Sprayberry High School - Echo Yearbook (Marietta, GA)

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NOBDDY DOESIT BETTER The crack of the starting gun, the click of the stop watches, the snap of the tape, and the last burst of speed are feelings that a runner on a track team hears and feels. The Varsity track team members can reflect those thoughts as they eye their medals and trophies of the 1981 season. They captured countless records and sprinted down the roads of victory at every tournament. With these rememberances they can surely say that nobody does it better. Nearly every senior on our team and several iuniors and sophomores hold at least one school record at Sprayberry, remarked Coach Randy Jenkins. This statement seems to best explain the type of season the Varsity track team had. Practically every day the announcements sang out the victory of the team. By the end of the season the team had compiled a winlloss record of 86'Ai. Some of the records held by the Varsity Jackets include topping Osborne 74-61, and downing North Cobb in 12 of 15 events. The Jackets also placed in the various tournaments throughout the region. They took first place in the North Cobb Relays, second place in the Rome News Relays, and third place in the Cobb County Invitational. Coach Jenkins commented, . . . these young men were so tough physical- ly and mentally that they won over 100 medals and six trophies in major meets. Some of the meets had over fifty schools competing in them. The team broke almost every school record. Brad Harmon set a new high jump record of six feet four inches. Ed Bryant leaped twenty-two feet nine and a half inches to set a new region record for the long jump. Greg Taylor added another region record of one minute fifty-six seconds in the 880 run. The Varsity team was a team that took the gold. At the North Cobb Relay they championed five trophies and eighteen gold medals. Coach Jenkins said about the season, Winning is a by-product of doing things right. That applies to the type of boys we have on this team. They do things right. 92 Top: RECORD SETTING ED BRYANT leaped into the sands of success as he continually broke school and region records. Ed placed third in the state with a jump of twenty-one feet, and ten and a half inches. Middle: SOPHOMORE BRAD HARMON set a new school record of six feet, three and a half inches in the high jump. The coach is looking forward for big things for Brad over the next two years. He hopes to be jumping seven feet by his senior year. Bottom: GREG TAYLOR PLACED third in the state in the 880 yard run with a time of 1:55:11. He also set a new region record of 1:56:01. Greg competed on the four mile relay squad, as well, with Chris Yandow, Tom Elsey, and Mike Archer. Their best time was nineteen minutes, twenty-eight seconds. 1 H a-C ' .iq U- 1? v nl 0 0 -1- Lui :H A-lU.1: , g ' ? ' tr tmssdlffw E. 7, ,I R- la-I i -All s,,.l r0'L ,T . Q K' C 15

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BREAKING THE TAPE V - A I Z 0N W , sf 1.4 -ia . , . ,I . C fe ? fg, i ,L - 39, .asf .1we1i,'fzf:s.a.f,as-sae.:as:aasK?.5...f:.e1 Top left: ANTHONY BURTON was the number one long jumper for the junior Jackets. He came on strong towards the end of the season. Above: SETTING THE 1981 season record, was sophomore Kenny Setzekorn with a put of forty-one feet. Walton 80 SHS 56 Osborne 63 SHS 73 Campbell 51 SHS 80 North Cobb 20 SHS 110 South Cobb 45 SHS 87 Left: PLACING THIRD in the County meet, Mark Lowrance ran the 120 yard high hurdles. Mark was a sophomore this season. THE 1931 JUNIOR VARSITY TRACK SQUAD 1st row: T. Batchelor, S. Siegel, S. Hand, R. Odle, M. Lowrance, 3, Harmon, M. Owens, D. Baird, 2nd row: Coach Hutcherson, J. Rogero, J. Edwards, D. Holliday, W. -lollingshed, D. Cochran, T. Wells, R. Nix, E. Boyd,f A. Burton, C. Thomas, E. Wallis, Coach Jenkins. The junior Jackets swept the region as they topped four out of five schools. However, Coach Hutcherson commented, l don't like dual meets . . . the best are the multi-school meetsf' Thus, the J.V. squad viewed the dual meets as practice sessions for the big tournaments. The junior Jackets started the season against the Region's toughest team, as the team took on Walton and lost by only thirty-six points. Coach Hutcherson said, When you go over and compete against Walton, while the other schools are getting tromped on, and come away like we did, I was very pleased. The rest of the season saw the Jackets sprinting past their competition and leaving them in the dust. They did a great job at the multi- school meets, too. The team finished ninth of fifteen competing schools at Carrollton, Georgia. Of the nine high schools challenging each other at the Cobb County Invitational, Sprayberry came in second. The biggest challenge in a sport like track is motivation not big trophies and awards, said the coach, The discipline is so much different than other sports. This season's team seemed to be composed of different groups that had their own level of motivation and dedication. The distance runners were definitely a hard working group. Because of the team's success, Sprayberry gained a reputation that could break the tape at any tournament. Below: A CONSISTENT point-scorer for the J.V. team was Terrell Morris. As a freshman, he competed and had a long jump of eighteen feet, ten and three-quarter inches. 2 i 1 at .,,,. g t

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Q ei' Rt? ,. fag. L41-B-., if f W- rt V T Q u se YT set X .L + if 'Yeh S RI s , Left: WITH A TIME OF 10:1 seconds, Randy Hewgley set a 1981 season record in the 100 yard run. Randy helped lead the team against Osborne High School. Middle: JUNIOR DANIEL HOLLIDAY competed this season in the high and intermediate hurdles. His endurance was typical of all of the members on the team. Below: KEN CARNEY AND ROBERT MONROE ran in the 400 meter relay. Both of them are four year lettermen in track. Their squad had the third fastest time in Sprayberry history with 43:7 seconds. 'fwinning is a by-product of doing things right. These boys . . . do things right. , ,,.,,,. Hi. V ,V N . , g Q . ,M l A f' ,IW I h , ' g. ,M .,,,W,,i - fy A X, -i 5, If J' H , , I X I 0. f: .,...VV.N' ,Z . -..fu5w5Q3mtM:s7'wwwrvKzfwiw'4 as '.,f.cW.,,W.,eaL1ff.. . . , W M .1 THE 1981 VARSITY TRACK SQUAD 1st row: K, O'Brian, D. Graham, T. Batchelor, M. Lowrance, S. Hand, R. Odle, R. Nix, D. Wilson, C. Thomas, J. Rogero, D. Holliday, K. Gilbert, 2nd row: Coach Hutcherson, P. Rogero, D. Holliday, B. Harmon, E. Bryant K. Carney, D. Dickerson, T. Wells, G. Taylor, L. Kraska, T. Elsey, E. Wallis, C. Yandow, M. Archer, Coach Jenkins. 100m Gary Farmer 10:9 1979 200m Henry Raper 22:3 1970 400m J.D. Williams 50:5 1978 800m Greg Taylor 1:54:41 1981 1600m Ross Hogan 4:20:03 1975 3200m Ross Hogan 9:38:09 1975 400m relay Hewgley, Carney, Jones, Farmer 43:4 1980 l-if-5' 800m relay Williams, Williamson, Cosby, Archer 1:34:05 1977 distance Dye, Morrow, McDonald, Davis 11:04:01 1970 long jump Ed Bryant 22'9V2 1981 high jump Brad Harmon 6'3'!z 1981 shot put Clamon 47'6Vz 1965 discus Danny Stanley 55 !z 1965 93