St Josephs High School - Evergreen Yearbook (Metuchen, NJ)

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At the Parochial Championships at Ed Lazarek clears final hurdle en route to victory. john Duffy begins I to break stride Roselle, another Falcon exhibits his which will enable him to control the high jumping prowess. lfflld- . . . . ' h k' h F l ' A d K ll . and Juniors Rich Mayo and Dave Dolan fwho placed 4th in the B'wk 1g wayf'0ml epac ut e umm n y e y state in high hurdles, formed the Falcons' undefeated relay team. The winning shot put relay team in the County Relays was com- posed of senior John Flynn and Juniors Chris Herman and Bernie Prohaska. Flynn and Herman also took 3rd and 5th places, respec- tively, in the County Champs. h A . Our Hi h um Relay Team, com osed of senior Ra Flynn, juniors Leg Beianetlf and Dave Dolan, arljd sophomore VinceySantoro, C also displayed great talent by finishing 2nd at the Conference Cham- pionships. All in all, this year's Varsity Indoor Track Team may be described as a highly talented group of individuals who have successfully com- bined their efforts. 161

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joe Cherepon completes shotput in perfect Coaches Mitsopoulos and McCafferty compare times form. of Falcon harriers. Victoriously breaking the tape again for Saint joe's is Senior Tim Turner. BOTTOM, left to right: Dave Fenning, Richard Mayo, Ed Lazarek, Matt Cutugno, Joe Monahan, Mike Hehlik, Steve Dunham, Jeff Storm. 2ND ROW: Rich Mosel, jim Ryan, Lou DeAngeli, Ed Gere, Dave Muth, Paul Panzarella, Mike Zarelli, Bill Franklin. SRD ROW: Coach Mitsopoulos, Rich Zilg, Dave Dolan, Peter ,Migliore, Joe Wrotney, Tom Chen, Frank DiPiano, john Duffy, Ed Schaper. 4TH ROW: Vince Murray, Ed Patty, Rich Kirchner, Andy Zmidzinski, Mike Kerwin, Charles Braddock, Greg Smith, Rich Kilker, Joe Andrulewich, Dave Nehila, Andy Kelly, Bill Harth, Keith Cunningham, Coach McCafferty. MISSING: Tim Turner, Ken Monahan, Rich Stofega, Mike Burke, Chris Herman, john Flynn, Bernie Prohaska. This year's Varsity Indoor Track squad has proven itself to be one of the best here at St. Josephs Guided by Coach John Mitsopoulos, the team has gone on to its fifth consecutive County Winter Track Championship. The Falcons were spearheaded by senior Tim Turner fwho came in first in the 2-mile at the County Championships and anchored the Winning distance medley at the County Relays with a 4:18 milej and John Duffy Qwho anchored the Winning 2-mile relay at the County Relays with a time of 1:58 for the 880j. Sophomores Mike Burke 14th placej and Rich Kirchner f6th placej also turned in fine per- formances in the mile at the Counties. At the same meet, senior Rich Stofega and juniors Andy Kelly and Keith Cunningham produced great efforts. Each took part in the Winning 2-mile relay with times of 2:04 CStofega and Kellyj and 2:05 QCunninghamj for the 880. Senior Joe Wrotney, junior Vince Murray, and sophomore Dave Nehila did Well in the 440. In the hurdles department, seniors Ed Lazerak and Matt Cutugno,

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The Saint Joseph's Freshman Track Team, finishing second in the Catholic Conference in Cross-Country, continued their winning ways by copping third in the Winter Catholic Conference Championships at the Jersey City Armory. The Frosh Falcons were led by Gary Trojanowski, who won the mile in a record-breaking 4:47.l. Two weeks later, Gary set a conference record by running a 2:05 880. In winter track, Gary was unde- feated in the mile. Steve Martin took second place honors for St. Joe's in the 440 with a time of 56.4. Mark Benson won second place in the 60-yard high hurdles to help the Falcon cause. Also contributing was Jim Kelsh, taking fourth in the mile with a time of 42533, which tied the old meet record, Jim Dunn captured fourth place in the 60- yard dash, and Jim Torntore and Colan Campbell each finished fifth in the shot put and high jump, respectively. Other outstand- ing runners were Bob Okerson, Bob Cawley, Steve Fallon, Roy Baumgartner, and Kevin Bransfield. The Frosh completed their season with a perfect record: 10 and 0. Both Brother Rich- ard and Mr. Byrne agree that they will con- tinue Saint Joseph's dominance of county track as future Varsity members. The sweet smile of success is evident as Colan Campbell clears 5' 3 . Clearing final hurdle of his heat is Mark Benson. i Gary Trojanowski continues his undefeated string by capturing final winter track meet. The motivating award for Frosh cindermen. During Frosh meet, jim Dunn leads the way at the sound of the gun. Wf ma.Qt:,, C ' 7 mini' C W M- M- 4 W' 22 z s 'ziifliitilgiiizae