Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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CAPTAlN'S HONOR - Steve Matthews, cross country ace, is presented with the Captain's Award at the Sports Awards Banquet by Coach Charlie Mann. Harriers Race For Victories Valley's Cross Country squad, which was heralded as the fastest cross country squad in Valley's history, finished a disappointing fifth in the conference standing last season. Starting the season with only two experienced runners, Angelo Corallis and Walt Lewis, Coach Charlie Mann molded a team from a group of the most pub- licized high school graduates to attend Valley in its ten-year history. Topping this high school list was Steve Matthews, Hollywood High School miler who placed fourth in the state finals in the mile in his last season at Hollywood. As the season progressed, Matthews, who had been posting good times in all his races, had to drop out of competition due to a pain- ful back iniury. Matthews iniury and lack of solid material was too much to overcome last season.

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