Sioux Falls College - Sioux Brave Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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In three sports, Dennis showed his versitality and speed. In dashes, sprints and relays, he was one of the leading point-getters. Captain - elect Jacobson exhibits probably the best example of hard training and keen determination. He usually laps the field in the two mile. A g e t o n starting the sprint medley race a t Dakota Relays. Winter can spring and with the aid of a pole he can bring home points in nearly every track meet. Emi! Raveling has shown some consistent training and has developed speed in the distance runs to show for his exhaustive training. Was you dere, Chally. Sure he was and he usually collected a couple points in the mile and two mile jaunts. George Downing is an- other one of the pole vaulters who was able to get up in the air and over the bar for the needed special points.

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Track Captain Kenneth Dennis Dennis, during his two years at Sioux Falls College, was a three sport man and a star in each one. Kenny carried a heavy scholastic load together with his athletic program and proved to be a strong enough individual both physically and mentally to become a favorite among the lettermen and the students. Dennis has not ended his support to SFC because of his graduation, but is constantly on the sidelines urging the men on to greater heights. The Season When Coach Francis Olsen issued his war cry for track aspirants last spring, an un- usually fleet footed band of Braves answered the call. Relay strength was promised, but little was known of what Sioux Falls college would be able to offer in the sprints, long distance runs, hurdles, and pit and field events. On the sprint team, Kenneth Dennis and Donald Tanquist were on hand to reclaim their places. Carl Ageton and Bob Munn, Sioux Falls high school cinder path luminaries of the previous year, and Bill Brennan, Sherman speedster, all of whom had placed in high school track meets, were the contenders for the other berths. In the mile baton-passing event, the Olsenmen were destined to show much improve- ment. Dennis and Tanquist, mainstays in this race a year ago, and Ageton and Werle, Parker, both of whom placed in the state 440 event last year, were to form a promising group. Champs Vie For Places Challenging one another for places on the two-mile team were: Kenneth Rost, Sioux Falls, who won both mile and half-mile events in the state meet; Paul Semm, teammate of Rost ' s on the Washington high quartet which placed second in the national interscholastic meet at Chicago last year; and three members of the college combination, Charles Davis, Littlefork, Minn.; Emil Raveling, Ocheyedan, la., and Kermit Jacobson, Wakonda, who won a place in the college two-mile conference run the previous spring. A medley team composed of Rost for the half-mile; Ageton, Werle, or Tanquist for the 440, and Dennis for the 220 was of calibre to demand much favorable comment. A hearty bunch of veterans and newcomers were ready to collect points in the special events. Grant Farnsworth, Alvin Fletcher, the handy man , and Bob Minn proved to be a trio of fine hurdlers. Jack Harrington, Fletcher, Munn, and Tanquist were all con- tenders in the broad jump, while Harrington and Fletcher were to carry the Braves ' hopes in the high jump. The Huisinga brothers, Barrend and David, and Johnny Gibson, huskies of the squad were throwing things all over the campus in an effort to get in shape for such field events as the javelin, discus, and shot put. The pole vaulting jobs were to go to Bob Winter and George Downing. Ninety-eight

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Track [Continued] Face Six ' Meet Schedule A tough schedule awaited the Sioux Falls college cinder pounders as the following meets were to be entered: April 16 — Dakota Wesleyan, Springfield, and Sioux Falls at Mitchell. April 22 — Dual Meet with Augustana at Sioux Falls. April 29, 30 — Drake Relays at Des Moines. May 6, 7 — Dakota Relays at Sioux Falls. May 14 — Yankton Invitational. May 28 — Conference Meet at Huron. In the first meet of the season Coach Olsen ' s tracksters scored heavily with all members of the squad turning in fine performances considering the fact that their early training had been hindered by old man winter. The nearest rival was Dakota Wesleyan which trailed 20 points. Beat Augustana in Dual Meet The dual meet with Augustana was held in a torrent of rain, but it was unable to dampen the boys ' spirit and they turned in a victory with a lead of ten points. Although winning first place in nine events, the Braves were not assured the greater number of points until the half-mile relay event. Possibly the outstanding individual performance should be attributed to Squeak Farnsworth, diminutive hurdler, who won both barrier events. Entering but two racers at Des Moines, the local boys were eliminated in the pre- liminaries by the larger schools participating at this meet. Next came the Dakota Relays, and in this meet against the cream of the crop of the Middlewest, the Braves were nothing short of sensational. The sprint medley team came home the winner in almost record time. The mile aggregation won their heat without being pushed, and were eliminated because the first three place winners in the fastest heat all boasted greater speed. Coach Olsen ' s two-mile relay runners brought the crowd to their feet time and again as they crowded Carleton, winner of this event at Chicago, to the limit and finished a strong second. Sweep Honors at Yankton The Purple and White ran away with the Yankton invitational meet. Rost, Werle, and Jacobson broke the existing records in the 880, mile, and two-mile classics. Fletcher won both the broad and high jump, and the mile relay team again carried off first place honors. Sioux Falls college moved from 7th to 2nd place in the conference ratings when they were nosed out by the Yankton Greyhounds by but 12 1 2 points. The boys placed in the following events in the state meet: mile run, Rost 3rd; 100 yard dash, Dennis 4th; 440 One hundred