Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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1928 TRACK SCHEDULE Indoor Meet...........................Des Moines Drake Relays..........................Des Moines Graceland.............................Mt. Pleasant Parsons...............................Mt. Pleasant Conference Meet............................Simpson Penn.....................................Oskaloosa Page 90

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Ancient ( jrecce gave to the world many athletes of enduring fame. Founders of the Olympics, the records of her great men are criterions for track and field activities even today. Each spring finds greatly increased effort on the part of younger athletes to surpass the splendid records of their predecessors. It is this unrest and constant endeavor to better old marks that gives zest to track and field competition. Tennis, too, is a highly specialized game for individual and team competition. It requires a preciseness of action and accuracy of stroke. Wesleyan’s superiority was shown in the winning of the Conference singles championship and the production of a splendid doubles team. Though new to athletics at Wesleyan, gymnastic stunts have developed rapidly the past year. A galaxy of undiscovered stellar performers appeared to form a surprisingly able team of gymnasts. The future points toward a greater interest in this branch of athletics.

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1928 TRACK REVIEW Failure to register in the victory column did not prove an unprofitable track season for the Wesleyan squad in 1928. Several individuals did commendable work on the cinder path worthy of mention. At the indoor meet, Zilliner shared first place with a Parsons man in the high jump and later, in the Parsons dual meet, he divided first place points with Gooch, a teammate. Woods, a dash man, was high point winner of the squad for the season. He scored 1 S units against Graceland, a meet which the “Tigers” lost by a bare 3 points. Captain Berry’s specialty was the 440-yard dash which he won in several dual meets. Joe Long, diminutive hurdler, produced some excellent form in running the high and low “sticks,” which netted several scores to Wesleyan’s account. Gooch, a freshman, went to the conference meet and returned with a first place in the high jump. He hit his stride the latter part of the season and from all indications should be going strong in 1929. The half-mile relay team composed of Tackelson, Bradshaw, Berry, and Woods placed fourth at the Drake Relays in the college section of that event. It may be readily seen that the 1928 squad lacked balance. Absence of distance and weight men resulted in the loss of meets that could easily have been won had the proper balance been present. However, the 1928 season was not a failure as many prospects were produced who will show up in future years for the Wesleyan track team. Page 91