Joliet West High School - Alpha Omega Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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Hard Work and Dedication Gives Cross Country a Winning Season, Following a summer of hard work and dedicated practice, which included no less than two 10 mile marathons per week, the Cross Country Tigers launched themselves into the 1966-67 season. Under the watchful eye of Coach Swank, the Frosh-Soph and Varsity squads emerged from a stage of relative uncer- tainty into teams of unusually good balance. Mr. Swank remarked that the squads had fine depth, and as a result the thinclads weren't dependent upon any one man. ' Needless to say, the Tiger harriers pro- duced some fine talent. Thinclads Rich Skoff and Chip Smith logged some of the best varsity times ever recorded on West,s two mile course at Inwood Park. Tigers Steve Palmer and Mike Roath placed consistently in the top five out of an average sophomore field of twenty men. Records of eight-two for varsity, nine-two for sophs, plus the crown of Conference champs and Joliet Area Meet championship proved the fine ability of the cross country team. Strenuous practice takes its toll as Greg Riffel completes his quota of paced laps for the day. As practice draws to a close, the agony of the last lap is climaxed only by the sat- isfaction of the finish. VARSITY HARRIERS--FRONT ROW: Charles Smith, Rich Skoff, Mike McLaren, Wayne Ingmire. SECOND ROW: Roger Wyss, Greg Riffel, Bill Nordmark, Steve Palmer, THIRD ROW: Coach Swank, Paul Scholtes, Larry Seiler, Mike Kessler, Tom Lorenc. Anxiety flashes across the faces of Chip Smith and Mike McLaren as the varsity squad awaits the start of the Joliet Area Meet. Others joke and set the team at ease, but the runners agree that this is perhaps the hard- est part of the meet.

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i i 3 -nf' Mrs. Fritz poses with the captains of the two cheer- SOPHOMORE CHEERLEADERS--FRONT ROW: Fran Simonetti, Char Block. SECOND leading squads. Diane Heinlen and Fran Simonetti. ROW: Debbie Gaebler, Deanna Pederson, Connie Akin. Not pictured: Cathy Shonk. VARSITY CI-IEERLEADERSfFRONT ROW: April Stevens, Sandy Woldt, Joye Krick. SECOND ROW: Jayne Robertson, Diane Heinlen, Sue Pierce.