Port Byron High School - Echo Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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,- .- ..- ,.-.., ,, -....,T.,,,,.?,,,,,,.,,.,-,,, Erie w n the first olace in this quadrangular meet with 985 ooints, Port Byron was second with 35 lf9, and Hillsdale was third Recon First ?ole Broad Seconi Discus l?O-ya Third lOO-ya Pole x High 3 Fourth Q90-ya Discos Broad Fifth Shot . Erie's fieli, feren was Hi The Kr tied - The s. nyhen with 33 319. earned by Fort Byron were: .laces: ult uno nlaces d high ,lacesz .4 dash alt no olaces d run urn ,lacesz t hurdles Warren Jarren O Knorr Knorr Williams and Warren tied Borden, Erie and Yilliams tied 'Warren and Williams tied Atkinson Johnson Johnson Knorr athletes oroved their superiority on both track and Friday afternoon' Hay 9, by winninq the Two Rivers con- neat here with 295 ooints. Their closest competitor lsdale, with 295 counters, 1 er-coached lads were first-place winners in seven events, r first in another, and took second honors in five of the f irteen events. ,llar individual performance of the day, however, came n Olson of Erie and Gordon DeVrieze of Atkinson shatter- ed th hifh jump record and set one of the hest prep marks in the s te this year by going over the bar at 6 feet, 25 inches. The tw lads were as astounded as the crowd when the officials measn d their leans at the record-breaking mark. Neither could ,lear the har at a higher level, and so the loop high jnmo cord will he shared by the oair, The new jumping record crack 1 one of the oldest conference marks, The old record was set i ln34 hy Yaqer of Proohetstown at 5 feet, 105 inches. Only her record cracked yesterday was the 220-yard iash mark of ?3,,, which was lowered to 23.2 by speedy Haynari Fisher of

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Pills a new wisse dale' in Ro bato The 1 tale, Fisher also anchored his team in an effort to set record in the P90-relay but the flashy Hillsdale team it by half a second. fha record is 1:4l,8, and Hills- sneedsters lid the event in l:4l,6 at the county meet k Island, Yesteriay's time was slower even though Erie's nassers pressed the Hillsdale team hard. atherwan coooerated a hundred per cent with Coach Koser 's corps of officials and the afternoon meet, with a high of sunshine, was enjoyed by a large group of spectators. redit goes to the Erie mentor for conducting one of the ack meets in the state where each event is run on time minimum of confusion. s earned by Port Byron and Quota lhxch few t with Reco Firs olace: Pole ault Seco Dlaces 120-1 ri high Broa jump Fourt olaces 440-3 rd dash Pole ault High jumn Dism Half ile run Fift, nlaces: 2?O- rd dash hurdles were: Warren Knorr Warren Earhart Williams Williams Knorr Atkil'13Ol'1 Earhart and Besse, Brie tied and Conrad, Prophetstown Trac awards were presented at Class Night, Kay 26, to the fol- lowi g: Warren, Atkinson, Johnson, Knorr, Hose, Nilliams, D. Nueh e, Earhart, and Carlson.