East Ridge High School - Musket Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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STATE MEET DESPITE DIFFICULTIES The 1964 Pioneer spikemen enjoyed quite an assault upon the school's records, besting or equaling 12 of the 18 standards. Captains Terry Gamble and Joe McNluhan proudly display the runner-up trophy from the Times' City-County Meet. Anchor man Clark Werner crosses the finish line, winning the 880 yd. relay for the Pioneers. Junior Mike Odom vaults to second place in the City-County Meet, equal- ing the sChool's record of 1l'9 . sf:Qausew-awpanaswasKzwfmmvmevssszgeemrrzuxse.-zmvefwsmfwxgazvswv,-msfnwmmimnmssmemfmtsweww.www-,Wwe NussQ-fwvf,-skies, usmwaxw-'W Mr

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1964 PIGNEER TRACKMEN PLACE SIXT Row One: M. McKnight, Mgr., S. Marlin, Mgr., B. Butler, Capt. T. Gamble, J. Ford, D. Chaffin, C. Goss, Capt. J. McMahan, L. Henry M Haddock, P. Womack, W. Gardner, J. Bulman. Row Two: J. Vlfhite, Mgr., J. Miller, F. Nunez, L. Rogers, E. Matthews, T. Neal, E Swilling, T. Pippin, O. Hancock, M. Odom, S. Fox, D. Loggins, C. Werner, R. Johnson, Coach Foister Davis. COACH 1964 VARSITY TRACK Although the 1964 edition of the East Ridge High Track Team often found their season and chances marred by sickness, questionable rulings, and other assorted ills, they still enjoyed their best season yet. Under the competent leader- ship and coaching of Foister Davis, the Pioneer spikemen combined speed, ability, stamina, desire, and spirit to mold a great team. Led by Captains Terry Gamble and'Joe,MclVlahan in their assault against the clock and the tape measure, the Pioneers featured four tremendous relay teams and great speed in the Sprints. In addition to their sixth place finish in the TSSAA State Track Meet at Brainerd, they compiled an outstanding record which included: first in the Knoxville News-Sentinal Relaysg second in the TSSAA District 5 Track Meet and the Times' City-County Track Meet, and third in the City High Invi- tational and the TSSAA Region 3 Track Meet. In addition to the four relay teams, the hopes of the Pioneers were largely dependent upon Odell Hancock, Clark Werner, Mickey Haddock, and Tom Neal. Hancock, in addition to running the first leg on both the 440 yd. and 880 yd. relay teams, broke the 60 yd. dash record of the school by one-tenth of a second with a clocking of 6.5 seconds. Also, Odell proved to be a consistent performer in the 100 yd. dash. Taking first in the hundred in every meet prior to the state meet in which he took third, he clipped three-tenths of a second off the school's century standard, lowering the mark to 10.0 seconds. Clark Wern hacked more than one second off the school's 220 yd. record in his third place effort in the state meet, lowering the stan-dard to an excellent 21.5 seconds. Clark also run- ning key legs upon both the 440 yd. and 880 yd. relay teams, is co-holder of the 60 yd. dash mark with Hancock. Junior Mickey Haddock chopped more than nine seconds from his own mile record, lowering the mark to 41:38.2. He also broke the three year old 880 yd. run record, cutting 1.44 seconds from the standard with a time of 2:02.0. Powerful Tom Neal, a runner capable of competing equally as well in the 100 yd. dash as in the mile run, lowered the schoolis record in the 440 yd. dash from 53.0 seconds to 50.75 seconds. In addition, Tom served as anchor man for the mile relay. l02 l Foister B. Davis

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FOUR EXCELLE T PIO EER RELA 880 Yard Relay Also starting the 880 yd. relay, Odell Hancock sprints from his blocks CU. In the first exchange, Eugene Matthews re- ceives the baton QZJ, which he subse- quently passes to Terry Gamble f3D. Terry then hands the baton to Terry Pippin fill, who then crosses the finish line KSJ. A team composed of Hancock, Gamble, Mdlahan, and Werner, the best ever in the state according to the re- served Coach Davis, fell victim to hard luck and questionable, protested ruling after sweeping first in this event in the City-County, the District, and the New- Sentinal Relays. Their best time in this event is an excellent 1:3I.0, Two Mile Relay Paul Womack starts both his leg and the two mile relay KD. Lawrence Rogers receives the baton from Womack f2D and subsequently passes the baton to Freddy Nunez f3J. In the third exchange, Mickey Haddock receives the baton Q43 and 880 yards later, finishes the race f5J. In addition to finishing first in the City- County, second in the District, third in the News-Sentinal Relays, and fifth in the Region, a quartet of Womack, Nunez, Swilling, and Rogers lowered the school's record to 8:29.9. I04