Churchill High School - Victory Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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CROSS COUNTRY GIRL’S CROSS COUNTRY After a rigid training session, the girl ' s cross-country team entered the weekly com¬ petition. With Jane Pearson winning each of the races, the Churchill team easily gained the City Championship, only to have it immediately taken away because of a slight misinterpretation of the rules. There¬ fore our team was disqualified and pre¬ vented from displaying its unlimited poten¬ tial in the provincial competition. In spite of this disappointment, we are proud of our girls who worked hard and truly rep¬ resented our school, Churchill High. BOY’S CROSS COUNTRY First Row: Lome Sproule, Jim Keeley, Mr. Taylor, Gavin Irving, Glen Hamilton. S econd Row: Gerry Irving, Don Vokey, Bob Town, Warren Wasylik, Bill MacAuley, Wayne Kraushar. The boys of the Churchill High Cross-Cc jntry| team practised and competed with extreme sf this year even though they finished fifth in earn standings. The practices were held every week, day morning at eight o ' clock except for We dries, day when the weekly races were held. The aces were an average of about four miles fc the boys and all runners felt totally exhausted after each race. Besides the Wednesday races Taylor arranged for the Churchill teams to com-l pete with some of the suburban schoo: foil practice. These races were held at Pond rosoI Park out near Birds Hill on Saturday mornings and could be considered the hardest races of thel season. The races were held in the grave with the course running up and down very steep,| high hills of this loose gravel. In all, the cross¬ country season was a gruelling three months olj practices and races, but everyone on the eam| enjoyed the keen competition and the ph sical fitness obtained from the sport. First Row: Fay Strickland, June Singleton, Mr. Taylor, Bernice McLean, Debbie Strickland. Second Row: Laureen Fellows, Susan Nosworthy, Holly Derco, Cathy Riggall, Jane Pearson, Alison Carmichael, Pat Daniels. PAGE 82

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CHEERLEADERS Churchill ' s cheerleaders have spent many hours learning new and practising old cheers, to lead our enthusiastic fans in in¬ spiring the Mighty Bulldogs. This year the cheerleaders obtained smart new uniforms, consisting of a red cardigan sweater, a white shell and gloves, and a short kilt of Stewart tartan, set off by blue shakers. Congratulations are extended to the eight regulars for placing third in the United Way Competition, and to Ardyth Laidler, their captain, for her help in organizing their performance. Front Row (left to right): Elaine Forsythe, Fay Strickland, Ardyth Laidler (coot.), Betty Muldrew, Wendy McDonald. £ k Row (left to right): Jackie Bain (spare), Jill Taylor (spare), Glenda Pc ; rott (spare), Dana Bissett, Suzanne Miller [spare). M ring: Mavis East, Mary-Jane Archer (spare). GYMCLUB Under the supervision of Mr. Puchniak, turchiH ' s Gym Club met on Days one and ree to improve their skills, which were ter displayed at our Varsity Concert. In March, a boys’ team, consisting of d Kachuluk, David Anderson, Rick Ander- n, and Bob Clasper, entered the Daniel dntyre Invitational, and placed second. Another team of five boys entered the ovincial Competition and placed second the Preliminaries. Front Row (left to right): Bob Clasper, Rod Kachulak, Claire Lloyd, Bob Keeley, Dave Anderson. Second Row (left to right): Mr. Puchniak, Gina Caligiuri, Suzanne Miller, Linda Gardner, Diane lies, Marlene Shumacher, Audrey Town. Missing: Susan Stewart, Ricky Anderson, Ray Williams, Goni Koliopantos, Ray Christianson. PAGE 81

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BOY’S TRACK CLUB Even though Churchill ' s overall performance was rather poor in the indoor meets, there were a few highlights. Most of the athletes qualified for the semi-finals, but only a hand¬ ful placed in the finals. Lyle Parnell finished a respectable second in the 60 yd. dash, and the sprint medlay team of Russ Ackland, Clint Evans, Doug Youngson, and Ismael Arriaza finished third in their final. In the 880 Dick Zeewen and Keith Wasylik finished second and third only two seconds behind the winner. The Red River Relays, however proved more fruitful as Churchill athletes trained much harder than for the previous meet. The 4x1 team of Frank Palmer, Gary Brolly, John Trafton and Walter Trafton finished third in the finals behind a strong opposition. Lyle Parnell again placed second in the Junior 60 finals. Churchill runners also reached the finals in the 320 (Russ Ackland) 880 (Dick Zeewen, Keith Wasylik), and mile (Wayne Krausher) but they did not place in the top three. In one of the faster races of the night, the 4x440 yd. relay, Churchill was definitely rated as the underdogs, as this team had finished a handsome fourth at last year ' s meet and once again it was up against strong opposition from Glenlawn and Saskatoon. Churchill ' s quartet of Dick Zeewen, Clint Evans, Russ Ackland, and Keith Wasylik stunned the other teams with a superb display of powerful running. From start to finish these boys were in the lead and were able to hold off a last effort drive by the Glenlawn team, thus bringing about one of the biggest upsets in the meet. With this victory the relay team recaptured the Alex Lawrence Memorial Trophy which has been absent from Churchill for 5 years. Churchill has proved that it is able to produce athletes of top calibre provided they are willing to train as hard as this year ' s crop has. Coach Taylor is counting on a good rep¬ resentation from Churchill athletes at Inter-High this year to bring back Churchill as a major threat in track and field in Manitoba. GIRLS’ TRACK CLUB - girls ' track club began this season well with their oui ending achievement in the cross-country competition. The git began their strict training schedule early in November un the supervision of Miss Sedun, Mrs. Irwin, and Mr. Ta ,r. spite their many hours of diligent training, the girls did no are too well in the indoor meets. In the Minto Trials for th international Meet of Champions, all teams but one qi hed. Churchill ' s senior high medlay relay, composed of [Cc Riggall, Susan Nosworthy, Mavis East and Debbie Si sand, placed third in the finals at the Arena. The other te : failed to survive the semi-finals. the Red River Relays the junior high 8x1 relay team ns a wonderful showing, capturing top position in the fi Congratulations to Mrs. Irwin and to these young at ' as who promise to Churchill High, future success in Ti and Field. TRIP TO MONTREAL provide an inspiration for the girls, Miss Sedun began th. Trip to Montreal”, in which each mile run in the hall w equal to ten miles on the road. Therefore the total dis- to to complete the trip was 143.6 miles. The victors in the cc st were Laureen Fellows and Fay Strickland of Senior h ! and Jane Pearson of Junior High. First Row (left to right): Mr. Taylor, Charles Murphy, David Batchelor, Bob Keele.y, Doug Youngston, Ismael Arriaza, Lyle Parnel, Pat Barkley, Mr. Puchniak. Second Row: Terry Scott, Ray From, Andy Stefaniuk, Don Paulus, Gavin Irving, Gerry Irving, Jim Keeley, Alan Swayze, John Trafton, Ricky Slezak. Back Row: Garry Brolly, Rod Kachulak, Clint Evans, Russ Avkland, Walter Trafton, Keith Wasylik, Bill Macauley, Dick Zeeuwen, Wayne Kraushar. PAGE 83