Bulkeley High School - Class Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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4 ,,--n x 'Md Start of the Hartford-Weaver meet. first to finish for Bulkeley, coming in third, fol- lowed by Bob Mason eighth andjim Bracken tenth. The Bulkeley team nailed Windham by the score of 17-41. Mike Boyle paced the team by finishing in first place with ,lim Bracken second, Al Puglisi third, Bob Mason fourth, Larry Ca- marca seventh, and Harvey McPhee eighth. The New Britain High cross country team handed Bulkeley a loss in a 22-35 score. New Britain, one of the perennial strong cross coun- try teams in the state, proved to be too much for the Bulkeley runners. Outstanding in defeat were Bob Mason second, Jim Bracken fifth, Mike Boyle seventh, and Al Puglisi tenth. With Bill Baron of East Hartford setting a new course record, our Bulkeley harriers placed fourth out of a field of seven schools in the an- nual Greater Hartford cross country meet at Keney Park. Leaders for Bulkeley were Bob Mason seventh, Jim Bracken tenth, and Mike Boyle twelfth. SCHEDULE Bulkeley 44 L Manchester ,. ,, Bulkeley 15 W Maloney .. Bulkeley 20 W Conard . .... .....,, , ,. Bulkeley 27 W East Hartford ,.,... Bulkeley 25 W New London .. Bulkeley 26 W Wethersfield .. . . Bulkeley 32 L Norwich .. Bulkeley 17 W Windham Bulkeley 35 L New Britain . .. Bulkeley 39 L Hartford Public . Bulkeley 28 L Weaver .. ., Fourth in Greater Hartford meet Eleventh in Sectional meet Seventeenth in State meet On a rainy and muddy aftemoon the cross country team suffered defeats at the hands of Hartford and Weaver. That meet saw the team fall victim to a strong Hartford High team 16-39 and nipped by Weaver 27-28. Leading the team were Mike Boyle, Paul McCollam, and Jim Bracken finishing sixth, eighth, and ninth re- spectively. The harriers ended their regular season by defeating Wethersfield 26-29. Placing second, third, and fourth were Bob Mason, Jim Bracken, and Mike Boyle, while Joe Sinicrope captured seventh and ,lim Moran eighth. After the regular season was over, the cross country team had accounted for a respectable 6 and 5 record. ln the University of Connecticut Invitational meet, the Bulkeley team placed eleventh out of sixteen teams. After this meet, the Bulkeley harriers captured seventeenth place with thirty-five teams entered in the an- nual C.l.A.C. cross country meet at Central Connecticut State College. Flash gets their times. 2

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Q S, Q? qs. 69. . .U y1'.-.5,,,,f'-- ' , A A ,,., 'Ji ' C Q un ,ll- A st, 4'-PM Q, f,si' far lst row, l. to r.: H. McPhee, A. Puglisi, R. Mason, M. l. to r.: J. Hussey, J. Procyk, J. Sinicrope, J. Marelli, J. Boyle, J. Bracken, L. Camarca, P. McCollam. 2nd row, Puglisi, Coach Flash Atlin. CROSS COUNTRY This year's cross country team looked forward to the oncoming season with determination and confidence. With nearly all last year's team re- turning, Coach Flash Atlin shared their hopes for the future. The team, led by seniors, Captain Mike 'Boyle and Bob Mason, and junior Al Pug- lisi, proved to be a well-balanced team. ,lim Leading the field. 'X Bracken, the freshman surprise, was also in- strumental in many of the victories as were sophomores, Paul McCollam and Harvey Mc- Phee. John Puglisi and Joe Sinicrope rounded out the team. In the initial meet of the season, an all-too- powerful Manchester High team defeated the Bulkeley barriers by the score of 16-44 despite a fine effort by Bob Mason and ,lim Bracken. In the same meet Bulkeley swept the first five places from Maloney in a 15-50 win. The cross country team was never in danger in defeating Conard, 20-35. Bob Mason led the way in setting a record of 13:00 minutes at the West Hartford course. Mike Boyle, Al Puglisi, ,lim Bracken, and Paul McCo1lam captured sec- ond, third, fourth, and fifth respectively, while Harvey McPhee came in tenth. In their next encounter, the Bulkeley team nipped East Hartford by the score of 27-28, even though East Hartford took the first two places. Finishing third, fourth, fifth, and sixth were Mike Boyle, Al Puglisi, Jim Bracken, and Paul McCollam, in that order. The barriers broke even in a meet with Nor- wich and New London in losing to Norwich 24-32 and beating New London 25-30. Norwich swept the first two places with Mike Boyle, the

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lst row l to r J Hussey W Connelly C Bannon H Keane R Baffalo R Vauldlng 2nd row l to r Coach Flash Allin J Smlcrope F Wilson C Choolglan J SWIMMING Bob Raffalo in top form. .,-nvnivv' C ,ff 'Zf' Criffith 3rd row l to r B Vlssoe M Karwan M Crlf fith T Shortell B Doyle P qposlto .l Peatle This years swimming team, under the excel lent coaching of Flash Atlm, looked forward to a most successful season. The major problem that the team faced was its lack of depth. There were however, many compensations to offset this problem. This years team was an expe- rienced one due to the fact that many of last years swimmers were returning. Among these were such standouts as Captain Bob Raffalo in diving event Bruce Vissoe in breaststroke, ,lim Griffith in the relays Tom Shortell in back- stroke, Den Lan- llans in 100 yd. freestyle Mike Karwan in breaststroke Wesley Connelly in div- ing, and Jim Peatie in butterfly event. season, a powerful team overpowered ln the first meet of the Winrlllaxli High swimming the Bulkeley team in a one-sided 51-26 victory. of the season saw However, the second meet Bulkeley spring back with a 44-33 victory over the Wilby Hi h swimmers. Once again the swimming team displayed its potential in a 39-38 win over Bristol Eastern. The medley relay team of Shortell, Vissoe, Peatie, and Wilson started the meet off by de- feating their Bristol Eastern counterparts. Raf- falo., Vissoe, Shortell, and Peatie captured firsts in leading the team to victory. An all-too-powerful Sacred Heart swimming team sank the Bulkeley team hy the score of 4-7-29. Outstanding in defeat were Baffalo, Shor- tell, Peatie, and the freestyle relay team of Langhans, Griffith, Karwan and Wilson, all cap- turing first places, with Dave Lynch adding a second. A fine team effort brought Bulkeley its next win. This win came at the expense of Bristol 24