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

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BOYS ' TRACK ROW 1: Cedric Fillmore, Philip |ones. R.indy Del.ay. Eric Spearman, Shon Church, Marc McAffie, Bari Williams. Donnie Patlon. Alex Virgil; ROW 2: Roberl Henry. Karim Kurji, Rob Baerwalde. Ari Lisner. Dwayne Carlton. Leon Hammond, Bruce Halenkamp. Andrew Piszczynski, Stuart Vickers. Burl Davignon; ROW 3: Chris Hamilton. Todd Blakeslee. [ohn Ridge. Andre Lovett. Tim Kirby. Kevin Hykin, Chris Virgil, Ron Harris, Aubrey Shoemake, Tim Brooke, Bill M.intoolh 1 r fm- m ;4 t- m ' mmSkJiumssmit-- S LLk S BO ' S ' TRACK 3 3 5 Seminole B 3 9 3 12 Largo M Largo Relay B Gibbs s M Osceola V 3 16 3 19 Nash Higgins » H Relay H Northeast H St. Pete fV 3 23 Hal Grifrin ' « 3 26 Relay iH Fun-N-Sun IH Kiwanis Meet H 4 12 West Coast Inv. | 4 19 Pin. County H Conf. Meet H 4 25 Dist. Meet B Benefited by lifting weights, Kevin Hykin, junior, hurls the discus, work- ing to balance for a better throw. Senior Tim Brooke concentrates all power and thought into sending the shotput off at the greatest distance. Finding a steady, but up-beat stride, junior Alfonzo Nelson and sophomore John Ridge pace their laps around the track. il(i BOYS ' TRACK

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rhe cheering never stops ihomore Dana Wilson consistently plays her pride in the Patriot basket- 1 teams. Every team appreciated support and for the basketball teams it came notably in the form of two cheerleading squads. Since they cheered for boys ' and girls ' , junior varsity and varsity, the squads split up game nights. Therefore, they could put out just as much energy for all four teams. The squads ' en- thusiasm resulted from practicing after school everyday for two hours except on game days. Leigh- Anne Vaughn, senior and sophomore Melissa Cooper acted as captains for the individual squads. The basketball cheerleaders were supervised by Mrs. Diane Stevens. Junior Kim Mulley com- mented that Mrs. Stevens pushed hard to promote enthusiasm. This was Stevens ' second year supervis- ing. She expressed, I got into the spirit and excitement just as much as the girls did. Although Stevens worked diligently to keep up with the cheerleaders, she couldn ' t possibly supervise all the games. Therefore, a parent volunteer, Mrs. Carolyn Hoover substituted when Stevens was unable to attend. The effort made by all involved in making the basketball cheerleading squads a thriving group did not go unappreciated. Sophomore D. J. Hill, a junior var- sity basketball player stated, It motivated the team to know that the cheerleaders were there back- ing them and cheering them on. As players rally, freshman Wendy Gamrot shows her fighting spirit for the Patriots. 5KETBALL CHEERLEADING — ROW 1: Karen Reid; ROW 2: Melinda Weishaupt, Kim Vanden- g, Trisha Malkiewitz, Melissa Cooper, Carol Demmers; ROW 3: Tracy Taylor, Mandy Leckett, cy Smith; NOT PICTURED: Tina Paliolle f - B. SKETBALL CHEERLEADING 215

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and conditioning r the burning begins, senior yne Carlton and junior Bruce :nkanip psych themselves to fly to inish. B(!in on Ihc Paliiot !)()ys ' (rack l(!am was a way to let individual (jffoi ' ts shine. IJnlikt; many sports, track offered a diverse range of events to compete in. Many events provided good condition- ing for other sports. Senior ]nr. Winkowski who ran the; 880 f(!lt that It helped build (endurance for wrestling. Although track was more of an individual sport, oftentimes teammates could help each other by setting a challenging but not too straining pace. Practicing every day after school, team- mates and coaches alike would help the athletes to reach their full [)()tf;ntial. Kv(;ry time you would compete, you had the chan(;(; to (;xcel. Such was the case with second year runn(;r, senior Karim Kurji as he attested to his enjoyment when he ran in achieving goals he set last year. When coaching boys ' track. Rick Haley had to try to improve a group with alr(;ady shaped ability. He was assisted by Coach Bruce Buck and Coach Charles Kraus helped with distance run- ning, the Patriots ' strongest event. Haley especially liked coaching bo s ' track because, as he stated, I ' ve been involved with track all of mv life. ilS Putting all his weight behind the shot- put, junior Chris Virgil strives to im- prove his distance. Dedicated and accomplished long distance runners, senior Karim Kurji and sophomore Bill Mantooth push each other to excel. BOYS ' TRACK 217