Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Kenny Kyle wearily ponders his victory after completing a fast mile. Alston Palmer jumps the final hurdle to take an easy victory. Pat Moore follows through with another 135 yd. thrust.

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Cliff Hunt Places Fourth In State And Finishes With Most Individual Points MUS Track Team Claims Big 10 Championship Ken Taylor stretches to avoid the bar growing closer by the second. Steve Bedford heaves the discus with tremendous force for a record throw. The MUS track team, with a 4-1 record for the year, finished as champions of the Big 10 and third in the district. Mike Goodwin, the strongest sprinter on the team, helped tally needed points in all the dual meets. His finest 100 yd. dash came in the meet against Bartlett; he placed first with a time of 10.3. Goodwin also had the fastest time in the 440 yd. dash — his best run of 51.1 came in the Big Ten Meet at Brownsville. Kenny Kyle dominated the mile run during the regular season. His best time was 4:25.6 which placed him third in the district meet. The mile relay team, Goodwin, Kyle, Kevin Reed, and Alston Palmer, had their finest run of 3:28.3 in the school ' s own Invitational. Alston Palmer had the team ' s best efforts in the low and high hurdles. His low hurdles time of 21.5 helped defeat Harding. Palmer placed second in the high hurdles in the Big Ten Meet with his best time of 16.1. In the MUS Invitational, Tom Taylor was the only Owl discus thrower, but Steve Bedford had a district meet second-place throw of 139 ' . However, Taylor placed third ii the district shot put with a distance of48 ' ll 1 2 . The two-mile relay team made a fine showing with only one regular season defeat and a second-place finish in the district. The team runners were Palmer, Reed, Keith Sellers, and Richard Ashley. Also in the distance division was Cliff Hunt, who was one of the team ' s top performers with an undefeated record in the two-mile run. In this newly added event, he went to the State meet where he placed fourth with his best time ever of 9:53.7. Coach Jerry Peters was pleased with the track team, particularly with the outstanding efforts of all th members. 18

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Chambers And McCrary Highlight Losing Season Jr. High Team Season With The Jr. High Track Team, under Coach Leland Smith, had a disheartening season, finishing with a 1-4 record. The inexperienced Baby Owls met Germantown and Collierville in a triangular meet and were handed their first loss, finishing third. The next week they once again ran against Collierville, who had placed first the week before. The boys made a much better showing this time, though losing. The Baby Owls cut Collierville ' s margin of victory by 24 points from the previous meeting. The Buzzards met the Harding Lions the next week and were decisively beaten 70-40, in spite Concludes 1-4 Record of the outstanding efforts of shot putter Chuck Chambers and broad jumper Conrad McCrary. It was not until the fourth meet of the season that the Owls got their team really together. They ran against Ridgeway and defeated them 79-30. Andy Cowan and Steve Thomas both did very well against their opponents. The Jr. High team then went after the county trophy in the Shelby County Tournament. They ran against the same two teams in their final meet as in their opener — Germantown and Collierville — and unfortunately were defeated, finishing in third place. Joey Schaeffer struggles to lift his leg over the bar.