John Marshall High School - Marhiscan Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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COACHES Martha Griffin along with other mem- bers ofthe girls team, receives important premeet instructions from one of the judges. The girls track team coached by lVlar- tha Griffen sturggled to a five win-four loss season. Led by star hurdler Tonya Slaughter the team started fast, win- ning four of their tive meets, but dimin- ished by dropping their last two. Ac- cording to Coach Griften the reason for the poor finish was the team's weakness in the field events. However, they could look forward to the future with the help of talented freshmen plus the return of many out- standing tracksters from the '77 season. by Brian Fanning and Scott Worpell Q i i, A TOM Carson running in one of the long distances races is easily outdistancing his Howe-Coached opponents. Sports!23

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Mike, Tonya will be missed he boys track team finished fourth in a 20-team sectional and won 8 meets out of 13 in '77 season. The expectations for the '78 season were even better. The team had the services of return- ing lettermen, Michael Pollard, Rudy Williams, Marcus Dunlop and many other outstanding trackmen. The strongest areas on the team were the sprints and hurdles. Michael Pol- lard, Ricky Wilson, Ken Haskens and Kevin Vardamen set a new school record in the 880-yard relay. A school record was set in the mile relay. Coach Desmond Smith, along with field event coach Lester Bivens and dis- tance coach Greg Cook, were hoping to go all the way in the sectional and bring back down some trophies to Marshall in '78, TANYA Slaughter, showing excellent form, breaks out of the starting blocks First, on the way to an- other victory in the hurdles. 4 hui.-dit' 9 l V 'wwf- , Y Q J . . ,M 4, ima 5 r. ' ,qv f 'EY ,. . . , .. .V ff'-'a'r'a-Hof.: ' Y , , A- ' ' . ' 9 W? -f A M U -W '54 QZ..w.'-T:-,+4vaNsWo? ' 15.4 Q- .- ' JAMES Degraphenreed competing in the long jump at Tech High School takes a long hop and strains to victory. 22fSports A Q A? ls., J, ,Q Q 'r 'ess , . 1 ,igrvvt V:-V-'X I .. , Nh.. V. b -V -I Q? X -W A ,ek TONYA Slaughter running in her specialty, the high hurdles, is kicking dust up into the faces of her opponents. i

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24!Track ,nn-A ri.. M' TONYA Slaughter discusses pre-race strategies with one of her teammates. CASSAN DRA Favors in the shot put and Charlotte Brown in a medley relay show excellent Patriot form and desire.