Sprayberry High School - Echo Yearbook (Marietta, GA)

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Right: LAURA FAVERO SET A NEW RECORD for the 880 year run this year beating her record of 2:29:06 from last year. Laura runs everyday for several miles no matter what the weather to keep in shape for the meets. Laura helped defeat Campbell by taking the 440 and the 880 yard runs. Below: PRACTICING FOR THE HANDOFF in the relays, was how Gina Boughton spent her time after school. Gina was a member ot the outstanding, recording-setting relay squad. She helped defeat Campbell by capturing the 440 yard run in third place. Below right: MANY OF THE MEETS that the team participated in were of multi-school competition. Some ol these included the North Cobb Relays, the Rome News Relays, and the Walton invitational. The team ended with a 3-2 dual meet record. THE 1981 VARSITY GIRLS TRACK SQUAD lst row: G. Boughton, M. Perry, P. Blankenship, J. Strudhot, S. Benjamin, C. Tank, K. Nlcholson, J. Davidson, 2nd row: S. Ott, T. Panter, R. Blackstone, A. Dalton, C. Osada. L. Favero, J. Osada, H. Bell, S. Rice, S. Rlce, S. Rice, R. Swanson, T. Reece. NEW VARSITY GIRLS RECORDS 100 yd run Michelle Scott 11:03 1980 220 yd run Michelle Scott 25:08 1980 440 yd run Ginny Bell 60:05 1975 880 yd run Laura Favero 2:27:07 1981 Joanne mile Simmons 5:41:03 1979 2 mile Susan Rice 12:57:07 1981 440 relay - 50:09 1979 880 relay Gober, Boll Boughton, Swanson 1:50:02 1981 mile relay Bell, Boughton Blaylock, Favero 4:09:03 1980 distance medley Swedish medley Long jump High jump Shot put discus - 14:12:55 - 1:55:03 Pam Fox 17'4l Tonya Gober 5'6' Heidi Ott t8Ibl 38'0' Laurie Ackerly 14kl 35'10' Pam Demey 91'0' 1 979 1979 1976 1979 1980 1980 1976 4 msg . Qi. A ' -Q' Q , . v 1 -I-Q ,.--, -q in- 3.1 ,1- 1,1-I i-ii' hi-n 4 M1 L at -'f -1: 4 - . . :ful x . ui., I L A V . I .'. .agp-fl' , . -g 1, ,. t jd,-l L 7-Ar U 1 I I U J I J ' i .1 i 1 if -:aff-.1iIE 2f? '-

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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

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SPRINTING INTO ACTION Below: SPRINTING OUT for the pass in the B80 relay are Holly Bell and Gina Boughton. These two were members of a squad that set a new school record in that event. The squad, which included Rhonda Swanson and Tonya Gober, placed second at the Rome News Relay. Bottom: EMERGING AS A TEAM LEADER in various activities was sophomore Rhonda Swanson. She was the runner for the first leg of the 440 relay and Maxwell Trophy winner. Rhonda placed at every event. She placed second in the high jump at the Walton Invitational and first in hurdles and high jump in Rome. Her best record for the high jump was 5'4 . Rhonda is also one of five that will serve as the nucleus of the track team next year. Coach Reynolds said to watch for her in the future. DUAL MEETS North Cobb 70 SHS Walton 78 SHS Crestwood 39 SHS Campbell 54 SHS Campbell 59 SHS ff? 4tMwwm'wfff-fy W Q . 9 , I ..t,,. 4 41,,25,f ga Q 'wif' f'lff wwwzwwf f 5 5 35 il if L .Cffyf gy With the spirit running high, the girls Varsity track team sprinted into the season against the usual tough competition. From the team emerged some girls who became the natural leaders in competition. Certain members of the team formed a cluster of winners that dominated the season. Alth- ough the team did not break any region records, it did set a few new ones for Sprayberry. The girls ended the season with a three to two win-loss record in dual meet competition. One of the closest meets was against Campbell. The fate of Sprayberry's victory came down to the last race of the day, the mile relay. Sprayberry was first to break the tape and thus gained another win. The high placers for that meet included Rhonda Swanson in the jumps and hurdlesg Laurie Ackerly with the shot putg and Laura Favero in the 440 and the 880 yard run. In their first tournament, the team placed Laurie Ackerly in the gold with a new record of thirty-five feet, ten inches in the shot put. The record beat her 1980 school record of thirty-five feet, six and a half inches. Laurie was also the only girl on the team to qualify for the state meet. Other new records to be set included Laura Favero's 2:27:7 time in the 880 yard dash at the Walton Invitational. Susan Rice claimed a time of 12:57:7 in the two mile run. The final record set was by the 880 relay team of Tonya Gober, Gina Boughton, Holly Bell, and Rhonda Swanson with a time of 1:50:2 at the Rome News Relays. At least half of the year consisted of tournaments or relay meets. The team defended its title at the Rome News Relays and brought home another first place trophy. At that meet Rhonda Swanson received the Maxwell Trophy which named her the top female athlete of the relays. The team also captured third place in the North Cobb Relays and sixth in the 5-AAAA tournemnet. Overall, the season was very good. Said Coach Dave Reynolds, This season was highly successful even though there were a lot of injuries to some key performers. 95