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

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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

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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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ARTIST AT WORK. Passing the baton on to Renwick Porter, Artist Couington focuses all attentions toward handing the baton per- fectly in f enwick s grasp. A per- fect hand off is the key to success in the lightning fast sprint relay. NUMBER ONE. Toward the end of the track meet. Brian Hardin learns that he has won first place, and this helped Brian qualify for the Regional Track meet in the event of pole vaulting. He plans to stay active with pole vaulting in college. The season was good until I went to the Regional Qualifiers meet: that ' s where I crushed a bone in my foot. I qualified with the Jump of 15 ' ft. I am hoping to get a scholarship from San Angela State. I would like to thank my dad and Coach Roberts for all their support, and help toward this success. By: Brooke Le€ Mad dash for success I bent over to check my shoelaces Just one more time. I had to make sure they were tight. My black Jersey was attracting the sun, making its hot rays beat down on my shoulders. My stomach felt queasy, my heart weak and my throat thick. From the distance I heard Runners line up! Quickly I wiped my sweaty palms on my shorts and stretched my legs one last time. It was time to run. I stepped in my lane and bent down into position. I was exploding with anxiety waiting to start. POP! The gun was shot and we were off. I was running as fast as I could, at full speed. I was pulling ahead with my body until I finally reached the ribbon. I threw myself for- ward into it with the feeling of great achieue- ment. Vof only had I finished the race, but I had won. Our season was really good. We had a lot of fun and really ran our hearts out. When I look back on all the races I ran, I will remember them with great feeling, Senior Mike Lundell said. The Varsity track team will lose some strong competitors, but they do have one good thing to look forward to. I ext year ' s returning Varsity letterman will be 75% from this year. This will help them because the members are experi- enced and strong runners. The seniors found many accomplishments this year. Brian Hardin received a first place in the District meet which topped off his senior year. Mike Lundell received a 6th place in the High Jump also at the District meet, and Renwick Porter a 3rd place for the 400 Meter Dash. We really left something behind us this year. We moved up in District to 4th place, and that is a great accomplishment. I ' m proud of all our hard work, ' ' Senior Artist Covington said. Many of next year ' s returning lettermen also placed. Eddie Gonzalez received 5th in District for the Pole Vault and Chris Thompson also received a 6th place for Hurdles. Two freshmen lettered on the Varsity: they are Aristide Brown and Chris Thompson. CflArieen Pearce 135 - . Sports