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

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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

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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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Rlllllllllg the low hurdles IS no easy task as runners Bob Wareck and Steve Sutherland demonstrate to spec ttors M1ke Cattell Jack Everett, and M1ke McIntosh Elghth Grade Track Team FRONT ROW George Be1la1rs John Nxvelt Steve Sutherland Dave Chakroff Joe Hadley John Vega Dave Howe Johnny George Chrxs Skellenger SECOND ROW Forest Elwell Brad Rlce Dan Heym Greg Ba11ey Dan Jacobson Louxe Ablaham Chuck VanF1eteren Kyle Houston THIRD ROW Tom Smlth Dave Hester John Bellfuss Dennls Goodson Bob Wareck M1ke Grxffls Mlke Bragg Tun Taffe M1ke McC1enahen Mark McDonald 1970 Track Schedule Seventh E1ghth Grades Manners Opponents East I-1111s West Bloomheld Plerce Crcfry KTII meetl West H1115 Lectgue Meet Tlmlng and coordmauon are only two of the many v1ta1 factors 1I1VOlV6d ln the hlgh Jump and Jumper Mlke Bragg concentrates on perfectlng both Seventh Grade Track Team FRONT ROW Dave Sebrlng B111 W11l13II1S Doug Strader Rod Chtton Tony Young M1ke Merntt Brlan Crowley MlkP McIntosh Bruce Voltmer Jack Everett Rlcky Burke SECOND ROW Paul MCCIHID John Wagner Dale Zuelch John Plckett Dav1d Russell Tun Welss John Steen Scott M11ler Steve Cavender Steve Kexth Mark Houston Steve Brodle Duane Grondzlak Curt Young Gary Houston manager lll ' , ' 1 ' . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 .. , l I . : , - -an ,ii if 51114341 A 1 I 1 Y ' , Q , - ' n : . 2 . . 1 ' . 1 1' 1 , 1 1 1 ' ' l Q I mf' N if lQ:,x1Q.,.1'f g H-WP it -i Crcrry, Pierce t'I'ri-meetb -- . 1 7 Z ' 1 , 1 I 'T'- J A 'i ',., I fp ,t ' 1 ' , G u . ' D, 0. 1 I 7 I 1 ' ' I 1 ' 1 D ' 1 A ? 'A ' :. . 7 . ' Y . I A 1 . 1 9 1 ' ' Y 1 . Y l ' , 1, I l 7 7 ' u