Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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There ore mony obvious dif- ferences between the sexes jovelin ond the triplejump. One voriotion is evident in the porticipotion of severol trock ond field events. For ex- omple, one event thot girls do not portlcipote in thot boys do is pole voulting. Pole voulting requires upper body strength but girls ore locking in this oreo stored Cooch Liso Newmon, on intern. Other events include the the times. Cooch Lourie Borber soid, The girls con do the triplejump ond should do the jovelin but the stote of Florido is behind As the ERA omendment deodline drows neorer more events in life, os in sports, ore fighting for equolity. lf o girl soys thot she con do something then let her prove it becouse she probobly con, soid Borber. 'N N . - - F3 - I ' TRACK TEAM: Front Row: Priscillo Reed, Karen Keller, Sherri Smith, Suson , Debbie Gimlin, Becky Ellis, Bridgett Horgrove, Tommy Mlholloff, Cooch Vic on, Second Row: Cooch Liso Newmon, Cooch Corol Johnson, Anette Dovls, ,tte Hordin, Helen Coley, Beth lsockson, Terry Shewell, Domino Notnogle, Chris iinelli, Cooch Chorles Krous, Cooch Lourie Borber. Quolity control lnexperience ond lock of members kept the girls' trock teom struggling to cotch up with their competitors. We moy not hove quontity, but we do hove quolity this yeor, replied heod cooch Lourie Borber. Returning let- terpersons were junior Priscillo Reed, hurdler, ond sophomore Sherry Smith, sprinter. Improvement of individuol times ond skills wos whot the teom worked on for mony hours ofter school. Long-distonce running wos the mojor strength of the teom with sophomore Beth lsockson os o strong competitor. The teom feotured new foces such os sophomore Domino Notnogle, middle distonce runner, ond senior An- nette Dovis, o tronsfer to Pinellos Pork from Lokewood. Dovis took the ploce of Cynthio Nixon, who groduoted lost yeor os one of the stote's top hurdlers. As with oll the other teoms, new cooches were obundont - Corolyn Jobnson, ossistont cooch, Vic Cormon, shot ond discus, ond Liso Newmon, o spring intern who helped with the sprinters ond the reloy teoms. TRACK I 213

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l lu FASTER, FASTER is o word often heord by o swimmer. Koren Droyton is no ex- ception os she proctices her freestyle drills to improve her speed. WWI, W W I I I 1 1. isnt . , I . ' I 4 J' . ' 4 .flaw-M ' . , ,f . . . ,..V, . . fl I Alobomo bound For the first time in county history the conference ollowed swim teoms to porticipote in o swim meet before winter sports were finished. In Februory, 16 swimmers from Pinellos Pork ottended their first mojor lnvitotionol which wos held ot the University of Alobomo. Overoll, the girls finished fourth ond the boys finished sixth out of 36 teoms. John Lowe ploced fourth in the butterfly for the boys teom. Joon Cummings received se- cond in the breoststroke ond the girls medley teom con- sisting of Liso Yeoger, Joon Cummings, Suzonne Rice ond Down Clork brought home fourth ploce. Cooch Bill Burrows felt he wos oble to be more ossertive ond innovotive thon previous yeors becouse lost summer he ottended swim clinics which gove him o chonce to goin new ideos in how to odd vorie- ty to workouts which kept 2141 SWIMMING Qs SWIMMING: Front Row: Mory Doly, Liso Yeoger, Mlckey Horbold, Heidi Winter, Debbie Logue, Julle Fentress, Clndy Mullir Logue, Lynn Bergmon, Jill Hegner, Pot Holt, Row Two: Pom Jocobs, Poulo Johnston, Chris Cundlff, Donielle Quill, Joon mings, Ellen Schwortz, Stocey Borlow, Koren Droyton, Jon Fentress, Weeze Cummings, Borb Merrltt, Louro Flessner, Jeff P Quinten Chopmon, Row Three: Cooch McDonieIs, Wendy Shumon, Debbie Job, Tim Kosser, Cothi Stice, Suzonne Rice, Jer Corpenter, Holly Clork, Mory Dettor, Down Clork, Suson Clork, Annette Zuccolillo, Pom Moridon, Row Four: Jon Keller, Miller, Terry Decker, Roy Applegote, Mork Blockwood, John Hegnor, Mike Antepenko, Dovld O'Connell, Bob Olive, IJ Jones, Robert Buxmon, Cooch Burrows. Cnot pictured: John Lowel. I swimmers from getting bored ond built stronger ond foster swimmers. The swim teom procticed four to six doys o week. The , top 18 to 20 swimmers proc- ticed four doys o week 5:30 to 6:45. The remoining swimmers procticed Mondoy thru Frldoy 4:30 to 7:00 ond on Soturdoys 9:15 to 11:00 ot Cleorwoter High School. Top swimmers for the teom were John Lowe lost yeor's district chompion in the 100 but- terfly, Joon Cummings breoststroke, Down Clork 100 butterfly, Suzonne Rice 100 but- terfly, Jennifer Corpenter 500 freestyle, ond Bob Buxmon 100 breoststroke. Burrows exploined thot the teom wos very competitive . . M even though they lost some - outstonding swimmers to lost yeors groduotion. The overoll strength ond experience wos greotly improved. W .,f... . .. W ff. k I ,.., I THUMBS-UP, is o sign of victory by Terry other swimmers. Decker when his time beot those of the