Laurel Park High School - Koine Yearbook (Martinsville, VA)

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W J Track Team Second In District and Region Members of the Track Team are (FRONT ROW) Steve Martin, Tom White, James Wilson, Leo Hairston, Randy Pritchett, Curtis Gravely, Herbert Adams, Barry Clark, Ronnie Turner, Clay Gravely, Boyd Jamison, Patrick Pettie, Timmy Martin, Ricky Bates, Donnie Hodge, Douglas Schmidt. (SECOND ROW) James Cabiness, Charlie Williams, Curtis Waller, Jim White, Buddy Thomas, David Martin, Chris Carter, Stanley Hairston, Elbert Thompson, Sammy Jamison, Jerry Fuller, Willie Dallas. (BACK ROW) Coach Jim Summey, Coach Leon Gunter, Louis Jones, Tyrone Hilton, Jerry Devins, Ed Crutcher, Matthew Martin, Jelf Hairston, Ben Gravely, Alvin Carter, Winfred Deering, Russell Hundley, Ken Morris, Terry Eggleston. With 42 people out for track, Coaches Leon Gunter and Jim Summey expected a good season when practice began in February. Their predictions were correct. Although the team placed second in their first meet, they went on to win three first places and three seconds. Then in both the district and regional meets they placed second. During the season the following records were set: Tyrone Hilton, 440, in 51.1; Ken Morris, shot-put, 47 ' AVi ; Tom White, Ben Gravely, Alvin Carter, Tyrone Hilton, mile relay in 3:34.4; and McKinley Stockton, high jump, 6 ' . At the athletic banquet, trophies were presented to Jeff Hairston, Most Valuable; Tyrone Hilton, Most Out- standing; Ken Morris, Most Improved in Field Events; and Elbert Thompson, Most Improved in Track. ABOVE: Even his facial muscles strain as Ken Morris hurls the shot-put. LEFT: At the end of a fast relay, Tyrone Hilton gasps for breath. CHS 72 LP 59 FC40 THS70 LP 54 PC 46 LP 69.5 GWC 52.5 DM48 LP 75.5 )DB 57.5 CHS 44.5 FC44.5 Boys ' Track 35

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RIGHT: As if running through air, David Ma tries for a record broad jump. - 1 r 1 1 ■ kJ LP 43.5 CWC20 MHS 116.5 DM43 LP 65 PC 56.5 DM 48.5 MHS 98 CHS 43 LP 46 FC 35

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If you want to win, you ' ll have to learn to hustle. How often the girls on the track team heard those words and used them to place high in their second season of meets. The hustle did not come easy, however. It meant staying after school every day and running until they were sure they could never run again. ( 22 laps? All at once? I ' ll never make it! ) Also, with more meets than before, it meant constantly aching muscles. Still, with all this (plus a little urging from Coach Barbara Boswell) the team pushed on to an impressive season. The girls finished their season with the Pied- mont District tournament at F-C. A cold rain dampened the field, but not the spirits of the team and their fans. Several of the girls went on to regional competition. Track also offered the girls a little character building. Sometimes you ' re not racing against other schools, you ' re racing against yourself. You always want to do better than you have before. This spirit of self-improvement helped make the ' 75 girls track team. Members of the TRACK TEAM are (FRONT ROW) Mary Moyer, Iris Moor- man, Cindy Nixon, Sandy Martin, Lorene Morrison, Dana Dalton, Phyllis Cole, Kim Fleming, Leisha Nolen, Dee Dee Wade, Kim Grey, Coach Barbara Boswell (BACK ROW) Barbara Watkins, Linda Moorman, Leiliar Gravely, Kathline Gravely, Shirleen Perkins, Hilda Watkins, Jackie Kitts, Vickie Hairston, Gracie Martin, Melanie Walton, Donna Hylton, Pam Stegall. RIGHT: Straining with the effort, Lorene Morrison gets ready to hurl the discus . . . and Shirleen Perkins releases it. PC 72.5 LP 47 BHS 44.5 FC 33 CWI PC 69 LP 33 THS LP