Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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s SGVSD I THE 1987 BOYS' VARSITY TEAM WAS STRONG IN FIELD EVENTS AND HUR- DLES, SAID COACH DAVE SMITH. HE FURTHER STATED, TO DEVELOP INTO A GOOD TEAM, THE YOUNG ATHLETES NEED TO IMPROVE IN SPRINTS AND DIS- TANCE EVENTS. ASSISTED BY COACHES DAVE SMITH, TOM HONDA, TOM CASPARI, MIKE BLACK, AND IOHN DEFRIES, THE TEAM PRACTICED AP- PROXIMATELY TWO HOURS EACH DAY. KEY VARSITY TEAM MEMBERS THIS YEAR INCLUDED IOHN SPENCE CHUR- DITIS DLES AND LONG IUMPD, DON BRAD- SHAW C440 AND 2205, MIKE FACIO CLONG IUMPD, AND SCOTT ILLIONS 14405. IN FROSHXSOPH, OUTSTANDING PER- FORMANCES WERE TURNED IN BY GREG RAMSEY CHIGH IUMP AND HUR- DLESD, IOHN GOWAN CMILE AND TWO MILED, CHRIS SNELLING CSHOT PUT AND DISCUSD, AND EFREN IAIME CMILE AND TWO MILED. WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS, TRACK CAN BEVERY DIFFICULT FOR I ten BOTH THE ATHLETES AND THE COACHES. MANY TIMES, AN INDIVID- UAL ATHLETE MAY COMPETE IN AS MANY AS THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS IN A SINGLE MEET. BUT WITH GOOD COM- MUNICATION AMONG THE RUNNERS AND THEIR COACHES, THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO PERFORM UP TO THEIR POTEN- TIAL, THE TOUGH COMPETITION AMONG THE LEAGUE TEAMS DID NOT HINDER THE SAXONS IN ACHIEVING THEIR GOAL. boys' track! I09

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I Z- ..j 'wiv -fn- t L' two Q . l f 4.1 1 L ' Q . ls,i::gi'T.w L .,. . fQsjA MTR A Vbzns ji lf- Lf ., .T -V1, three , O8 boys' track OHS if five'- tour THE 1987 TRACK TEAM UNS I FOURTH GEAR five Mike Braynard Concentrates before shot-putting. Giving his best effort is Bob Titus. With determination and skill, lohn Spence Clears the hurdle. Greq Ramsey attempts to jump over the new heiqht. The l986-87 Boys' Track Team. Members of the team warm up before practice. Gary Ho successfully passes the baton to Greq Ramsey. Leapinq Hiqh for that extra inch is Mike Facio. Tony Walker finishes a close race. Rafael Garcia wins a touqh mmf: against Esperanza,

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I A urls' tmvk 1-P44700 -..-A Y . X three GIRL ' TRACK RACES TOWARDS EXCELLENCE one Iwo - :A I! I '4 four THE I987 GIRLS' TRACK SEASON WAS FULL OF SURPRISES AND OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS. STARTING THE SEASON OFF RIGHT, RAKITA ROEERSON SURPASSED LOARA'S PREVIOUS GIRLS' LONG IUMP RECORD WITH A I7- FOOT, 2-INCH IUMP. THIS VERY IUMP WAS CAPTURED ON FILM IN PICTURE ONE OF THIS PAGE. THE GIRLS' RELAY TEAM, CONSISTING OF CHRISTINA ARRIBAS, LEYLA CAMP- BELL, MELANIE MADANI, AND RAKITA ROEERSON, WAS VIC- TORIOUS OVER MANY SCHOOLS IN DUAL MEETS. TOP HUR- DLERS INCLUDED CATHY ARRIBAS AND KELLY GRATIN. MEGHAN BOYLE EXCELLED IN HER EVENT, THE TRIPLE IUMP.