South Plainfield High School - Regit Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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X l Above: Leonard Wright shows promise for next year by demonstrating his fine running form. Above: john Abbruzzese was an asset to the team and he will be missed next year. l l Bill Slavoski Mbovej was one of S.P.H,S.'s leading 3-milers. Henry Monteferrante 1Bottom rightl leads S.P.H.S. runners around the first turn of their 3-mile run. Above: lr. lim O'Hare gets himself psyched for another meet.

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Track Has A Rebuilding Season . .skips Left to right, first row: H. Torro, R. Palazzo, l. Abbruzzese, l. Abbruzzese, H. Monteferrante, 1. Kratz. Second row: Coach Jayson, l. Carrol, L. Wright, l. DeCarIo, 1, O'Hare, T. Conshay, C. LoMonte, Mgr. Valerie Duncumb. Abo race ve: Ray Palazzo runs one of his outstanding s as Most Valuable Player. lim, E. 3 l This year's Cross Country team had a rebuilding year. Though its record was only 2-13, a number of fine three milers were developed, Senior Bill Slavoski, Ray Palazzo, and Leonard Wright made the most progress with Henry Torro, jim O'Hara, Chris Loivlonte, and Tom Conshay not far behind. Other members of the team were john Kratz, john Carrol, joe and john Abbruzzese, Henry Montfer- rante and joe DeCarIo. Henry Torro Mbovej will be one of the returning runners for next year's team. Coach Milton layson fBottom leftj looks forward to next year's team with many runners returni g.

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When The Going Gels Tough. The Tough Gel Going . . . Mid-Stale Champs As a second year varsity sport the cross country team fin- ished first in the Ivlid-State Conference. The team also placed second in the Middlesex County Meet and ninth in the state sectionals. During the regular season the team devastated the previous Mid-State Champs Franklin Township, 37-18. They ended their season with a fantastic 10-1 record. Senior co-captain Claire Gursky finished first in the Confer- ence meet with a time of 11:18 on the two mile course. M.V.P. Senior co-captain janice Baunach holds the two mile S.P. course record with a time of 12:11. The team suffered a great loss when junior co-captain Sharon White was plagued with a knee injury. juniors Kathy Baunach, Terri Stead, janet Par- tika and Nancy Sullivan give great promise to next year's team and freshman Cindy Eckel and Teddy Ann Slavoski are defi- nite hopes for the future. All in all Coach Nancy Erlckson's persistent driving efforts will long be remembered by the Mid-State Champs of 1975. Sr I .... Coach Nancy Erickson discusses strategy with junior Kathy Baunach. Left to right, first row: Nancy Sullivan, Tri.-Capt. Claire Gursky, Terri Stead, Kathy Baunach, janet Partika. Second row: Cindy Eckel, Tri.-Capt. janice Baunach, Teddi Ann Slavoski, Tri.-Capt. Sharon White, judelynn Stiles, Coach Nancy Erickson.