Cody High School - Comet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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johnnie Hopeck displays his form in the broad jump that made him a. steady point winner in all the dual meets during the 1956 track season. ninety-six Mick Rudick's strong arm 11-ied to catapult the shot for distance in his specialty. Lofty higlhjumping was shown by gerald All-City pole-vaulter, Jenty Lnla., cleared Krolikowski as he cleared the bar at 5' 10 , the Crossbal' at 11' 4 to Wm first Place-

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Winning by a large margin, a Comet hurdler streaked to the finish line to pile up more points against Redford. In these photos Ron Fabean attempts to overtake his Redford challenger in the low hurdles . . . In the relay race Johnny Grech exhibits perfect timing and co-ordination in passing the baton to Hugh Granfeldt. . . and in the start of the 880 yard relay both Redford and Cody sprinters spurt forward at the crack of the gun. ninety-five

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CROSS COUNTRY TEAM . . . Front Row: E. Yee, J. Iskra, D. Bennett, B. Kropf, R. Hocking. Second Row: G. Rourk Qcaptainj, A. Ochotny, J. Hopeck, N. Dean. Back Row: R. Swanson, G. Koehler, J. Zaremba, K. Matheson Qcoachy . Harriers race to split season Cody's distance runners served notice to the rest of the Metropolitan League that they were a team to be reckoned with this season. Sparked by their strong incentive to win, the Comets were triumphant in two of their four scheduled meets. , Following its first two defeats by Mackenzie and Central, Cody bounced back to win a tri-meet over Miller and Northern with a low score of 34. In the last dual meet of the season, the enlivened Comets romped over Cooley 21 to 34. The West Side Finals proved the thinclads to be a darkhorse as they finished fourth to wind up their best season. The strain of all-out exertion was shown clearly by Cody's Hugh Granfeldt as he came in a close second to Redford's leading runner in the 440 yard dash. ni nety-seven