Northeast High School - Viking Log Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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On your mark . . . get set . . . Top sprinters Ioanne Anderson, April O'Berry, and Nita Ballenger pa- tiently wait for their signal to go. Being prepared at the starting block is very important. Intense concentration is involved for Lisa Morris doing each hurdle, because one slip on any hurdle could lessen the speed and accuracy of each sprint. K 1 ,v- ...nn . N 0 Ss' i' .. ani if In-:fi- 156 GIRLS' TRACK 1 5 Q 14 l'i?'?'isf ix:,9?'i?f'f 5f?'il z .. ,. A M. ., YQ yfiaaw , :a 5 L .ery ' i ' it Q W A' fr Q ' QV J, E S iw X E j 'im cilfhf ' I 'E ry it X fo, gf 1 I -, 'QWWQ' - , L' S fe i . A LJ i .-'I N .synd- ' sr' I ' E P nm sf noaminsr msn ji , ' N' sr- Q W v sr' 4 4 -W' .- ,A -t... t g E l 'w-s..,,,. s e- Front row - Lisa Morris, Holly Ackett, loanne Anderson, April O'Berry, Annette Wright, Nicole Back row - Wendy Coach lim Comillaud, Vincent, Cheryl Smithg Wilcox, Nita Ballenger, Shanel Wallace, Bridget Green, Barbara Rober- son, Mary Dougherty, Helaine Neal, Audra Iackson. Coaching for company. Cornillaud runs alongside of top runners April O'Berry and Holly Ackett. Coaching each runner separately gives the girls a better understanding of their needed improvements. Girls' track coach lim M.. P if js: 4 is if S. Moyne! 'T JP

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That extra lift! Along with strength and speed, that extra lift is necessary for David Smith to pole vault the height he wishes to obtain. Front row - Virgil Lambert, Bernard McGriff, Donnell Moultrie, Iohn Perkins, Peter Dougherty, Bobby Thomasg Back row - Richard Taylor, Dar- ren O'Berry, Lorenzo Gaston, Lothario Washington, Quentin Mulholland, Dave Smith. 3 Q.. Sprinting the track. Bobby Thomas whips around the track with the greatest of ease. Sprinting takes a great deal of work and is harder than it looks. Bobby puts many hours of practice into his sprint- ing, hoping practice pays off. BOYS'TRACK 155

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in Q . tgmw 5 V 12 , ,L 'A is r Q . ,, . X .kt e, we :.., Q. - . X, .,. JF, . W nun? . g t is-H , 0 an , , ,Q-4 ' . K -, ,GJ -Q av. . A fa ,af . , Off to a good start! loanne Anderson, one of the top sprinters on the girls' track team, leaves the starting block with intensity and concentration. Concentration is the key, as Helaine Neal prepares to do the high jump. Much skill and con- centration are needed to get the highest jump possible. Keeping pace Staying with the pace was what the girls' track team did. Track season started with early practices in Ianuary with sprinters and distance runners. The girls won districts last year, and I feel this team will be stronger since we have our sprinters back: Ioanne Ander- son, Holly Ackett, and April 0'Berry. In distance we have the Haynie sisters along with Dorothy Rhodes, com- mented Coach Raymond Beal. Practicing gave the team needed time to develop skills. They would practice four days of the week with wind sprints and two and lsometimesl a four-mile run. We won districts with only eight girlsg now we have thirty and I think we can go to regionals and even state, stated Coach lim Cornillaud. GIRLS' TRACK 157