Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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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.

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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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tive sing EELICIA ROBINSON, ALICIA GARCIA, KELLY GRATIN, TERE- SA REEVES, AND CHRISSY YAROSIK RAN IN THE DISTANCE EVENTS. CHRISTINA ARRIBAS TOPPED THE 440, AND RAKITA AND LEYLA BOTH MADE SPECTACULAR PEREORMANCES IN THE 220 AND IOO-YARD EVENTS. HIGH I UMPERS WERE KELLY GRATIN, CHRYSTAL MCGEE, AND IACKIE ROSAS. AN OUT- STANDING DISCUSS THROWER AND SHOTPUTTER WAS KATHY HOPPER. HEAD COACH SMITH, COACH HONDA, AND COACHES HURLBURT, CASPRY, AND BLACK WORKED TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENTIRE TEAM. l se en The jump heard 'round the world - this is itl Rakita Roberson jumped I7 teet, 2 inches to break Loara's record. Meghan Boyle is caught putting extra hurdles on the track tor her opponents. Felicia Robinson searches tor tour leat Clovers - and tinds onel Cathy Arribas takes the lead, with Chris- tina close behind. eight Look out on the track! It's Iamie Sum' mersl No, it's Geraldine Ferrarol No, it's Shelly Farrell and her vicious pen!!! Crystal McGee goes tor the high jump. The l986-87 Girls' Track Team. Melanie Midani flashes that Covergirl Smile. girls' trackfl I I