Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Knowing the value of practice to good relay exchanges, Scott and Phillips work on the international method. Shot-putter AI Scott prepares to uncork a put against Germantown. Al Scott and John Phillips finish one-two in practice 440 yard dash. 18

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Giving Goodwi Kyle makes a smc relay handoff. ■Essa y Garner Runs State Record 880 MUS ' own track prodigy, Gary Garner, ended his high school track career with his stunning regional and state 880 performances. Earlier in the year, he had set the school ' s 440 dash mark at 49.8 and had been the anchor leg on the school two mile relay team ' s 8:07.5. In the state meet not only did Garner defeat the defending state record holder but, as Coach Peters said, ran about the toughest race possible. He didn ' t try to pass Sweat until the middle of the far straightaway on the last lap. Sweat wasn ' t ready to let him pass at that point, so he forced Gary to run the outside lane all the way down to the last curve. But Gary didn ' t let up. He just wore him down. Coach Peters had said earlier in the year that Garner could probably do the best of anyone on the team in any running event. Peters did not decide on whether he should run the 880 or the 440 until fairly late in the season. In other sports, Gary was all-state in soccer and the school two-mile cross- country record holder. Gary won the respect of all his opponents as a great competitor with his tremendous natural talents. Getting off to a good start, Garner begins his record 440 dash. 17

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Junior High Thin Clads Lose Meets — Set Records Mathieu, Pool and Forrester Better Record Times Opening their season in discouraging fashion, the Junior High Track team suffered a 41-45 defeat at the hands of Ridgeway. They never really got off the ground after that. In the next meet against Germantown the baby Owls were again defeated 40-70 and in a triangular meet the next week MUS placed third to second place Raleigh- Egypt and first place Germantown 27-54-61. Running against Germantown in the next meet the Owls dropped another with 54% pts. 1 to Germantown ' s 73%. MUS invited Collierville, Germantown and ' ■ ' Raleigh-Egypt to its invitational and I placed third in this very competitive field. In first place was Germantown with 78 pts., in second place, Raleigh-Egypt with 53y3, MUS with 45%, and in fourth Collierville with 38% pts. Though losing every meet, the Junior High had some outstanding individual performances. John Pool and Bill Mathieu set the Junior High 220 record at 25 seconds, and Chip Forrester bettered the old mile run mark 5:09.2 with a 5:04.6. John Pool led all scorers with 34 pts. Junior High Track 1973 MUS 41 45 Ridgeway MUS 40 70 Germantown MUS 54.5 73.5 Germantown Triangular Meet Germantown 61 Raleigh-Egypt 54 MUS 27 3rd in MUS Invitational Air-borne Bill Mathieu stretches for inches in the MUS Invitational broad jump. TRACK 19