Raymore Peculiar High School - Panther Yearbook (Peculiar, MO)

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wk State TripleJump Champ Lee Watts t finished a successful long jump at the Mules Relays. ' f x 1.4 3'7 Coech Dave Bielak, John Lucas, Ty .Enckson and Lance Scott get ready to loosen up for the next event at the Mules Relays. w Spiller, Doug Duncan. Jeff Lee. J ohn 1 Lucas, Clint Grimes, Jeff Pender- graft. Todd Schock, Fred Slaughter. Donnie King. Row two: Chris Molen- dorp, Ty Anderson, Steve Smith. Lance Scott. Eric Reed. Ty Erick- t Boys track team; front row: Kenny M rm. 0 . 'M W-...H.,H. ; son. Lee Watts, Cory J ohnston, Tim Bmdrick. Row three: Bobby Her- rick. Zac Harding. Jody Manning, Brett Thompson. Kendal Slaton. Mike Lampson. Tom Stoltz. Phil Ware. Terry McDonald. Row four: Fabian Amlenbr'mk. Jozsef Toth, Mike Oldham, Mike West. Tony Huckeby. Mark Hill. Lee McLain. Travis GoodinE. Josh Holder. Back row: Darren Matranga. Pal O'Reil- ly, Steve Stackhouse, Andy SchaHer. Mike Graves. George Farrill. David Cobb. Brent Palmer, Ricky Morri- son. Scott Guarcello. 193

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State Junior Mike West runs in a track finisl meet. the It A ;-Q- Depth brings win after win The varsity boys track team worked hard at pulling themselves together as a team and making a respectable showing at Conference, District, Sectionals, State and the Ray-Pec Invitational. For the first time ever, the boys won the 3 ; ; Ray-Pec Invitational Track and Field Meet by defeating seven other strong area teams with a total of 170 points. Sopho- more, Lee Watts, placed first in the long jump and second in the 110-meter high hur- dles and 300-meter low hurdles. John Lu- cas placed second in the mile and third in the two-mile, and Fred Slaughter placed second in the pole vault. Brad Blackwell, varsity baseball player and varsity track member, placed first in the 200-yard dash and Jeff Pendergraft got second in the 440. Coach Arnall summed up the meet as tta ! 4 total team effort by all the guys. We came out and for the first time this year, we looked like a team? The boys then went on to Conference by placing fourth with 15 team members I I ..s..-..a ...m........k,v achieving their personal best times and distances. After Conference, the boys ran on to the District meet held in Warrensburg, where they placed fifth. Lee Watts highlighted the meet with a triple jump that is believed to be the best in the Kansas City area this season when he went 44 feet, 11V2 inches. He also won the long jump and ran on two relay teams that advanced to Sectionals. The 1600-meter relay team placed second and the 800arelay team placed third. Brad Blackwell placed second in the 400-meters, Clint Grimes was fourth in the 800 and John Lucas was fourth in the mile. All in all, the boys advanced to the Sectional lev- el in seven events. At the Sectional meet, Watts qualified for state by placing first in the triple jump, John Lucas qualified in the two-mile and ; Brad Blackwell qualified in the 400. The ;; 880 relay team and the 1600-relay team al- 4; so qualified for State. g: f The boys then travelled to the State meet 43 in Jefferson City. There, Lee Watts blew the competition away by becoming the ;; State champ in the triple jump. Also, the ' 4 1600 relay team respectably placed sixth. ; Overall, the boys had a good season, and ,4 l .. 4 proved that Ray-Pec track and field only improves with age. me XV John Lucas runs the 2-mile at the District Track Meet in Warrens 192 burg.

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194 A season no one expected The girls varsity track team had an ex- cellent and fast paced season with many highlights. One was winning the annual Ray-Pec Invitational for the first time. The girls came in first over nine teams with 107 points. Sandy Cummings set a rec- ord in the 200-meter dash, won the long jump, the 100-meter dash and the 440 yard dash. Julie Dean, Angela Bradford, Amy Files and Christy York all set personal bests in their respective events. Janell Armstrong got first in the half-mile and fourth in the long jump; Michelle LaPlant in the half-mile and Teresa Neidlinger third in the two-mile. Another highlight was placing second in the West-Central Conference behind Harri- sonville. Sixteen of the girls had their per- sonal best times or distances and under- class girls scored 50 of the teams 70 points. iFWe can look to the futurej, Coach Arnall said. The next highlight was winning the 13-school Missouri Class 3A District Meet Monday, May 19, at Warrensburg with Sandy Cummings leading the Panthers in 10 events into the State Sectional meet. Cummings won the 100-meter and the 400-meter and placed second in the 200-meter and the long jump. Sophomore Janell Armstrong won the 800-meter and ran on three relay teams that advanced. The 3200 relay team and the 800 relay team both placed third and the 1600 relay team placed fourth. Teresa Neidlinger placed second in the 1600-meter arid the 3200-meter. The girls then went on to the Sectionals, which were held at Raytown South High School. There, Cummings qualified for the State meet in the 100, 200, 400 and the long jump; Armstrong in the 800 and Neidlinger in the 1600. At the State meet, Armstrong placed third in the 800-meter run and Neidlinger placed sixth in the 1600-meter run. 0n the first day of competition, Cummings quali- fied for the finals in all her events, but the next day she pulled a muscle and fell in her first event, the 100-meter dash. She wasnit able to compete in the rest of her events because of this injury. All in all, the girls had one of their best seasons in a long time, and proved that Ray-Pec cannot be left in the dust. Junior Amy Files pushes herself to finish the last two laps. Teresa Neidlinger is the leader of the pack at track meet.