Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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break records fur to fourth, fifth earned two and ach team received one point just ir entering. To Coach Taylor the est meet was the one at Deer Park here we finished third, six points ut of first placeg we had 113 points ital. Most meets were held in the ouston area, either on Spring 'anch or Houston School cam- ses. The team always competed ainst twenty other schools at each eet. Senior Craig james explained, Ne finished fifth in district, but if e'd had more help in the field rents, we would have had a better nance ofwinning district. Garrison took the fresh- 'Coach 'len, while Taylor and Stafford the varsity and j.v. teams. the teams practiced together, however, creating a team unity that team members appreciated. Sopho- more Tom DeBesse commented, The best part of practice was that the guys sat around and talked after- wards. Running the 100, the 400, the 440 and the 880 relays, the mile, the 120 and 330 high hurdles, throwing the discus and shot, pole vaulting, the broad jump, and the high jump. All these track events brought the abili- ties and strengths of the team into play, breaking ten records and fin- ishing fifth in district. Breaking across the finishing line, lunior George Doner captures first place in the mile run at Memorial High School. According to George, the team this year was great. We really worked hard. 'L':99'c7SX?-'Ir ,gn Edging out the Northbrook entrant, Sen- ior Bob Moran strides to a second place finish at the Alief meet. Closing in on a Westchester runner, Sophomore Tom DeBesse calls on reserve power to sprint the last quarter in the mile. Tom commented, l had to wait the whole meet before my event so I was usually excited about it. boys track 151

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Shedding his warmup suit, record breaker Bob Moran participates in the two mile event to set a 9:59 record. Breaking the school record for the 100 yard dash by .2 seconds, Senior Craig james comes in first place with Senior Todd Stewart trailing right behind for second place at the district meet at Alief. i t. J -. 0 , 1 - . ,aa l . A Q Q 1 1 . gl I 1 3 lt 2 Y 'W in 'Q' 'S A ' p ix' 1 nfl i Watching his feet clear the bar, junior Kevin Poynter, whose record height was 13'6 , pole vaults successfully over the bar. With a smooth handofi Senior N ic Sco- vell takes the baton from junior Lance Tearnan in the mile relay at the district meet at Alief. 150 boys track fixes A l E' lv 47 M , hm V ,Q 0 . ' his -gms, fm Y' f ,J F f-5 ,g i , ff . ss, i f' -' - A ' , .azvifx ' ,.,-,:i.:,I:fff W ' It . r . if f 'ly , 4 , , V .- W V rg, grip ' l r F 445 K 1 . 1,4 . 1 qi 1 A 4' aa' . ,...-. .. Mt ,fri ' f f' ee n v w 4 ' ,t sw . ' 1-49 sJv?'2 v ., '-'. ,, 'Q ff ' -- ' f '60, .phi - -gi. a- If , ,gm ,W-gs, n s gf' ' ,,,, ,fs fiifilgy X F ' ff' 1 A-1-L-.1 fa. 'W , 1 at . ' w .U 1 32 if ' f ad , A 1 ' ,O w,,...f ' ,K -53, an 'H v V ' ' , K. sf, - 4-V. .. - ' t . . .,, L1 f f- - ,Q ,ii H i'xm:mt..- . V .215 f as szzmfi img? lm ' ti' 2 .V ,ff '46 4 FU '-'ff --. -fg. , U sing legs, arms, shoulders a fast feet, boys track participat in running, jumping, discus thro ing, shot putting and vaulting, goi from early january and winding the season at the eighth meet Ai 20. Coached by Richard Taylor, Vl liam Garrison, and Guy Stafford, I boys divided into four groups a practiced according to their eve For example, the milers ran long c tances, the sprinters did sprints al the field guys practiced th events, said Coach Taylor. The practices created a mc competitive team that ended f season breaking ten records, in We finished fifth in districtl vidually and in relay. Senior Moran led the field with re the one and two mile runs, with and 9:59, the two mile cross and shared two relay records. The point scoring system awarded ten points for first eight to second place, six to

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