Safford High School - Ocotillo Yearbook (Safford, AZ)

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Holding for the finish line. Sammy Graham and Robert Dominguez ig- nore the fact the their at practice and run like their going for the gold. Men from Chippendales? These five guys prepare to do some wind sprints which will help increase their endur- ance. Top row: David Scroggins Susan Hill Tami Tolman Kristi Curtis Kirsten Anderson Denise Bencomo Laurel Jacobson Mike Turner Ruben Baca Clif- ford Flint Melissa Volsa. Middle row: Ray Walker David Hickey Sammy Gon- Jessie Franco Serena Green Sven Kunze Rochelle Colman. Bottom row: Richard Romero Robert Dominguez Holly Bingham Karen Ramirez Clayton Lines Bryan Allred Patrick Guzik Royce Hunt Tracy Graham. p Rounding the bend. 880 runner Ray Walker reinforces the fact that fresh- men are a big asset to the team. zales, Darrin McWhorter, Amanda Moore, Charlotte Carrasco, Debbie Rodela,

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is Gn the right track: l Running toward the championship Xxx l x l , What makes a track team excellent? Long, hard hours of long, hard miles. Ours is not the world of , the Weekend-Jogger. Weekend-Joggers leap from l their beds in anticipation of the morning's run. lt's early in the morning C1O:45 at leastlj as they draw their baths in their bathrobes with matching fuzzy slippers and rubber duckies. Jumping deftly from the tub after a leisurely soak, they slip into their ultra-chic fuzzy joggingsuits Cwith matching tennies and headbandsb and stop into the kitchen for a low-cal, high-fiber, no-taste breakfast, in- cluding the necessary glass of raw eggs. Checking their hair one last time, out the door they go, being careful not to get winded too soon. Down the driveway, taking care to avoid Mrs. Frisbee's vicious poodle Fufu next door. Stopping at the curb, they dab at their sweat with their color- coordinated towels and start back up the drive- way for the home stretch. Exhausted, they plop X X into an easychair with a Tab Cdiet, of coursej and General Hospital . Instead, ours is a world of side-aches and Desinex, blisters and warm Gator- ade. Our day begins early as we crawl out of bed for school. Then follows a full day of classes, pick- ing up a ton of homework along the way. After school the real work begins. We dash to the gym, having barely enough time to dress and hurry over to the track field. We immediately begin with warm-up exercises that are enough to kill a bull. The coach then runs us until we drop. Then we run it again. We pound the ground every day for two hours, weekends too. No excuse short of a minor catastrophe is good enough to miss prac- tice. Sure, it's hard work, but when you win that trophy you know not a minute was wasted. One trophy is worth a thousand Weekend-Joggers. What More Can We Say? S s s :ss , t s. wsX..sX,.xNS Ns X . T ?s,sM.wNc,.M ..t. A , I 1 Iettermen Toni Scroggins Mindy Allred Jackie Brown Joyce Hines Behmlander Rhonda BowlerCMelanie Hancock Sonya White Julie Bonefas Going Going and Gone Intent on their running Kathy Sanchez and wdy Curtis Tony Rios Tom Sutton Sammy Graham Herman Andrews Lars Sandra Medina rush past 3 dazed iderson Darlena Boyd Kristi Norton Kathy Sanchez tavillo Robert Ortiz Eddie Lopez Jay Merrick Clint indra Medina Not pictured Scott Warner Robert Lopez cobson Tommy Rios Wayne Ferguson Chris Luian mes Jeff Calderon Brian looking Kristi Norton Allred Mona Jurado Richard Crandall Jon Scott Graham Nick 83 - i - v v i 1 1 - - v i v i ' i . . . ' i i i i i . i v i 1 i v . . , , , i i i i v X 'X X X X X X

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