Rickards High School - Anumpa Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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TRACK TEAM: fFront Rowl Alonzo Beckwith, William Rouse, Clarence Littleg lSecond Row? loe Manning, Willie Wynn, Thomas Russ, lThird Rowl larvis Farmer, Ernest Green, john Archer, lFourth Rowl jack Abrams, Dan Collins, Chip Simmons, Sam Carter, Gerold johnson, lFifth Rowl Herbert Wyche, Robert Meeks, lSixth Rowl Ralph Redclick, George Bruce, jerry Reddickg Melvin Lamb, Richard Kalinp fSeventh Rowl Bobby Perry, Diane Crump, Robert Hand, Otis Pye, Ricky Revell, lEighth Rowj Tommy West, Terry Copeland, Doug DeSherliag iBack Rowj Floyd Baldwin, Randell Robbins. fBelowj Bill Rouse shows the right way to throw the discus for setting a new school record of 743'9'f Individuals Set School Records rw !'VlTl T. if ,, rd, 4 7 'w

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Track Team Hopes To Better '72 Record The Track Team of 1972-73 faced some rough com- petition this year, but having ten lettermen, rough competition did not matter. Returning lettermen in- cluded Willie Wynn, Hagmon Simmons, joe Tucker and Richard Kalin. They hoped to better 1971-72's record of 2 wins and 4 losses.That team sent 9 men to statef A new addition to the track team was girls. Five of them went out for the team and practiced until they made it. Coach joe Labat felt that if the girls could take it, it was all right with him. Most of the boys thought it was a joke, until the girls made the team. The girls ran their first track meet against Monticello in March and, running -against girls, they won in every division except one event. That was the 220 and they took both second and third positions in that. Barry Sermon came off the basketball team to perform in the high jump and the running broad jump. Coach Labat felt that the team could break some records this year with such members as Hagmon Simmons running the 100 in 9.7, Ernest Green pole vaulting to a height of l0'6 3 Bill Rouse, throwing the discus as far as l47'8 . Newcomers Larry Mack in pole vaulting, Larry Merritt in the standing broad jump and jarvis Farmer running the 440 also promised to help the team's record. How- ever, the team lost its first two meets. Ernest Green easily clears the pole vaulting bar at l0'6 to help pace the Redskins to field events. Gerold johnson throws the shot while Reginald Thomas and Herbert Wyche look on before the Monticello meet. joe Tucker runs hard to clear the low hurdles during an after- school session. He set a school record for intermediate hurdles. s

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in Discus Throw IOO-, 220-Yard Dashes Robert Meeks, Thomas Russ, Willie Wynn and Hagmon Simmons of helping the Redskins in the team running events. Daniel get ready to take off in a practice race against each other in hopes Collins, another team member, acts as starter in the background 1972 TRACK SCOREBOARD Rickards Opponent 67 Monticello 65 63 Quincy Shanks 68 1 1 Four Way Meet: 66 Leon 1 46 Godby 1 8 Rutherford 1 8 74W Quincy Shanks SOM 33 Leon 99 63 Monticello 69 Pam E vitt and Debbie DeSterre are two of the girls who appeared on the track as the season began to initiate a first at RHS.