George Washington High School - Post Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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WORKING ON THEIR BATON passing technique are relay team members Steve Of- ficer, Louie Day, Ruben Timmons, and Dave Hawkins. to outstanding season Le, ff V VJ e A l ' in i ., STATE CHAMPION Don Phillips shows the form which en- abled him to smash all existing schoolboy shotput records. THE HAWK set the school low hurdle record with a time of 19.2 seconds. 25 L 4

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F.. 'Y ffl .re A- rf- Q'f' fk 3 . ' 1 . TQ-ya RICK BURCH clears the bar in a 13' 6 vault. The Washington track team might not be as tuif as the ones in the past but it's giving all kinds of trouble to other major powerhouses. The team is lead by Super Don Phillips, Dave Hawkins and Rick Burch. The most outstanding Track Star is Don Phil- lips who is defending State Champ. Don, who has put the shot a record 64'1 in the Sectional, be- lieves he can reach 65' before the season ends. Don also brought honor to Washington by being among the top ten in the U.S. Rick Burch and Dave Hawk- ins, both city Champs, have brought many laurels to Washington. Dave has the best low hurdle time in the school's history with a record run of seconds. The 880 relay had also done a good job. Pacing the team are seniors Dave Hawkins and Louie Day, and sophomores Ruben Timmons and Steve Officer- 19.2 pace Cindermen Super Stars , , . . af,-If , .A , Q i 7 719 'ln an 1 31' 4 . ...K ' X 'KXXXKX' DAVE HAWKINS takes the first hurdle in the City track mcct. 24 if pin ,, A gg. MINOR INJURIES are the order of the day for track coach 3 Harold Orman and dashman Louie Day. I l V. in .

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'Na THE HEART of thc long distance rider, Clyde King, Senior, practices for the '09 Continental '500'. Washington's version of the 'Little 500' had a new attraction this year, the Mini , The girls were able to join the boys in racing this year. The only exception-the girls rode Q mile while the boys rode 25 miles. The 500 is becoming an annual event sponsored by the Senior Class with all profits goin g to the scholarship fund. Mr. James Gothard sponsors the race. To start the evening off, the girls had the first two heats of their race and then the boys race was held. After completion, the girls finished the final heat of their race. A dance was held afterwards in the parking lot with a disc jockey playing records. Also new this year was the q u e e n and king. These were Senior girls and boys elected by the stu- dent body. The Continental 500 is managed by a six mem- ber Steering Committee. These students are Pat Vaughn, Alfredia Henry, Cindy Warren, Bill Beard, Myron Newland, and Roger Weaver, all Seniors. Continental SOO adds ini 5 Q .. . ' , ,L A JIM CATANIA, Senior, watches the stop watch for members of his tr-am. Zfi SENIORS Bill Beard, Myron Newland, and Greg Fowler dis- cuss the machinacal work of their bicycle,