John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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o CO CO o Coach Joel Stegall gives a few words of encouragement lo Tina The third leg of the mile relay team. Carolyn Guyion. concentrates on speed and the hand-off of the Foster before the Capitol Olymp ics. baton to a teammate. 52

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With a potent combination of ability and energy, the varsity girls track team had a season that knew nothing but victory. Ac- cording to Coach Joel Stegall, the con- tributing factors to his team ' s success were good athletes and experience. During the regular season, Reagan plac- ed first in every meet but one, in which they placed second, an exceptional record since each meet had 15 to 32 schools competing. Coach Stegall felt that his team prac- ticed more than other schools. We work real hard so they won ' t be afraid in a track meet. If we work out hard during the week, then a meet will be easy for them, he said. Reagan won the district championship April 6 and 7 for the fourth consecutive year. They had a total of 162 points to Travis ' second-place finish of 11 2 points. Reagan ' s high-pointer, Angela Pullin, came away with first-place finishes in the long jump and both the 100- and 200-meter dash. Tina Foster and Deborah Wilborn plac- ed first and second in the 100-meter hurdles. Wilborn also placed first in the high jump. Senior Sylvia Neal won the discus throw. Phylis Dick placed second in the 400-meter run, and Carolyn Guyton won the 400-meter run. The 400-meter relay team, consisting of Pullin, Dick, Jackie Robinson, and Lorie Kindred, captured first. The team of Wilborn, Kindred, Foster, and Kim Thomas won the 800-meter relay. The mile relay team of Kindred, Dick, Guyton and Robinson placed second. The varsity was not alone in their suc- cess. The JV team won district with an outstanding 181 points, while second-place team LBJ had only 93. Sylvia Williams won both the shot put and the discus throw. Sharon Wilson placed first in the high jump as did Sheri Roberts in the 100-meter hurdles. Michelle Perkins finished first in the 400-meter dash and Cheryl Ziolkowski won the 800-meter dash. All three relay teams placed first. Darlene McKinney, Janet Scroggins, Nicole Hodge, and Cynthia Williams were the members of the 400-meter relay team. The 800-meter relay team was comprised of Hodge, McKinney, Brenda Dick, and Cynthia Rogers. The mile relay team con- sisted of Scroggins, Dick, McKinney, and Rogers. A XK0i Varsity track team (front row) Jackie Robinson, Phyllis Dick, Deborah Wilborn, Lorie Kindred, Tondra Meeks; (back row) Coach Joel Stegall, Kim Thomas, Tina Foster, Angela Pullin, Julie Nelson, Assistant Coach Ginger Hert. %J %A JV track team (front row) Annette Hopkins, Brenda Dick, Darlene McKinney. Cynthia Rogers, Cynthia Williams; (second row) Assistant Coach Ginger Hert, Georgia Davila, Amanda Hunt, Janet Scroggins, Nicole Hodge, Michelle Perkins, Cindy Johnson; (back row) Coach Joel Stegall, Cheryl Ziolkowski, Irene Hino- josa, Karen Dunn, Sylvia Williams, Sheri Roberts, Jackie Jones, trainer Thelma Yarbrough. At Dallas Pinksto. relay. sophomore Phyllis Dick finishes first at the tape in the mile CO o 51

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° Din]©[rD© After their district victory, the girls var- sity track team competed in the regional meet April 23 and 24 in Corpus Christi, where they placed third overall. Angela Pullin placed first in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Deborah Wilborn placed third in the high jump, just missing qualifying for state competition. The 400-meter relay team consisting of Pullin, Tina Foster, Lori Kindred and Jackie Robinson, placed second. At the eleventh annual girls state track meet May 8 at Memorial Stadium, Pullin placed first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.65, missing the state record by one-tenth of a second. In the 200-meter dash, she placed fourth. The 400-meter relay team of Pullin, Tina Foster, Jackie Robinson, and Phyllis Dick finished fourth, setting a new school record with a time of 4 ?. 2. The results gave Reagan a fifth place finish in state. For senior Pullin, it seemed like the season couldn ' t have been any better, but by the end of the school year she found out that she had been elected to the High School AU-American Track Team. I was surprised. It was an honor just to be nominated, commented Pullin. This year. Coach Joel Stegall had help with the track teams from a new assistant coach. Ginger Hen. She ' s a very en- thusiastic person, said Coach Stegall. The girls cross country team had only two members; Julie Nelson, who placed sixth at district, and Kim Monte, who finished thirteenth. It wasn ' t a very good year because we didn ' t have much participation. Julie worked out on her own; she did real well, stated Coach Stegall. Julie Selson, also a member of the girls cross country team, holds the posi- tion of second place while running the two-mile run. o CO o While stretching before the Capitol Olympics, Jackie Robinson talks teammate. Pushing for all the speed possible. Deborah X ilborn and Sylvia Neal run the 800-yard dash at the Austin Invitational. 53