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

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Seventeen Returning Lettermen Headed Varsity VARSITY TRACK TEAM-FRONT ROW: Joel Larson, Bill Barker, Darrell Jorgen- son, Rick Davis, Steve Gunning, Rick Childress, Carl Riney, Tom Gustafson, Dave Young, Errol Berk, John Vucasovich. BACK ROW: Mgr. Alan Shapiro, . T have John Vucasovich, a pole vaulter for the Varsity Track Team, made a trial iump. With daily training Vucasovich improved his style and his iumping. 158 Darrell Weitzel, Mark Thomas, Jim Arneson, Harold Feldman, Steve Gunzel, Dave Croteau, Barry Schur, Eric Heinz, Phil Stellies, Bob Clark, Tom Stoops, Bill Orinski, Mgr. Bruce Jones, Mgr. Dave Schwanenberger. Varsity high iumper Steve Gunning cleared the bar by a couple of inches. He limbered up for the first season meet against Salpointe and Sahuaro March 12. z i i i 3 -

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Track- I 969 Varsity Cindermen Cpened Season Against Sahuaro Mr. Wayne Corder, coach of The Var- sity Track Team, felt that The team's main aim for this season was To win The division championship and to send as many boys as possible to The state meet. He hoped To better last year's record of seven wins and Two losses. Among returning lettermen were Bill Barker in pole vaulting and Barry Schur in pole vaulting and high-iumping. Rick Childress, in The two-mile distance and Bolo Clark and Rick Davis in The 880 were also returning lettermen. Others were Steve Gunzel and Dave Young Throwing discus and Bill Orinski and Phil Stellies on shotput. Tom Gustafson specialized in The one mile and Dave Croteau and Harold Feldman were 440 runners. Feldman also ran relays, other relay runners and sprinters were Carl Riney and Tom Stoops. Steve Gunning specialized in high jumping and long jumping. Other boys on Varsity Track were Errol Berk, Mark Thomas, John Haas, Joel Larson, Darrel WeiTzel and Darrell Jorgenson. .-vi' , COACH Wayne Corder VARSITY TRACK SCHEDULE March Salpoinle, Sahuaro March Sunnyside March Phoenix Union, Central March Rincon, Douglas April Tucson April Pueblo April Calalina, Amphi May Alhambra

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Track for l969 Season Carl Riney and Harold Feldman practiced take-offs from starting blocks for the 100-yard dash. They were leading sprinters on the Varsity Track Team. Senior Steve Gunzel, top discus thrower on the Varsity Track Team, pushed himself for distance, while he eyed both the city and state titles. Members of the Varsity Track Team, Dave Croteau, Tom Stoops, Carl Riney, Wind sprints were races of short distances in which the participants ran as Bill Barker, and Darrell Weitzel, ran wind sprints to warm up before a race. fast as they couldl These races were good exercises to loosen up the muscles.