Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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In his lasi season as track coach, Jerry Peters gazes out upon the track team as they prepare for the District Meet. He turned the reins of control over to the capable hands of Coach John Keesee. TRACK 78 J V TRACK (4-0) 66 German town 60 Hardini: 49 68 Harding 58 Bnarcresi 45 1st District 14AA 1978 VARSITY TRACK TEAM: (first row) Bobby Marshall, Tim Greer. Boyd Wade. Tim Monaghan, Robert Ashley, Allen Landers, Mark Bilsky Tommy Van Brocklin; (second row) Stan Hughes, Henry Caldwell, Cannon Allen, Jimmy Allen, Joe Morrison, Jeff Peters, Keith Christenbury, Hopie Brooks, George Skouteris, Albert Ray, Phillip McNeill. Judd Peters; (third row) Tony Masi, Steve Corlew, Stewart Cox, Ray Childress. Tommy Christenbury. Mark Witte, Brad Adams, Conrad McCrary, Chris Schmeisser. Hugh Scott: (not pictured) Bob Robinson, Keith May. First -lei!, Tim Greer hands t)ff to Judd Peters as the 2 mile- relay team went on to win in the MUS Invitational. Thanks to the supreme effort of anchor man Jeff Peters, the team had their season ' s best with a time of 8:24.1. 20 SPORTS

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Tiiti Mi ' iuii luin niirms up for tlie 880-yard relay in ilic MI ' S lin iiational. Monaghan, an all-around aihlcle. went on to finish I2tli in the Regional Decathlon. TRACK Anchorman Albert Ray finishes ahead of the field to give the MUS440-relay team first place against SBEC and Catholic. Sprinter Ray, with a surprising effort of 23. 1 in the District Meet, placed second in the 220-yard dash. Joe Morrison clears his attempt at 1 ' 6 en route to placing 3rd in the District Meet. Morrison ' s consistent vaulting gave the Owls much-needed points in important meets. TRACK 19

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Junior Varsity Streaks to Perfect Season and District Title Eleven Turn in Top Performances for the Varsity The 1978 Junior Varsity track team strove for quality and not quantity. They had only three meets, two of thern regular meets and the third the District, the JV Owls winning all three. The JV ' s steadily improved over the year. In the first meet MUS beat Germantown and Harding 66-60-49 respectively. Robert Ashley turned in a good meet, by placing in four events. Ashley, along with Mark Bilsky, Jimmy Allen, and Cannon Allen, ran in the 440-relay and placed second. Ashley was on the 880-relay team which also placed second. Joe Francis, Mark Schaefer, and Sidney Kriger were the other relayers. Ashley also ran on the mile relay, along with Davant Latham, Francis, and Don Miller. They too placed second. A shley placed fourth in the long jump to round out his performance. Cannon Allen contributed in three events by coming in second in the high jump and the 440 dash and being on the 440-relay team. George Skouteris captured first in both the shot put and the discus. MUS held off an improved Harding team, beating them 68 to 58. Briarcrest came in third with 45 points. Ashley and Cannon Allen repeated their performance from the previous meet with the exception of the relay teams which placed first and second. Skouteris again took first place in the throwing events. Keith Christenbury and Greg Graflund both placed in the high and intermediate hurdles. Judd Peters placed first in the 880 run. The last meet was the District. The JV ' s again thwarted Harding, their nearest competitor, and three other teams. Ashley and Cannon Allen again pulled another repeat of their previous performances. Bilsky and Kriger placed in both the 100 and 220 dashes. Christenbury and Graflund both placed in the intermediate and high hurdles. Skouteris placed in the shot and the discus, while Peters placed first in the 880. ; llic nisirii I IV Hack iiiCL ' l. Caiiiioii Allen cleais yi 1 1,1 take I ' lisl plaee. Allen lalei seeiired o( lli plaee in the Varsity District Meet. ' I H Mip bJI-OKM PIP HI H ■■n w ' j l mmz a wt W T im. t j S dSE J F IF ipP pN m iv ■vw W Mr IS B3 m jM m .; jL 3 ISSdH m ■ i l HfHPH HHI B 1978 JV TRACK TEAM: (first row) Keith Killebiew, Scott (ianiblin. Niies Grosvenor, Boyd Wade. Brian Cunningham, Philip I reeburg, Davant Latham, Robert Ashley; (second row) Joe Francis, Sidney Kriger. Newman Cross, Sammy Grahain, George Skouteris, Greg Graflund, Don Miller, Judd Peters, Keith Christenbury, Ray Childress; (third row) Mark Frazier, Stephen Phillips, Keith McCown, Cannon Allen, Jimmy Allen, Mark Bilsky, Tim Greer, Fiopie Brooks. Willy Bettendorf, Kim Jenkins. Jimmy Allen sprints from the blocks in the 440-yard dash to place second in the JV Di.strict Meet. Allen also ran the 440-and mile-relay for the Varsity team. TRACK 21