San Antonio College - El Alamo Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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.. l -fl 'ITV1 WWI ? PEA, ,, I Q A .. it Kenneth Roemer, Roy Baldwin-managers Track Culminating a year of training and hoping, SAC distance runners shattered Conference records to smithereens. Ernest Castro and Raul Torres turned in impressive performances April 30 at Brenham, scene of the Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Meet. Castro turned in his most impressive performance of the year as he mauled the two-mile mark of l0:26.7, set the previous year by another Ranger, Pete Criollo, hy 30 seconds in 9:56.7. Torres won the mile in 4:24.7, deleting a seven-year-old record of 4-:29.3. The two cindermen scored 10 points as they returned seventh place for SAC. gcwf' Willard Charles E. L1 LII' - 1 v The DAC r. college tears. all through ln the C-per. placed iourk Rodney Ca: in the new finished secoxc ln the Hari: Raul Torres is Castro third 4 Michael Kinsej SAC did nt this year. rdf Raul Torres and Rod G mile run two mile nlrlieifrlxlci-llilizyns Freq Bey deft,-CaPTaiH U h Rod lx 330 intermediate hurdler, sprint relay, mile relay nf? Cammam

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ii-.fre . .. Jgjhn img, nis -N v flax, LV 515775 second ' ' 'J irough their 4 'iii a strong e .nerence lleet gi: eagles title :inet l ohm Yaucy. :jr defeating is doubles ' agegrewi mend-place 'l E W., :On-n 3-Hd 4.4,-.1 F8 tinzles U e. U: 11.411 ' ' Eight women netters representing San Antonio College are Susan McKee, APPea1'iUS quite all 9350, Shiflel' BYUIQTOH Waits Edtrice .Wallace, Cecelia Henderson, and Shirley Byington, standing, and for f-he ball- Carol Messinger. Jerri Shaner, Olga Lozano and Lupe Ruiz, kneeling. Women's Tennis Keeping pace with their male counterparts throughout the year, the distaff tennis team compiled a 7-5 winning record and capped the season with a third-place doubles triumph in the TJCAC com- petition by Susan McKee and Carol Messinger. Composed of eight members, the team opened with three straight losses before entering the Lamar Tech' Invitational. At the March Invitational in competition against teams from Lamar, Baylor and Odessa, Carol Messinger and Cecelia Henderson, competing in the doubles, came away with a third-place consolation T victory. Olga Lozano took third place in consolation singles play. After the break, the team caught on fire and streaked through six straight victories before losing to Trinity and Temple. SAC, how- , La ever, finished season play with a victory over Texas Lutheran. Q l -' ., 1,-A, g. -, 'A ' f L . .. IL ' Xin . . . . oil' 'Q .- .I .'3 E, T 1 ,V i f mmf? 'oi' ne w , r ,f 4' -5 I .4 J Eyes on the ball, Edtrice Wallace prepares e-ll I M- 0 A , to W t, li-. 1 J ,f.,, H y p -p p, 1514 , ' bmw- .. ' A 1 , I Intent on winning, Ceclia Ann Henderson and Susan McKee executes a strong fore-hand Lupe Ruiz backs up Olga Lozano as she Jerri Shaner work together as a team. to return a fast hall. swings at the ball. l59

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New 1 Q - xxx- 'Misra 1 h-mine irc dim U . 5. ., S Ce ..p srnxthereens. Ernest 7' . C'SlYe Performancs TENS llmior College Q 'f Performance of :Zark of l0:26.7, get PHS Criollo, by 30 Ie in 4:24-.T, deleting 215 is they returned l 1 1 .mpg re12Y QUARTE Willard Singletary-high jump, 330 intermediate hurdler Charles Bohnstedt-high jump, two miler umerous Meets The SAC trackmen, as did the rest of the area junior college teams, played runner-up to Blinn Junior College all through the season. In the opening meet, the SAC Invitational, the Rangers placed fourth with Castro the only first-place winner. Rodney Gammans was the only SAC man to win a place in the next meet-the important Border Olympics. He finished second with a 160' 9 javelin toss. ln the Harlandale Relays, SAC picked up sixth place with Raul Torres taking second in the two-mile run and Ernest Castro third in the mile run, while Manuel Rodriguez, Michael Kinsey, and Rodney Gamrnans also marked points. SAC did not send representatives to the National Meet this yea-r. l 6, ' i rwf!L:.,,,LL.,., i 4' A 9 ,,,, . Mw..1L,,,..,' Un if 2' - in 1 ' A a 1 r X ,, 3 lf, L 5 ,s Q 1 'Lp Q ,xr ' Rodney Gammans-broad jump, javelin, pole vault John Davis-440 yd. dash sprint relay, Ernest Castro-finishing firs 1n two mile relay, 880 yd. dash mile run at Harlandale