Leamington District Secondary School - Phoebus Yearbook (Leamington, Ontario Canada)

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PHOEBUS c o- Nineteen Forty-Eight - GIRLS ' FIELD DAY CHAMPIONS Joanne Romo. Marilan Bakes. Anne Fairbrother. Ioyce Thompson. ★ ★ FIELD DAY — GIRLS Although the weather was cold and the winds blew ferociously. Leamington High School girls put on their scanty P.T. uniforms for the Track and Field Meet of ' 47 and bravely went out trying to win honours for their houses. This year the Delta girls handily captured the coveted crest from Gamma House, last year ' s winners. The individual championships were won. in the Senior division, by Anne Fairbrother. Gamma; Intermediate. Marilyn Bakes, Delta; in the Junior division by Joyce Thompson, Gamma: and Juvenile by Joanne Rome, a Delta Shirley Snell, a Senior Alpha, broke Joyce Oke’s 1944 high jump record of 4 ' 5” with 4 ' 6 . Also in the Senior division, Shirley Smith, Gamma, tied Millie Pridding ' s 75-yard dash of 10 seconds. Marilyn Bakes, Delta Intermediate champ, smashed the standing broad record of Colleen Siddal ' s T 1 made in 1946 with a new record of T 6”. Marilyn also tied the basketball accuracy record set in 1930 by Ruby MacLean and tied in 1938 by Betty Penfold, which was 15 baskets in 30 seconds. The softball ability of the Delta girls was exhibited when they broke the 1946 record of the Gamma feam with 2 Vi more passes, making the new record 9oasses. In the Junior division Robert!! Brown topped Erna Klassen ' s 1943 high iump record of 4 ' ?M with a iump of 4 ' 3 . As can be seen, this year ' s Track and Field Meet was for the girls. a record-breaking event and one of the best ever held in L.H.S IK

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Nineteen Forty-Eight PHOEBUS SENIOR GIRLS FRONT ROW: Miss Hart (Coach), Doris Moss, Ann Fairbrother, Elaine Brooker (Captain), Naomi Bateman, Bernice Vance. Alberta Brackett (Manager). SECOND ROW: Shirley Hyatt, Ann Bradley, Eleanor Tolflemire. Jean Williams. Colleen Siddall. Barbara McNaughton. ESSEX COUNTY CHAMPIONS, 1947-48 JUNIOR GIRLS

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Nineteen Forty-Eight c j - BOYS ' FIELD DAY CHAMPIONS PHOEBUS -cwo Maurice Cosyn. Cecil Gow, Boh Sellerington. Jerry Brown. ★ ★ ★ FIELD DAY — BOYS A very successful Track and Field Meel was held at the Leamington High School this year, and many new records were established. The Boys ' Crest was carried oil by the athletes rl Gamma House, while the Delta girls succeeded in capturing the Girls ' Crest. It the Senior Boys ' class Cec Gow of Gamma won the championship. Gow broke the iavelin record of 133 feet, formerly held by Walter Unrau, with a throw of 134 1 ' c feet. In the 220-yard dash. Gow broke his own 1946 record of 24 l a seconds, breaking the tape at 23.S seconds. Pat Irwin broke the high jump record of 5 ' 6 held by Glen Parsons since 1934. The new record now stands at 5’ 7ki . A new pole vault record was set by Steve Hroziak. Steve bettered Bill Olton ' s 1941 record of 9’ II by clearing the bar at an even 10 feet. Bob Selterington of Bela won the Intermediate championship by winning out over Alpha ' s Bill Galloway in a close race. The only new record in this class was made by Galloway in the iavelin. Bill broke Don Ackert ' s 1946 mark of 118 ' with a new high of 126’ 3 . The Junior championship was won by Jerry Brown of Beta. Ed Gdlanders, also of Beta, was runner-up and set two new records. In the discus Gillanders broke Phil Kinduros ' s 70 ' 7 mark by one inch with a throw of 70 ' 8 . Ed also broke the iavelin record of 104 ' 8”. made by Bill Williams in 1942. The new mark is now 107 feet. This class had many outstanding athletes who should make impressive showings at future meets. Mmrice Cosyn of Aloha was crowned champion of the Juvenile class. The Dole vault record e| 7 ' 5 . set by Bob Wallace in 1946 was broken by Richard Hicks at 7 ' 7% . Other times and distances of the Juveniles were very good and for their first meet these boys gave a fine account of their abililies. 19