Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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----.,.. With all of her energy focused on a crucial aspect of the relay, Trina Henson gives a smooth hand-off to Lera Welcome. Overtaking a Deer Park runner joycelyn Gakiouseb moves another pace closer to her goal: first place. N 'VL l ' ' . ,f 'iff in V, , ' f .fi 'V ,' M' K ,,zW.z1 'Ai ,i 'I 'img ',,4,vMfg5 '. lf'fjwA.t,.' '1Ds f1f . ww .f u-'WF ,. 7 ni ts: if' With strain written on her face, Nicole Conway concentrates on throwing the discus farther every time she steps into the ring. Putting every ounce of effort into her throw, Dawn Poole exhibits the form that earned her a second consecutive appearance at the regional meet. girls' track

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Ogi oing for the gold Girls' track puts best foot forward Despite being small in number, the girls' track team was big on spirit. The girls' - and coaches' - enthusiasm and support for each other molded a once seemingly individual sport into a true team ef- fort - and accomplishment. A respectable team per- formance was led by a strong showing from Trina Henson and Lera Welcome, both juniors. Trina and Lera have gone to regionals three times, beginning in their freshman year. This year, Trina qualified for regionals in the 400m and 800m relays and the 200m run. Also qualifying in the 400m and 800m relays --an mi .1 ,,,,,,,:. .1 'ff Taking one of three jumps, Kim lwlliams is determined to in- crease the distance each time. rls' track were Iris Dalfrey, Ondrea English, and Emily Burr. Dawn Poole and Rhonda Biggom qualified for regionals in the discus and 100m hurdles, respective- ly. With every one of these acclaimed athletes return- ing next year, along with a great deal of the rest of the team, the coming season shows much promise. Running stride for stride with her closest rival, Rhonda Big- gom depends on her quick final kick to give her first place. yy uf . Stretching her effort, Turana Griffin hopes to better her time and possibly win the race.

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t Takes Guts Winners ALL Sun and fun! exclaimed Camille Smith, describing what she liked most about tennis. Wendy Eng added, It really keeps you in shape. The members ofthe Varsity Tennis team really enjoyed participating in this sport. This was the first year that the team had two seasons. In the fall, a new season of team tennis was formed. It was very successful because it gave the team great practice early in the year. This helped because early in the year the team lacked mental toughness. But by the spring, when the District season started, there was a tremendous improvement, commented Coach Dennison. Anju Kukreja said, Sometimes, when I'm playing tennis, all I have to think about is tennis and not about other problems in school, etc. Tien Nguyen explained, Tennis is great! It's like a K-class. Cheryl Loe expressed that the tennis team has a very good coach. He stresses having fun as well as doing your best. jay Woodby summed it all up by stating, Tennis is very competitive and fun. It takes endurance and being in good shape. You never move up unless you have coordination, concentration, and brains enough to out-think your opponent. Ken Ong practices every day during the spring months to ensure that he will do well in the District tournament. A vnv-f-'V - .1 -.. -1-, 6 A 'Gt T 'T ' Vrljanouxek and Thi Lee play mixed-doubles together to practice for the student-faculty tournament. 4 Camille Smith struggles to reach a difficult forehand shot. ww-M, WW- I J DonaM Lee practices to make his forehand smooth and consistant. varsity tennis Patientlyhjay Woodby plans his strategy before going onto the court. s fs'