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

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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.

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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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