Southern Alamance High School - Southerner Yearbook (Graham, NC)

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- q-Is'l HtmgL l On a cold brisk dayIin Februar the girls planning to undergot e PSAT lPre iminary Sweat Aptitude TestJ ran enthusiastically down to the field. Coach Sam Fowler demonstrated several painful stretching exercises left over from last year, and they hurt just as much as before. Following twenty-fiye sprints ardund the track, the girls ran upland downtthe concrete stadiUm fifteen times, allof which made the girls' legs feel like limp noodles. After an exhausting ractice, the girls unfortunately discovered that t is was a light workoutl Four weeks later, two tubes of Ben-Gay, three stretched leg bandages, and one shin splint later, the'girls were- ready for the real thing e thetfirst track meet. We thou ht we were ready both mentally and physica y, but the latter proved to be inaccurate, for Southern Durham wiped us out. Thefollowingt ra'ctices were tortuous. Mr. Fowler instigatedlal tof his ancient torture techniques and really gut us through the rack. 5 When one of the gir egan to hurt, she would 5 ;':s , , , g jg, . . A ' OMYVomanl'Clara To'rfesttrl x :gjr L'Iti'etnoulgh strefng'th'to place in t the g 0t put. V?ct o 1? a 1': . em:- es t fl remember the famous saying of Coach Fowler, Suck it up and gm These were the times when the girls felt like telling Mr. Fowler to $Nss'vaoxowmu The season was exciting and packed full of surprises, such as the time when the girls thought they had defeated Graham onl to discover someone couldn't count. Ano't er surprising mishap concerned the mile relay team. They won the mile relay only to be disqualified five minutes after breaking the stride of a girl, who incidentally wastrunning at a snail's pace. Occasiona ly someone would trip over the starting block during a race of jump off the track, thinking she was disqualified, only to discover thence was still oing on. Despite all the 1 surprises and hardtwork it all paid off. The girls were all goodlfriends, and most of them thoroughly enjoyed being on the team. Southern finished second in the Mid-State East Championship, and evelyone is looking forward to another winning season. Fly, bird, fly. Kim Foley smiles after passing her opponents in the mile relay while shelhands 0fo the stick to BIRD lalias Susan Matthewsl. Hey, we won; After winning the mile relay, Kim Foley, Cathy Murray, and Assistant Coach Tony Nolan are overjoyed. Girls' Track 23

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Fancy Footwork With the arrival of sunny days, short shorts, tennis shoes, and suntans came track season once again. Here at last was an opportunity for guys who had not participated in the winter sports to display their talents in the track and field events. Practice began, and along with the old pros assembled out on the field came an assortment of new trackers, ready to try their luck at some running, jumping, and throwing. All hoped that with a little fancy footwork they could be track stars, but after a few days of practice these new boys soon learned what the old had already discovered - that it just wasn't that easy! Hurdle humdrum. Rodney Thompson tries to gain a small lead against his Bartlett-Yancey opponents. 24 Boys' Track Although the precious afternoons that these men sacrificed always resulted in aching muscles and tired bones, running countless times around the football field was not quite so bad when the boys spent most of the time goofing off. Pulling down the gym shorts of an unsuspecting victim has always been a tradition at Southern, and this year was no exception! Every few minutes someone felt his ears go red as his shorts went down, and a few of the less fortunate even had theirs removed! The coaches had trouble controlling the team, but keeping up with it was even harder. A few times they arrived on the field only 220 Blues. Greg Bynum gives his best but this time it just isn't good enough. to find that the whole track team was missing. After endless searching, these guys were found lalong with a few extrasi engaged in the latest waste-time activity - boxing matches. A three-minute round, and the winner was on his way to the top. This was a lot of fun, but unfortunately it did not help much at the next meet! In spite of all the clowning around, complaining, and numerous aches and pains, many boys placed in their events. However, almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the season was over, and track could be forgotten until next year.