Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Junior Steve Lewis held the lead as an approaching Catalina Troian strived for position during the Palo Verde-Catalina cross-country meet held on Nov. 2. Sf' L1 '91, ' fel kg K - me Am 5 G COACH Wayne Corder ln the cross country meet against Tucson High Titan harriers Dale Mow and Bob Clark paced each other as each attempted to improve his time. Cross-Countr Team Led by runners Fred Emerling and Harvey Vanderford the varsity cross-country team compiled a successful 6-2 record during the regular season. The Titan harriers placed fourth in the state meet. Medalists were Vanderford, fourth, Emerling, seventh, and Rick Childress, eighth. In the interdivisional, Emerling, Vanderford, Childress and Bill Victor led the team to a second place tie with defending State Champion Sunny- side. Emerling placed fourth, Vanderford and Childess took eighth and twelfth respectively, and Victor placed twenty-first. Leading scorers for the season were Emerling l1.75l, Vander- ford 11.881 and Childress l3.88l. Vanderford broke the Titan course record set by Emerling in 1966 with a new time of 101482. Against Catalina, the team of Emerling, Vanderford, Childress, Victor and Borbon set a new team record of 55:34.2. The JV's were 7-1, while the frosh squad's record was 5-2. VARSITY CROSS-COUNTRY RECORD Palo Verde Opponents 18 Pueblo 39 1 7 Amphi 43 21 Tucson 34 17 Douglas 39 29 Sunnyside 28 19 Catalina 36 30 Rincon 26 16 Salpointe 47 ww Ml W . C , C ' i V it 'V ,Lili A Titan harriers Rick Childress and Ted Robinson led the way over a rugged 2.1 mile cross-country course as Palo Verde defeated the Pueblo Warriors 18-39.

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Frosh Cindermen Anticipated Good Season FRESHMAN TRACK TEAM-FRONT ROW: Dennis Thomas, Mike Addy, Ken Cruz, Raul BazurTo, Doug Hilchner, Mark Ferrer, Jerry Maldonado, Bill Luce, Darrell Jorgenson, Jim Ware, Dan Rincon, Jerry Weinburg, Bill de La Vergne, Tim Sanleyan, Fred Doison, Bob Kuhn, Greg Mills, Ralph Marble. SECOND ROW: Greg Weilzel, Rick Phanion, Roberi FriTz, Ron Crider, Tad Simmons, Doug RiTTer, Allie Labor, Ray Zaiaczkowski, Mark Kelly, John STuTz, Leo Paluska, COACH Larry Weimer Melvin Vuke, John Larson, Jim Reed, John Haas, Jeff Schrader, Ralph OTT, ScoTT Rumel, Berry Gerber. BACK ROW: Mike SmiTh, John Olvey, Roland Youngling, Bud Droegemeier, Tom TaTum, Charles Houghlon, Bill Gordon, Richard Ranger, Fred Fox, Tom Benefiel, Joe Ballard, Mike Polivchak, Randy Larson, Jim Buck, Bob Trower, Roy RaTh, Bob Browning, Jack Johnson, Tony Lopez, STan Dielzmann, Mike Myers, Mark Fisher, Randy Sillik. Coach Larry Weimer TaughT The freshman Track Team mem- bers The basic skills during Their firsT year of high school. ShoT- puT and discus Throwers were Mike Polivachak, Joe Ballard and Buddy Droegemeier. Spring runners were Mark Kelly and Doug RiTTer. Fred Fox ran high hurdles for The Team and Jack Jackson ran low hurdles. Freshmen runners for The four- forTy were Tom Benefiel and Richard Ranger. OTher disTance runners for The eighT-eighTy and one-and-a-half mile were Dan Rincon, Darrell Jorgensen and Melvin Vuke, OuTsTanding pole vaulTers were Mark Kelly and Jerry Maldonado. Coach Weimer expecTed a good season for his Team. Freshman Track Team members lined up To iump The low hurdles. Coach Larry Weimer clocked The cindermen To see how fast They were able To finish The run. Freshman .lack Johnson concenTraTed on form and speed in order To improye his Time on The hurdles. He combined abilily wiTh hours of prachce To win.

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Placed Fourth in State Championship Meet Titan cross country runners got off to a quick start in their meet with Pueblo. Fast starts were essential Consistent speed gave varsity cross country runner to the team's success. With consistent efforts from l l . the team, Palo Verde defeated the Warriors. Fred Emeflmg the rvtms vf flfsi on the 'enm- CROSS-COUNTRY TEAMS: FRESHMAN-FRONT ROW: Doug Davis, John Larson, Rick Chitty, Marc Ferrer, Danny Rincon, Tom Seitz, Mark Thomas, Jack Johnson, Steve Garrigan, Fred Dotson. JUNIOR VARSITY-SECOND ROW: Mike Tansey, Dave Henry, Darrell Weitzel, Larry Barrett, Joe Billings, Mark Foltz, Charles Collins, Joel Larson, Fred De Porter, Phil Shapiro, Tom Gustafson, Jim Thoma, Ted Robison. VARSITY-BACK ROW: Mgr. Bruce Jones, Fred Emerling, Steve Lewis, Harvey Vanderford, Bill Victor, Bob Clark, Rick Childress, Tony Borbon, Ed Argraves, Mgr. Tom Hawkins.