up all available awards. To win district and Regional as a team, plus a state ranking was quite an accomplishment. 'Tm real pleased with it. Coach Bond said. Coming down here I didn't think we'd do well at all. We didn't come down last year because we didn't think we would be competitive. I think we'll do better next year. To put as little time in it and place in the top six in the state shows you what kind of athletes those girls are. Four ladycats received medals at state. Chris Davis placed fourth in the discus with a throw of 122 feet 7 inches, and sixth in the high jump with a height of 5'4 . Sprinter Aleitha Smith took 4th in 100 meters with a time of 12.5 seconds, and fifth in the 220 dash with a time of 25.78 seconds. All in all the ladycats survived the rigorous practices and sprinted to victory with a dream of being number 1. - Ronda Bond nnuis f-4- 'W4 i' F4 f I Cbri: begin: to warm up befzre throwing tbe disc. Women J Track 2

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..,,A, qasaixayt ix. 1. K raw tilt Warming upjor thefirrt meet ofthe reason, Chris Tolhert complete: hz: 11 t o 185 lbs. Aj?er eornpleting the .scoring and judging ofthe bench prefs, Chrzr Truztt asks Coach Bennett and Coarh William: when the time ofhi: next scheduled lzrt The weightlrfing room ix tl huh ofmany activities since all the weight division: IM at the same time. Keepina a GRIP onine mae The worst thing in having a county cham- pionship is the stress and strain to keep it! The Weightlifting team worked hard to win its fourth consecutive championship. Along with this goal, their three year undefeated regular season record was on the line. Under the guidance of first year Coach Steve Wihiams, the team's ultimate goal was to better its two consecutive third-place finishes at state. Led by Ed Scholz 12205 and Roderick Gulley 11485 the team competed in four regular season meets, the county championship, and finally the state cham- pionships held in Port Orange, Fla. With contributions from other team members, David Branum 11145, Ben Vaughn 11235, Gil Hayag 11325, Chris Tolbert 11985, and Chris Truitt 1heavyweight5, the iCats opened the season by trouncing the Pine Forest team 51-30. The scorers and judges had a block system in which the observer would clap a set of blocks when each lift began, and then clap the blocks again when the lift was over. If the lift was good, the coach raised a green block, and if the observer coach raised a red block, the lift was not good. The weightlifter had to listen carefully for the 'clapping' of the blocks so he would not begin the lift before the blocks struck. In case of a tie, the lifter that weighed the least and lifted the most pounds would win the event. Weightlifting took endurance, durability, and purpose, or just determination to insure success as a top lifter. 3rd Place State ward