Stevens Mason Middle School - Mariner Yearbook (Waterford, MI)

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Ninth Grade Track Spirit, stamina help trackmen 1970 Track Schedule Ninth Grade Mariners Opponents - Walled Lake Central -- --L Crary, Pierce lTri-mee-tl -- -- Milford Highland 1 East Hills -1- - Bloomfield Hills l -- West Bloomfield -- -l Walled Lake Westem -1- -l Pierce, Crafty lTri-meet? l- T- West Hills i l- League Meet -1 Although a relatively small amount of boys ca'ne out, the reliability of the ninth grade track team was not decreased in the slightest. Coach Don bastle and his durable squad of trackmen showed that the key to winning is really quality, not quantity. The Winning combination tor the team seemed to be long periods of hard running, with quick wind sprints and calisthenics mixed in between. This, plus plenty of spirit among the members of the team, helped bring a Winning season to the track and field participants of Mason. Tod-ay the Olympics, tomorrow the World, Dan Va.nice11i chants as he tries for greater distance. Larry Wareck lends support, coaxing him on to a longer jump. l cv X li , ,AJ It's a bird! It's a plzaizej No, it's Dave Fredricksen making like a bird over uh X low hurdles. 109

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Larry Bate shows amazement at the talent of high jumper Gary DeVar as he goes up and over the bar. With a mighty surge of power, Robin Hunt puts the shot under the careful supervision of Joe Shanabrook, Mike Griffis, Sherman Gritfith, and Tom Clifton. 108 -,ten-2 ,357 3? Taking it easy but still holding a steady pace, Larry Bate keeps on runnning in a determined effort to in- crease his stamina. Racing through the woods, Sherman Griffith, Kim Best, and Greg Harper keep pushing to improve their elapsed time.

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Seventh Eighth Grade Track l 9 d spikes track season How could you describe the swiftness of the members of the seventh and eighth grade track team? Quite easily, with such words as fast, quick, and blinding, to name just a few. Mason's super-fast, junior sprinters, led by Coach Donald Pence, literally flew down tracks consistently throughout the season. The abound- ing number of rimners that came out won their fair share of meets, plus a few extras just for fun. Most of the success of the team came from hard practice, which included exercise sessions of push-ups, sit-ups, and long periods of sprint- ing and long distance running. With this kind of potential in the early years of seventh and eighth grade, just think of what heights the ninth grade track teams of the future will reach! t ' we , , d 4 , 't' Y . lg ' '17-' . ,.,. ,:-323.22 A 1. allhfj .. gee, ' I I it A Y J fd. 1 i U ,M in ,JW I. f,7grrr,4IuY Y 1 I , T' , f' 4.nQa:.4, 4 Setting the pace for the long distance run, speed- sters Dennis Goodson and Bob Wareck sprint to the finish line, followed closely by Paul McClain and Mark McDonald. With the race under way, Coach Donald Pence DQHE Sf-I'ad9I', Mike MCIl1'f0S1'1, SCOU Miller. and John Steen time runners Rod Clifton, Mlke Caffell, and DHI1 Haym- 110