Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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Lowell jackson ILEFTJ raises the baton in victory after a grueling mile relay. 1969 VARSITY TRACK SQUAD: fBOTTOM ROWJ Phil- bert Davenport, Randy Means, Chester Fugate, Ellis Ford, jim Kallenbach, Duane Duchesne, Paul Friedburg, Fred Sutton. IROW TWOJ Charles Fountain, Frank DiBlasi, Mike Lankford, Greg Wat- son, Steve Leeper, Roy Wooten, Lester Miller, Bruce Watson, Tony jesse, Coach Ron Whittaker. IROW THREE! Clarence Williams, Bill Ward, Bruce Brown, Roger Wilson, Don Wyatt, Steve Safford, Coach lim Valentik. NOT PICTURED: Lowell jackson, Ron Shocks, and Fred Shocks. gd U'f,., Athletics 163

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Cindermen Place Third in District As new head track coach, Ron Whittaker found several returning lettermen and a number of out- standing young prospects ready to make his first season the best MHS has seen since becoming mem- bers inthe CEMO conference. The new coach and his squad began their season well, riding high on victories in their first four dual meets and placing third out of nine teams in the Conference Indoor Meet. Then the team hit the ebb of their season by losing their last two dual meets to tough Fulton and jeffer- son City teams. The Bulldogs then closed their season by taking third in the district meet, which was held for the first time in Mexico. This year's squad found its strength in the sprints and relays rather than in the field or distance events. The most outstanding event of this year's team was the 880 yard relay, whose members, Fred Shocks, Ron Shocks, Greg Watson, and Charles Fountain, qualified for the state competition by taking first in the district TTICBI. This relay team also tied the conference record and set a new school record with a time of 1.32. Other new school records set by the cindermen were senior Lowell lackson's 2.03.4 in the 880 yard run, and junior Steve Safford's two-mile, breaking the old record with a time of 11.43. Fans attributed the success of the '69 track squad to their dedication, hard work, and the desire of a great group of athletes and their coaches. Mexico's three polevaulters, Iabovej Steve Leeper, Roy Wooten, and lim Kallenbach, take time out from their practice schedule to look pretty for the roving Mascot camera. fright! Ron Shocks men- tally prepares himself for the 100 yard dash during the pre-event warm-up. as ts I liaamrt 162 Athletics

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Frosh Trackmen Wind p at 2- Although the frosh record was not outstanding, individual efforts were recognized by the setting of three new freshman records. The Bullpups closed out their season with a discouraging 2-4 dual meet record, with their only wins coming from Fulton and Moberly. Their performance in relay competition was a little better, taking third in the Huck Finn relays at Hanni- bal, and fourth in both the Quincy and Columbia relays. New Freshman record holders are Tim Lankford, with a varsity discus throw of 'l07'10 1f2 , and Clar- ence Williams, who hurled the varsity shot 40'8 . This year's junior Varsity squad was composed mainly of members of the hard-working freshman crew. The jV team fared a little better than the frosh, ending their season with a 4--2 record. 1969 Freshman Track Squad: KBOTTOM ROWJ Lawrence Epple, jim Kiburz, Mike Farrah, Mark Rucker, Leslie Deason, David Brad- shaw, Roy Stevens, David Sublette, KROW TVVOJ Gary Vines, Bruce Moore, Alan Vorworck, Dale Admire, Richard Buffington, Chester Trotter, Paul Winterbower. KROW THREE! Curt Mechlin, Delbert Healy, jack Dennis, Mark jarvis, Tim Lankford, Chuck Buckner, john Reaves, Tim Gourley. KROW FOURJ Alan Snook, Chuck Worstell, Steve Fitzpatrick, joe Ezell, Rick Carter, jeff Fine. IABOVE RIGHT! Cindermen await the outstretched gun to begin the mile run in a triangular meet. IRICHTJ Ron Shocks and Greg Watson fist and 3rd from leftj hold their ready positions just before exploding from the starting blocks to the finish line 100 yards away. HCQ.