Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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Contemplation. Junior Laura Favetti prepares herself to run the 400 meter dash. Laura was a big asset to the team as she broke and set a school record. Special athlete. Preparing to run the first leg of the 1600 meter relay is Fred Buck. Fred did his job by giving the other three runners a good lead Coach Paul Massiello instructs sophomore Mike Gas- ser to leap a little higher when he attempts to pole vault. Mike was one of two vaulters on the team. Track 79

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The final lap. Beginning the final lap of the 1500 meter run is Laura Favetti. Laura finished the race giving herself another victory. «,...« « - ,•.. ■ ' JWfj? ' ' -...-Cial i ijfc L- 5;. ' ! Ifd ou My first day at practice and my first meet had gotten me pretty well psyched up for the season. And being a fresh- man on the team made mc work extra hard, stated fresh- man Dennis Kless. The Spartans didn ' t do as well as they had hoped to do, with losing Senior Debbie Larney who would have been the only returning state cham- pion. Debbie was out the whole year with injuries. The young team consisted of five senior captains and 24 underclass- men, which meant the team was just lacking practice. A returning state qualifier, Patty Carrick had done very well in shotput and discus throwing competition. Patty was the leading scorer for the practice K girls track team. The leading scorer for the boys track team was Joe Gorup, who was undefeated in the open mile run in the East Suburban Conference. Joe Gorup was the only person on the track team to go down to state. Joe went down for the open mile, but fell shy of his goal. During the regular season Joe had set a school record in the open 78 Track

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mile. About the middle of the sea- son the spirits of the team started to show a little more life to them. That was because the weather was finally warming and drying up quite a bit. Towards the end of the sea- son the team was finally start- ing to pull together and compete like they really should have. But it was just a little too late, and yet still not enough. Heave-ho. Scott Duncan takes one last dip before releasing the discus. Aside from throwing the discus, Scott was also a shotputter. On your marks . . . Striving for a fast start is Pat- ty Rim. Patty ' s start was good enough as she beat her Kirtland opponent in the 100 meter low hurdles. No pain, no gain. Derya Ferendeci treats his shin splints just prior to his event. Shin splints nagged Derya all season long, but he was greatly needed for every meet. 80 Track