Rockford High School - Rocketeer Yearbook (Rockford, MN)

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quette, with Ghent, Ochsner, and Young- Coach Charles Beyer, Minear, Crandall, Wilson, Ochsner, Leatherby, Mahlbcrg, Dennis, Ghent. Atwood, Youngman, Frost, Maggio, Kindstrand, R. Peterson, Lundquist, Castree, Robinson. Brown, P. Campisi, Giambeluca, L. Campisi, Cassioppi, Ditto, Cipolle. The 1928 Track Season Early in March, Coach Charles Beyer, gave the initial call for track. Four of the state championship squad men returned: Campisi, a miler, Atwood, a hurdler, and Kindstrand and Cassioppi, in the sprints and weights respectively. Wlith these four as a nucleus Coach Beyer built up the team that went through a fairly successful sea- son. The previous year the Rab cinder men had climaxed the state championship. of the fourteen that formed that Ten squad, graduated, leaving Coach Beyer with an intricate problem which he suc- cessfully solved by winning the district meet, The opening indoor meet was the Northwestern university invitational. Leo Campisi and Youngman qualified but lost out in the finals. The Rabs successfully opened their 1928 outdoor track season by placing first in the quadrangular meet on April Zl, at Fairgrounds park. The two mile relay team finished third in its event at the Midwest relay carnival, while Lewis placed second in the discusz Although failing to shine in the relay events, Rock- ford placed three men in the finals at Mar- man scoring. VVith Kindstrand and Cap- tain Atwood high point men. Coach Charles Beyer's R. H. S. track team came through with an 85-45 victory over the Pretzel cohorts. Rockford won a well- earned victory at the sectional meet at Freeport and for the second year in suc- cession represented Northern fllinois in the state finals. Ochsnerfs lone point in the shotput was the best the Rabs could do in the state meet where five state rec- ords were broken. East Aurora nosed the Rabs out for second place in the Confer- ence meet by a half point. Atwood and Campisi were the individual stars. The Red and Black track men invaded the Uni- versity of Iowa with three men scoring eight points in a fairly fastmeet. Rockford closed the season by losing to Elgin by 775-SSM, Russell Atwood was elected captain after the meet. In the final meet of the year Ochsner won the annual Pentathlon with a total of 3060 points. Lewis, Kindstrand, and At- wood finished second, third, and fourth, re- spectively. , W , ,W l - .. Q .. .. Gu f one hundred twelve

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9 A Q ROBERT GHENT Bob Ghent, a senior, was the only member of the Rah jumping trio to receive a letter. He high jumped over ive and a half feet several times during the season and could be depended upon when points were needed. RUSSELL ATWOOD 4'Russ Atwood, honorary captain, fin- ished his high school career by establish- ing na new Conference record in the 220 yard low hurdles. Russl' had almost a perfect form in the low hurdles and scored constantly during the season. CARL KINDSTRAND Cully Kindstrand concentrated on sprint- ing. He won the hun- dred yard dash at the district meet, and also was a. member of the half-mile relay team which broke into the scoring columns in sev- eral large meets. FIGHTING TO THE END 'WW 5 Q .. ZW.. WWX one hundred eleven 3 T

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