College of the Ozarks - Soto Yearbook (Point Lookout, MO)

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Men's Track We had a good season, placing 4th in the Indoor out of 8 teams, running pretty good. That's how S B- of O track coach Robert Osburn summed up his 1985 indoor season. Even though Osburn felt that they didn't have the depth in the events he would liked to have had, he felt that because of some good athletes they were able to hold their own and place well. Osburn said that the real highlight of the season was Loxely Walters be- ing named to the N.A.I.A. All Ameri- can Team. Walters placed 2nd in the triple jump at the N.A.I.A. National Indoor Meet with a jump on 49ft. 3M inches, setting a new school record. W. ...ma , ...W I ,,. S rv During the middle of April the ' outdoor season was already under- ,A way. After two meets Osburn stated , 4' l W 'rt that, So far it's been real good. -I T, Winning their first two meets, which Q . .Aa I :V Izkvzl l y..y....y V V f . included a five team invitational in , r if which they finished first over SMSU, it The University of Rolla, CMSU, and SBU, the season was off on a good pace. Osburn hopes that, despite their lack of depth, good training and dedication will continue to help his team place well. TOP- Anthony Harris shows perfect form of high jumping during a meet. CENTER LEFT- Leaping high over hurdles is Kenny Nobles. CENTER RIGHT- Trying to keep his momentum going forward, Anthony Freeman finishes a long jump. BE- LOW- Clay Runzi pushes hard to get off on a good start. RIGHT- Loxley Walters, who placed 2nd in the triple jump at the N.A.I.A. National Indoor Meet, demostrates his skill at an outdoor meet. 1- wif? I 'V - Nivea- c L mf' ' 'Mj Q, T if Aff? 'QL ,V Q JJ, . 'YK 1 if f.p.,.:ff fi .9

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- 'ww 'Ulm' My Cross Countr This was a good season. We beat some really good teams and we got beat by some. It was a midway sea- son. Although they didn't win, the team still scored well in the big meets. In the Washington meet, that had 20 teams competing, we were in the top ten. We beat a num- ber of good teams, but unfortunately we didn't win. We had some very good competition and some tough teams, coach Robert Osburn said. We didn't hit them face on, Os- burn commented, but his team still managed to finish fourth overall this season out of nine teams behind Mo. Baptist, Park and Westminister. In- spite of the injuries which accompa- nies every season, Osburn said he was pleased overall. Anthony Free- man, Peter Kraft, Dee Dee Young and Robin Yeoman received men- tion by Osburn by putting out what he called outstanding perfor- mance . TOP LEFT- Dawn Krieger concentrates on keeping her pace. TOP RIGHT- Kenny Nobles tries to catch up with Keith Schepker as they finish a race. LOWER LEFT- Striving hard, Mike Robin keeps ahead of his competition. LOWER CENTER- Thinking about the finish line, Robin Yeoman paces herself throughout a race. BELOW- Tim Deets and Kenny Nobles hold their own during a race. Competition 91

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Women's Track I feel very happy with our season. We need new depth and we hope we have additional athletes coming in, states Robert Osburn. This was coach Osburn's first year to coach women's track at S of 0 and he felt that the women did a good job for him. We more than doubled the number of meets than they had be- fore and still came in fourth place overall. After facing what Osburn called strong competition throughout the year against such teams as M.U. and Missouri Baptist, we still had a respectable season in conference . The only team mem- ber who broke a record was Annette Vassar who broke the shot put re- cord. Of the eight women which made up his team, Osburn was pleased with their overall perfor- mance, but gave special mention to Dee Dee Young, Robin Yeoman and new comer jill Harris as doing a very nice job this season. 5 Z: f:,- . ...... N. , . .. li ' ,,,,,,.. T .,.. ' .L A ...A TOP LEFT- The 1986 Women's Track team. CENTER LEFT- jill Harris springs out of the blocks to start off the next event. ABOVE- Keeping her pace, Dee Dee Young pushes hard for the finish line. LOWER LEFT- Kim Guy uses all of her strength in the shot put. LOWER RIGHT- Annette Vassar strives to the next hand-off. Competition 93