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y Trojans Set New Record Win 30 Straight Meets Preparing himself mentally for the throw is as important to David Smith as preparing himself phys- ically. David placed in every meet in the shot put and hurdles, but he was undefeated in the discus and set a new school record in that event with a throw of I69'3' i JU[ — mm Lowing her landing gear. Karen Sla ven anticipates a smooth landing in the long jttpip. Karen entered both track and field events. 28
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Using a characteristic gesture, nationally recognized track coach Ark Morris helps Sheila Schmitt redefine her goals. Twenty seven years of coaching finally paid off. The National High School Athletic Coaches Association Awards Committee se- lected Coach Ark Morris as national district 5 Track Coach of the Year and one of eight nominees for National High School Coach of the Year. Coach Morris was honored with a plaque at the N.H. S.A.C.A. National Conven- tion held in Lexington. Kentucky on June 29th. 1984 (winner of the National Track Coach was to be announced at that time). During Coach Morris’ career, his track teams have finished in the top six in state competi- tion seventeen times (sixteen of those fin- ishes were posted by SC teams, one by a second-place Mt. Hope team). At Stanton County. Coach Morris’ teams have won the state track championship twice, placed sec- ond seven times, and captured third place four times. Futhermore. SC athletes have won numerous league and regional champion- ships. In the twenty three years Coach Mor ris has coached at SCHS. his track teams have failed to make the top three at the league meet only twice. Coach Morris, re- counting his experiences coaching track ath- letes. modestly said. We have been blessed with great athletes here.” Copy by Bill Twil- leger and Donnie Morgan a fter going undefeated for thirty r straight track meets, the SCHS boys track tream came within three points of win- ning their third straight state championship, losing the title to Sterling. Sterling and Stan- ton County, with 64 and 61 points respective- ly. dominated the track meet. The third ranked team accumulated only 32 points. Many outstanding individual performances gave the boys their second place trophy. Bry- an Zollinger ran a personal best of 514 to take first place in the open quarter mile. David Smith threw the discus I58'4” for first place. He won third place in the shot put with a throw of 53’2 . and placed fifth in the IK) high hurdles with a time of 15.9. Merwyn Snow barger placed second in the two-mile run with a time of 9:48 and third in the mile run with a time of 4:36. Merwyn's running mate. Jesse Ybarra placed fourth in the two-mile run with a personal best of 9:52 and sixth in the mile run with a time of 4:39. The mile relay team, composed of Scott Whaley. Ben- nie Ybarra. Rick Stein, and Bryan Zollinger ran the relay in the preliminaries in 3:31:6. the relay’s fastest time for the year. They went on to place fourth in the finals. Injuries plagued the girls track team at the end of the season. Although the team had four wins and placed high in early meets, injuries and hard times eventually took their toll on an already small squad. Sheila Schmitt. who had an outstanding season as a sprinter in the ICO meter. 200 meter, and 400 meter, sacrificed her individual events at the state meet in order to run in the relays. One of the girls events which qualified for the state meet was the 880 relay, composed of Lori Tilley. Lori Mitchell. Jill Snook, and Sheila Schmitt. In the mile relay. Robyn Willinger. Jill Snook. Lori Tilley, and Sheila Schmitt also qualified for state and placed fourth with a time of 4:4.1. Jill Snook ran a 48.8 to place fifth at state in the low hurdles. Stanton County hosted three track meets in the spring, two quads and the league meet. The track team included, front row: Coach Car ruth. Merwyn Snowbarger. Brandon Teeter. Tony Schweizer. Jim Sipes. David Smith. Rick Stein. Bryan Zollinger. Mike Adams. Phil Duran. Dirk Cockrum. Toby Huffman. Scott Whaley. Coach Tuxhorn. Coach Morris. Second row. Lindsay Hoopingarner. Jesse Ybarra. Sheila Schmitt. Jill Snook. Gina Mctlroy, Debbie Ashida. Lori Mitchell. Lori Tilley. Front row. Dru Davidson. Monte Neilan. Bennie Ybarra. Amber Snowbarger. Rejeana Terrill. Keri Roach. Robyn Willinger. Karen Slaven. 29
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