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

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Lynn Lund hurled the discus a con- sistent l34 feet 9 inches for the Lions and was often challenged by Al Jac- oby, Dick Allen and Leonard Daily. Steve Matthews and Tom Webb handled the Monarch distance chores quite well. Matthews concentrated on the two-mile and Webb on the 880 and mile runs. Brad Bechtol and Webb both shined in 440 action with Webb having the best early season mark of 49.5. Howard Smith, a fine high hurdler at l5.9 in the early season, and Marc Berkowitz turned in 25.5 in the 220- yard low hurdles. Paul Griffith turned in good marks in the high hurdles. ion Wins lla l,t-, 4-t 4 . , , fr ' f . f LUNG MAN-Steve Matthews rounds mile run in one of the season's earlier .- it .wt ull , tt... t, the curve on his way to a victory in the two meets. FLYING HIGH-Dan Martin, Valley Col- lege record holder in the pole vault at 13 feet 773 inches, flies over the ba early track meet. rin

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STRAIN-Lloyd Higgins, top Valley high iumper, is shown in leap of 6 feet 2 inches. Later on, Higgins iumpecl 6 feet 3V2 inches. Higgins is o basketball star in the winter. PUFF PUFF - Tom Webb, Valley fine distance man, gave a great deal of trouble to opposing Metro lung men. Webb starred in the 880 and mile. gc -1 1 I Field Event Stars Pave Way To Aside from Al Jacoby in the field events, Valley had the serv- ices of Dan Martin. Martin set a new pole vault record at the col- lege early in the season by vault- ing 13 feet 7M inches. Martin also broad iumped 23 feet 2 inches. Ray Hall went over the bar at 13 feet consistently and so did Jerry Betz. Lloyd Higgins ruled over the high lump pits and had an early season leap of 6 feet 3V2 inches. Bill Wachter was close behind, along with Kirby Weedin, Jerry Betz and Martin, at 5 feet 10 inches. UP IN THE AIR-Ray Hall, returning letterman, is shown clearing the vault at 13 feet. Hall was a consistent performer all year. 134

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f ,gi 'ig Vi Valley Hosts Finals I l l , , 'us A4 .LAW Q Q L ht L M- gl M QV!-on-,.f -,as s 'hw'- t , -,:ffr--- 1- P ,nn , l -- RETURNING STAR-Walt Lewis, returning dis- fi - ,. , ' t yt, ' , if tance man, was a constant placer in the 880 and - ' 6 1 1 V iq. -. , .., - Y 1 the mile. Lewis runs crass-country in the fall. , -. ' 'f' ' ' Wg U' ' ' 'U' 4' -- A ' a .. ,, . ' ff as-ef' s f -ip, ,, N, 'iv' l im it H ,HN P ,:'1 , 123, 3-!'o.,'.. Jttgrigg l . A ge 4,4 l,,k,2QQJ r ' , , - ,, ' .,u,-w- A - 3 ' N F. . , sp, 1-2 - ' i ' ' ' Hillglaiffi 21' 4.14 OVER HE FLIES-Howard Smith, Valley's ace hurdler strides over standards. Smith's best early season time was 15.9 in the high hurdles. Valley College was h'ost to the entire Metropolitan Conference Track and Field Championship May 7. Each of the Metro's eight schools sent their top competitors. Aside from the Metro championships, Monarch Field played host to three evening track meets. The arc-light affairs which drew record crowds were the East Los Angeles-El Camino double dual test, a meet with cross-town rival Pierce College and the Metro classic. Aside from regular Metropolitan Conference competition, the Mon- archs entered the SPA AAU Relays, the East Los Angeles Relays, the Easter Relays, the Southern California Relays, the West Coast Relays, the Southern California Finals and the State Finals. OOMPH!-Lynn Lund, discuss toss- ing returnee, gets off toss during practice session. Lund's best toss of the early season was 134 feet 9 inches. . 1- -9 .if