Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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t's farther than you think BySusan Murray espite the fact that the Cross Country course was changed in length from a mile and a half to two miles both the Girl's and Boy's team were able to win District. Members of the Boy's team were Alan Craft. Chris Evers. Frank Free- an, Sam Gounsolin. Bob Luttrell. Danny Maddox. Scott Ochs. Ed Sharp. Pat Steiger. and David Young. The Girl's team consisted of Laura Bell. Nancy Gannon. Janis Doan. Leigh Hurley. Martha Lee. Disa Lewis. Elaine Shearer, and C. J. Willoughby. Practice for the boys began at 7:30 every morning. We usually got loo- sened up. jogged a mile. and did some callisthenics before our training, said Steiger. Both the Girl's and Boy's team worked out at 2: I5. The boysjogged six if T. . ' . ,, 3.1, miles and one of our routes was from school to Sandalwood Lakes. When we ran we usually talk to each other on our practice routes. said Luttrell. According to Leigh. the girls would run at Memorial Park and the jungle trail because cement running caused shin splints and other injuries. Neither team suffered from injuries. The only injuries the teams had to sus- tain were those of Luttrell who hurt his back and Leigh who hurt her knee in a meet. We were hurt but not to the point of losing meets. It was bad to lose Leigh because she was one of our top runners. said Disa. She was going to be our supporting senior. The district team made up of Free- man, Evers, Luttrell. Maddox. Sharp. and Steiger finished in first place at the meet. Freeman came in first place with a time of I0.28 while Maddox finished third with a time of l0.35. lt was Frank's second year in a row to win district. said Steiger. The team went on to compete in Regionals held at San Jacinto Junior College. They finished eighth with Freeman coming in fifteenth. Maddox in twenty-fifth. Evers in fiftieth. and Steiger in seventeenth place. According to Steiger there was lots of elbows and lots of spikes. He added that the starting line was half the length of the football field. There were lots of people. You couldn't go fast and you couIdn't go slow. You had to run with everyone else. District for the girls was held at Bear Creek Park on November 22 where the team finished in first place. Disa fin- ished in third place with Janis and Martha right behind her in fifth and sixth places respectively. AT THE CLEAR CREEK MEET, Seniors Frank Freeman and Danny Maddox discuss their times. Maddox finished in seventh place while Freeman came in eighth. The team ended the meet in third place. Photo by Kathy Epps. BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE REGIONAL MEET, Janis Doan, Laura Bell, Disa Lewis, Elaine Shearer, C. J. Willoughby, and Martha Lee prepare for the gun to go off. Photo by Bill Montgomery. On Decmeber 3. at San Jacinto Jun- ior College the Girl's team finished Regionals in first place. Disa and Janis finished fourth and fifth respectively with Martha placing fifteenth. After winning Regionals. the team went on to State and finished fifth. Disa finished fifteenth with Janis fin- ished nineteenth. f'0l1lfl1I1L'lf on page I 74 Truck ' 273

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BREAKING AWAY FROM THE OTHER RUN- NERS, Disa Lewis and Janis Doan compete in Regionals. We were a little over a mile, said Disa. Out of two miles we had gone about half way, Photo by Bill Montgomery. ONE OF THE TEN BOYS IN CROSS COUNTRY, Senior Pat Steiger, runs in the two mile race. The boys' team began every morning at 7:30 warming up. This daily routine was kept up in order to stay in shape. Photo by Bill Montgom- ery. 272 Truck - Deplh design bv Hollix H ilghcx anlljan Zuhcr. N 'QI ki? Ft. M- - I fs .

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IUNFTE I WITH AN EYE ON HIS RUNNERS Coach Will Taylor l l, n skill and techniques of his trackslers. Taylorldid an wnlinuedfrzzni page 2 73 After working out for six months during sixth period. the Girl's and Boy's track season opened February 24 and 25 with the Memorial Booster Club Relays. The girl's team, coached by Miss Judy Hobbs. finished the meet in first p1ace. We creamed everyone. We were the only ones ready. It was pretty nice. said Disa Lewis. Lisa Rawl placed first in the discus with a throw of 117.9 feet. In the high jump. Karen Carter and Marilyn Mcblaughton finished first and third respectively while Disa first in the longjump. The mile relay team Mary Closmann. Leigh Lewis. and Eve Ponder came in first with a time of 4.04.2 minutes. The 880 yard relay made up fo Mary Closmann. Patti Grimm. Leigh Hurley, and Eve Ponder and the 440 yard relay consist- ing of Mary Closmann. Patti Grimm. Eve Ponder. and Elaine Shearer came in first and third places with times of 1.47.4 and 51.4 respectively. ln the mile run. Janis Doan finished fourth. Disa Lewis placed second. Patti Grimm fourth and Leigh Hurley sec- ond in the 100 yard dash. 220 yard dash and 440 yard dash respectively. In the 880. Disa Lewis finished first with a time of 2.23 and Martha Lee placed sixth. The boy's team. coached by Will Taylor. finished second in the meet. Danny Maddox. with a time of 4.31. finished the mile run in fourth place. In the 2 mile run, Frank Freeman came in second place with a time of 9.58. Pat Steiger and Tom Hornsby placed fourth and fifth with times of 2.02.2 and 2.02.4 in the 880 yard dash. Freeman hurt his hip right after the meet and couldn't run for the remain- der of the season. Steiger said, He sup- ported the team by becoming a man- ager. The girls went on to compete and win the meet in Humble on March 4. The team accumulated 143 points while the second place winner. Brazos- port. Only had 76 points. ln the field events. Lisa Rawl came in first place in the discus with a throw of 117.2 feet. ln the highjump and long jump events. Karen Carter with ajump Lewis placed composed of Hurley. Disa 274 Track of 5.4 and Disa Lewis with a jump of 17.7 both finished in first place in their respective events. Both the mile and 880 yard relay teams finished in first place while the 440 yard relay finished in third with a time of 52.1. The mile realy completed the run with a 4.09.28 time. Janis Doan. with a time of 5.29.5 came in first place in the mile run. Disa Lewis and Janis Doan finished first and third respectively in the 880 yard mn. With a time of 60.8. Leigh Hurley completed the 440 yard dash in second place. In the 220 yard dash. Patti Grimm finished in first while Disa Lewis came in third in the 100 yard dash. On March ll. the girls came in third place as a team in the Conroe meet. Karen Carter came in second place in the high jump with a jump of 5.6. Tammy Brown. Lorraine Siciliano. Terri Walker. and Lisa Womac made up the shuttle hurdle relay which fin- ished in second place. ln the mile relay, the team finished second while in the mile run Janis Doan came in first place. Disa Lewis finished first and third in the 880 and 100 yard dash. Leigh Hurley came in third and Patti Grimm came in second in the 440 and 220 yard run respec- tively. With a score of 91 points. the girls won first place on March 17 in the Blinn Invitational held at Blinn Col- lege. Janis Doan. Disa Lewis. and Leigh Hurley all came in first in the mile run. 880 and 440 yard run respectively. The mile relay team ended the event in sec- ond place. In the high jump, Karen Carter and Marilyn McNaughton tied for first while Disa Lewis finished in third place in the longjump. With a throw of 123.9 feet. Lisa Rawl won the discus event. State-wide teams competed at A8LM on March 25. The girls finished in third place as a team. According to Disa Lewis. it was a real hard meet. Lisa Rawl came in fourth in the dis- cus and Karen Carter won in the high jump. Mile relay team finished in second Cfllllflllldtf nn page I 76 training his boys. Some of them competed in making the season very successful. Photo by