Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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Track Menagerie Heave?

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Track 1971 1st ROW Manager Don Brown, Bill Higginbotham. Mike Washborn, Phil Holloway. David Wishart. Brad Frazier. John Huffman. Manager Vernon Metcalf. 2nd ROW: Rick Knight, Rob Irish, Bob Young. Dick McDaniel. Max Jones, Roger Rogers, David Henderson, Kim Snyder 3rd ROW: Coach Bruner, Dan Foley, Dike Powell. Ron Nugent, Foster Duzan, Larry Jones, Vernon Beaven, Steve Pittman. Jay Mc-Coskey, Dean Merritt, Coach Ludington. McCoskey takes another I They're off I 28 Where's the coach?

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7977 Track EASTERN ILLINOIS INDOOR MEET Powell set a record in 880 of 1:59.8 CENTRAL ILLINOIS INDOOR MEET Dean Merritt placed 4th in 60 yd. dash in 6.5 Jay McCoskey placed 4th in low hurdles in 7.4 and 5th in high hurdles in 7.7 4-lap relay team of Foley, Evans, Nugent and Powell placed 5th. DANVILLE AND ROSSVILLE - Danville 73 Paris 62 Rossville 24 Dean Merritt won 100 and 220 Powell won 880 in 2:07.8 Jay McCoskey won high hurdles in 16.6 MATTOON — Mattoon 77 Paris 50 Jay McCoskey won high hurdles CHARLESTON RELAYS - Paris placed 6th Jay McCoskey set school record in high hurdles of 15.3 Ron Nugent ran mile in 4.33 WILEY-Wiley 72 Paris 46 TIGER RELAYS -Robbie Irish placed 2nd in soph. 880 run in 2:06.5 CHARLESTON - Paris 85 Charleston 42 LAWRENCEVILLE RELAYS - Paris tied for 3rd place 880 yd. relay ran 1:34.8 Mile relay ran 3:33.4 Jay McCoskey ran 15.2 in high hurdles LINTON RELAYS - Paris placed 4th Dike Powell won 880 in 2:01.7 ROBINSON-NEWTON - Paris 72 Newton 43 Robinson 42 Results MATTOON RELAYS -Dike Powell won 880 in 1:59.5 WABASH VALLEY - Paris won 3rd straight championship Powell won 440 in 51.6 Jay McCoskey tied school record in low hurdles of 20.6 Ron Nugent won 2-mile in 10:01.6 880 yd. Relay won in 1:35.9 CUMBERLAND - Paris 97 Cumberland 29 APOLLO CONFERENCE - Paris won with 68 points Jay McCoskey won high and low hurdles Powell won 880 in 1:59 Ron Nugent won 2-mile in 10:04 Larry Jones won high jump Mile Relay won in 3:35.2 (Foley 55, Evans 53, Duzan 54, Powell 53.2) DISTRICT — Paris placed 6th with 12 points Dike Powell placed 2nd in 880 with 1:56.6 Larry Jones placed 4th in high jump with 6'1 Ron Nugent placed 4th in mile with 4:32.2 880 yd. Relay placed 4th with 1:34.1 (Merritt 24.5, Foley 23.5, McCoskey 23, Evans 23.1) Mile Relay placed 4th with 3:32.8 (Evans 55, Foley 53, Duzan 55, Powell 49.8) Jay McCoskey broke school record in low hurdles on curve with 21.3 Dean Merritt ran a 10.3 100 yds. Seniors State Finalists 1st ROW: D. Powell, D. Merritt, M. Jones, D. Foley. 2nd ROW: J. Evans, Larry Jones and Dike Powell. S. Pittman, L. Jones. Jr. Beaven, R. Nugent, and F. Duzan. 30