East Central High School - Hornet Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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1 ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD. Thais how the Hornet sprint relay team like things to be. euen more if possible. Stefan Good passes the responsibility of slaying out front and the trust of his teammates on to Greg Thomas. In a relay there s more being passed thanjust a baton. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Dauid Moran and Arts- tide Brown work on their form before their event. Great runners always have perfect form, and David and Aris- tide strive for perfection. Practice and preparation play a big role in the success of the many runners on the team. Sprinting for spirit I awoke to the sour ds of uoices. Sunligtit uias coming in streams across my face shiining its brightness into my eyes. I threu) off my covers and rolled over only to realize it Luas time to get up. Although you may think I ivas in the comfort of my oujn bed, ready to awaken for a full day of school, you are wrong. I had awakened to the hustle and bustle that was going on at a track meet. Sleeping under the bleachers on our pallets was a familiar occurrence at our meets since we weren ' t supposed to get tired or drained out we found it easy to lay around and relax. We had a fun season. Sometimes you can get really tired of waiting around at our meets but with all your friends around, we usually have a great time. David t oran said. The JV track team didn ' t go to a large num- ber of meets, but they did work themselves hard to prepare for next year. The district meet was their best meet of the season. Mike Faris placed in both the WO and 200 meter dash and Greg t ohr placed in the long jump. The group is really strong, they have been a great bunch of boys. Coach John Roberts said. P%ule Rurming for pride ex- plains Just about what JV track means. Running JV track you don ' t get as much fame and glory as you do on Varsity. You have to work almost to infinity to maintain your spot. Working several hours a day to stay conditioned to go to just one meet a week is very lime con- suming. JV track mem- ber Ramon Carr said. A runner has to take pride in the reason why he ' s running, not for himself, but for the team. When running your race Just the pride itself can motivate you to win. but the glory and team spirit is what really counts. he said. Jtxly Sir. AIRBORNE. Ramon Carr takes to the air trying to make his be tjump yet in the running long Jump. With a look of de termination. Ramon struggles to beat his previous Jump. 137 .. . Sports

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n ' RS ' ? ' ? ' 2f I ' R ie ' ? WINDING a PI stepping into hii linal s(( ' p. Denndra Pierce pump ' - herself up to m.ikc her liiuil tiMoiv a success. Site l.ls hrcn throwing since slic u ' cis a frs unj i STANDING PROUD! sheila hmt ai ic ciues her medal. ' ,1c }iiit Ji l. and qualifies for Todd Cietenski «0ii Flying high in the air as each muscle tries harder and harder to push the body of Sheila Korbar over the high jump bar. This euent has been practiced over and over every day. five times a week by Sheila. As a freshman on varsity she knows that she must try harder because the competition is much greater. She has placed in many events and made it to regionals. mummmmmm FLYING HIGH! Compcling at the Hornet Relays. Jamie Bookir lrr ' ,hmdn„f hafd t accomplish -j her goal to gii i ' - — • ' -■ ■ ' - ' lakes great skill and ace jump is successful. WUi4 ftSj ia ' u tw ciccort(i u: n curacy fomd nH H Striding for victory Hornet! . . . Pride! . . . and away they go. running faster and faster to get across ttie finish line during the 800m relay. ' Our relay team is improving more and more as the days of hard practice go by. Sophomore Tuesday Brooks said. Running is not all that goes on in a track meet. There is also running broadjump. triple Jump. disc, shot put. high Jump, and pole fault. Each of these events, contain Just as much training and concentration as the run- ning euents. I prefer throwing the shot put instead of any other euent. I feel throwing the shot put shows a person ' s strength and coordina- tion. Grade Hernandez, said. The triple Jump might seem strange for an euent. but it takes great skill to make sure euery step is done correctly. There are ba- sically three steps in the triple Jump, first a hop. a skip, then the jump. Ouerall the season has been pretty suc- cessful. There were many ribbons and med- als giuen to the members of the track team. We ' re getting better euery year. Girls are competing well, so we should be in good shape next year. ' ' Coach Judy Sheffler. said. Girls Varsity Track by Lorna Real ... 138

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i - K-!Se f, . S( ' uidi Jodg Simmons BOYS JV TRACK MEMBERS ARE: FRONT ROW: Rodney Rodriguez. Ron Podojil. Winston Brown. Scott Iden. MIDDLE ROW: Dauid Moran. Mike Faris. Danny Fiores. Cody Myers. Albert Ramirez. THIRD ROW: MCR. Richard Gregg. Ramon Carr. Chris Thompson. Ryan Lambert. Marl Swenson. William Ramos. Eric Rodriguez. MCR. Marcus Gracey Jody Simmons BRINGING IT HOME. Tony Galloway toughs it out and hnngi home a first in his event. Tony is Just one of the many Hornet runners who did well during their season. Personal victory isn ' t everything to the team: each vic- tory adds to the total winnings of the entire squad. When one person wins the whole team wins. LEAPING LEOPARDS! No, he ' s not a leopard he ' s a Hornet. With a long and high stride Chris Thompson does a perfect hurdle in his race for the top. Chris practices hard to make his form at contestant per- fection. The hurdle race is one of the thoughest because it calls for speed In running and also in jumping. I JV Boys track by Mark Grainger