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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Frosh Cindermen Showed Speed and Stamina FRESHMAN TRACK TEAM-FRONT ROW: Michael Lloyd, John Babcock, Keith Marshall, Nelson Smith, Mark DeWitt, Allen Ramsey, Ed Craig, Robby Renfrow, Rock Stewart, Tim Lyden, Lance Laber, Bill Torres, Brad Gushing, Chris Joachim. SECOND ROW: Frank Davis, Kenneth Lamb, Maniit Cheema, David Gray, Jeff Cook, Richard Gerhart, Ted Badder, Steve Kaplan, Kevin Rogahn, Clancy But- Junior Varsity and Freshman coaches: Paul Hatcher and Larry Weimer Freshman Track opened its 1969 season against Salpointe and Sahuaro on March 12. Danny Wenceslow ran a long distance race in the first meet. ler, Bob Hammond, Danny Wenceslow, Karl Jennings, Eddie Wright. BACK ROW: Larry Blackwell, Reed Means, Don Weatherford, Mike Cramer, Ernest Mancill, Greg Maher, Joe Cima, .lim Bailey, Gilbert Huerta, Philip Wingate, Alan Cole, Larry Young, Gary Slagel, Scott Stewart, Mike Mader, Jim Legate. Freshman track coach Larry Weimer was confident that his team would have a good season and felt sure of easily better- ing i968's record of four wins and eight losses. His main ob- iective was to teach his boys the basic skills in track and then to let them begin to specialize in whatever area they showed most promise in. Top runners in the 440 were Larry Young and Robert Hammand while Maniit Cheema, fast on sprints, also worked on lengthening his distance in the long iump. Danny Wenceslow concentrated his efforts on distance run- ning, while Don Weatherford jumped hurdles and Clancy But- ler was tops in throwing shotput and discus. The team prac- ticed all through February for the season which began in mid- March. A freshman member of the Track Team, Kevin Rogahn was caught in action throwing the shotput on Palo Verde's field. He worked to gain greater distance.