North Rowan High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Spencer, NC)

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Coach Secreast looks prepared to shoot lalse starters as he signals the beginning of a race. Fortunately for over anxious athletes Coach Seacreast only uses blanks. Bottom Row: Joan Wilson, Lori Cranfield, Jane Copley, Bobbi Sims, Tonya Rusher, Shaundria Gibson. Top Row: Tracie Boone, Chevelle Jones, April Jackson, Tarsha Mallet, Melissa Secreast, Carolyn Ellis, Jennifer Mason, Neat Wilson. 150 X Women's Track Soaring to new heights, Bobbi Sims clears 4'10 in the high jump on her way to All-Conference track honors. ln addition to the high jump, Bobbi threw the discus and shot. Her discus throw of 111'8 earned her a second place medal in the State Championship Meet. Photos by J. Loftin. BILL r B .... .. . ef. ti' t. ...,. 'eee fl R 1 f

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iw Clearing the hurdle with ease Melissa Secreast races to a third place finish in the All County Meet. She went on to qualify for the sectionals at Ledford. , W . fe. - ' f- Hurling- the discus to a distance of 92' Jo omblin displays both strength and grace. Her eltorls helped bring her team to third place in the County Track Meet. fi ' M N 1 ' A-H., V V N C I.. yiyt I W, ,,, Qs N X4 is . . if W ...lf Q NW' K .......,, .,,. A 31- , .ll ,fl L KKKSKKKKKKSSSSKKKKKKKKSSKKYKKKKKKKKKSKKK l A ll-Vell Rounded Team I ound and round that track they go, where they stop you'll never know. Although the finish line was the place they were headed, the goals were set and ex- ceeded by the women's track members themselves. These girls didn't become athletes runners by being lazy. They pushed their bodies to the absolute limits. They are the ones who stretched til it hurt, and ran with blisters and bruises. These are the ones who poured everything into their sport. They were not just running track, but thinking track too. To be your best you must stay on the same train of thought, stated Andrea Britton. Running track has its advantages as Bobbi Sims stated you get to compete against a lot of people and when you win you get a good feeling inside. But along with its advan- tages come the disadvan- tages. Tarsha Mallet complained, There is too much practice and you have to go far away to compete sometimes. Like most other competitive sports, track was a sport of both give and take. There were bad points, but the women's team got out of it about as much as they put into it. As a result of their hard work, three ofthe track members went to the State Finals at N.C.S.U. in Raleigh. Bobbi Sims competed in the discus and high jump, and April Jackson and Tonya Rusher ran the 400m dash. Tonya's time of 59.48 seconds made her the third girl ever in the history of Rowan County to run 400 meters in less than one minute. In spite of the blisters and bruises and lack of free time, those track members who made the sacrifices met per- sonal goals and ran rings around their competitors. Kelly Simmerson Womens Track i 151