Deer Park High School - Deer Yearbook (Deer Park, TX)

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'Cindergirls' send seven to regionals After finishing first in the District Track Meet, the girls' team sent seven to the Regional Meet at San Jacinto College and when the smoke cleared they came out with one state qualifier, sophomore April Polk. Polk led the tracksters with a second place finish in the 880 yard run with a time of 2:14.95. In the State Meet in Austin, she fell to a third place position against tough com- petitors with the time of 2:14.4. Polk's time last year was 2:17 at the State Meet. Also running in the Regional Meet was junior Glenda Walker placing fourth in the hurdles with a time of 11.-2, and finishing sixth in the 100 yard dash with a time of 11.6. Freshman Janyth Evans qualified for the finals in the meet in the 440 yard dash and finished seventh with a time of 58.1 ln the sprint relay race, the tracksters consisting of sopho- more Cheryl Henderson, Evans, sophomore Shari Alexander and Walker broke the school record with a time of 49.7. Breaking another school record was the mile relay team consisting of Henderson, Polk, Evans and sophomore Karen Painter with the time of 4:00.6. Junior Marilyn Stewart also competed in the meet in the shot put event. A. Participating in the 440 yard relay and the mile relay, sopho- more Cheryl Henderson and freshman Janyth Evans watch fellow tracksters, while waiting for their turn in competition. B. Receiving her fifth place award in the Deer Park Meet, junior Marilyn Stewart collects congratulations from senior Gina Clark. C. Starting the race for the mile relayers, Henderson concentrates on a quick start off the blocks. D. Stewart demonstrates proper footage position in the shot put throw for freshman Robbie Han. E. Evans qualified in her heat to run in the finals in the Region Meet. She clocked a time of 58.1 in the 440 yard dash. F. Discussing their strategy against their relay opponents, Henderson and Polk prepare themselves mentally for the race. G. Captivating a second place in State last year, Polk again qualified in the 880 yard run for the State race in Austin. H. Edging her opponent, Polk advances to the finish line. I. The girls' track team sent seven to the Region Meet including April Polk, Cheryl Henderson, Shari Alexander, Janyth Evans, Glenda Walker and Marilyn Stewart. Not pictured is Karen Painter. Placing in seven meets, the tracksters captured 11 trophies. J. FIRST ROW: Jewell Thornton, Gwen Nost, April Polk, Loretta Seagraves, Terri Sutier, Jill Ballard. SECOND ROW: Coach Barbara Mason, Janyth Evans, Shari Alexander, Glenda Walker, Bonny Mabry, Che- ryl Henderson, Lori York, Mary Kirchner, Lynn Goodspeed, Coach Janet Tatum. THIRD ROW: Marilyn Stewart, Debra Sedillo, Dana Thiessen, Kristen Wells, Kathy Zachary, Cheryl Gardner, Misty Alspaw. FOURTH ROW: Rhonda Smith, Sherry Polk, Kristy York, Anitra Smith, and Cathy Stewart. PAGE 210 I GIRLS' TRACK

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