Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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NORMAN PEARSON RONNIE WIBLEMO I' Sn.:-y it 'ir v m --. ,N r-gg-iP,,f. , o .J DICK PURDY ,,,,,w.w ' J SPRINT MEDLEY TEAM John Cobb Dick Gere Ben Cobb ond Poul Christen

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Mltchell Hugh l946 Track Trophues Jl!l0l7feS Crlzdmmen Startlng out the l946 track season wrth only seven returnrng lettermen Coach Qurntal buslt one of the best track teams an the hlstory of Mrtchell Hrgh School Qurntal reported that snxty boys came out for the mutual practrce the largest track squad he had ever coached Practrce began early rn Apnl and after Charles Newlln, captaun of the I946 track squad weeks of toulrng the squad was ready for the Prerre Relays on Aprll 20 The 880 yard relay squad conslstung of Paul Chnsten Ben Cobb Duck Gere and John Cobb placed second rn thas meet The some group of boys set a new record un the mule relay tlme, 3 364 Ronnre Wrblemo tred for second In the vault, and a two mule relay team, consrstlng of Tom Clark, Dean Swanson, Kenneth Toland, and Ralph Cooper, captured fourth place At the Aberdeen Relays on Apnl 25, the same relay team placed frrst rn the medley and broke theur own record for the mule relay tume, 3 37 Norman Pearson tred for fourth rn the pole vault The Dakota Relays on May 3 saw Suoux Falls edge out Mrtchell an the male relay for the only trme that year However, the relay squad placed furst IH the medley, and Wlblemo pulled down a blue nbbon an the pole vault Twenty one boys earned letters at the Regronal Meet on May lO by placrnq agalnst competrtron Mitchell rang up lO4 points to Parkston's 40 Mrtchell's thlnclads placed frfth rn the State Meet on May l7 l8 Frrst place wrnners were Gere In low hurdles and J Cobb nn the 880 yard run The mule relay team agarn broke thenr own record trme, 3 36 The Conference Meet wound up the track season wrth Mltchell crndermen takrng frfth place The mule relay team ran therr best tame of the season tame 3 35 l Other pornt collectors were Wu blemo, Pearson, and Purdy rn the pole vault - fi it . -,-. , . ,- A ' ,I Q- f Sli'-55' 1-' L QQ?Q??tf . '- gc 4 . rl' fy' ' , . Z. , k ,, gt. -E .f , iff 8 . . R X . 4 me 5 I I , . I I , H I V ' I ' . I I I I A '

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lr - 5 r in.. - - if fl. lx .xi g I' MILE RElAY TEAM Paul Chnsten John Cobb Duck Gere and Ben Cobb The mule relay ana sprint medley teams of l946 set a track record that wull be hard to beat ln comlng years The boys placed turst nn tour meets and broke three mule relay records The best tnme for the season was 3 35l run at the conference meet an Watertown The only loss of the season was agaunst Sioux Falls at the Dakota Relays The Sprint medley team came In for thelr share of laurels too They placed frrst rn three meets and brought back trophres for the breaknng of two records These boys established a new precedent for wrnnung track teams at MHS Z' .21 vt' Swanson and Clark mule runnerg , , , - . ., . , . , f 5 I. , 7 v, r X : 1 S- : . W ,f..--b -. , AQ71' L, KY:-gf! 5.x N I .. ' , , 5 n ll l ' ' t ' v ' ' - -, ' o L ' U. ' 4nqnQo na.' l'1' ,