Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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220 YPUSHING WITH PAIN, Matt Boothe tries just to finish the race. Matt was unable to finish the sea- son because of doctor's orders. Qi N.. sms -.W f 1, K K ,Q .T w ,i Mergers! Boys' Varsity Cross Country 6 ' t 'XX S' -s.' Y -Q 'Q 1. . K W . .. st f Q - V e- ste ,J .ku F 5 bi' , - ,K an j- M-Mgu y R ,A Y. K . . 5' ,I : AENIOYING HIS MORNING WORKOUT, the road. The rest of the team warms up Kevin Mount gets the kinks out before hitting him,

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Down Hill Ad antage ,Q iwland Raiders, Mike came- in firgt Coach l'olite'steamsxxent L1DflOlC'dlllCl, Walnuts closest competition. Boys' Varsity Cross Country!Mergers ON THE COURSE, Mike ASWEATING THROUGH the meets, Coat h lim Polite pulls through with 3 17333 agdimi tontentrates on his plaxers' running ahilitx. -Xll of at llfil glance, cross countrx seems to he a sport in xx hich a group of run- ners rat e oxer a hilly course trxing to make the hest time, lt seems to offer xerx little as a spectator sport, since onli a small segment of the race can he xiexx ed at one time But the fexx spectators that did come sau xx hat the runners reallx nent through, The spectators cheered the runners on until the xerx end. Xlike Camacho xx as the lop Xarsitx Cross Countrx runner. He set a next school record of 15:-17 against los Altos. XX hat kind of race did Nlike run? He's a front TLHTV19f,llSdXS Coach lim Polite, Sometimes, though, he'll sloxx doxxn at the begin' ning and finish strong at the end, Oxer the xears he has reallv learned hoxx to pace himself, As one runner said, Mike is a down hill runner, He has the advantage when it comes to don n hill running. Mike had iniured himself before the CIT. finals and didnt run as xxell as he had in the prexious meets. But, Mike had cape tured the Sierra League dual meet troxxn, and bore the trademark of exerx top-notch athlete - the belief that good technique leads to success. The team achieved a league record of Sell and a fifth straight League Championship. They also took 45 straight dual meets. Cross Countrv ment to CIT. prelims and took sec- ond. Thex' xx ere ahle to go to Castaic lake for CIT, finals. Thev didn't do as xx ell as expected, taking fifth, 219

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Future Stars Emerge 'P' Taking a step in the right direction was what the lunior Varsity Cross Country team had done. Dedicated runners, such as john Riddell and Brad Popham, helped the team place first in the Sierra League and go undefeated with a 5-O record. Over the past ten years, the l.V. team had gone undefeated in the Hacienda League. They moved into tougher competition in the Sierra League and were still pulling through with two more undefeated titles. Their toughest competition in the Sierra League was Rowland, coach lim Polite remarked. Even so, the l.V.'s defeated Rowland 15 to 49. When asked if publicity would get more people to come to the meets, Kathy Lispi replied, I think so, but even though Coach Polite doesn't do a lot of publicity for us, he's still a good coach, as you can tell. Q 2222555325 ,V 5 ,Z,a ..:H :L - :F :: .Fi Ti f- ,iillvff ':'..': . 'lk :- 1 5 ': ':. :: ws:m...'E 'i V 'Mm 4 if- 'f 5 t 'af - 1 ' A - .,.a...-- ,,-.age i -I nm..'::'.:- -in sw Af afawmsimmtfm Mfg .1 fa-M - .. L t 5 f f :aa azlti,sw:e4 -2 F '::l5iiirte'V'i?EI'SfY: 'Tiff 3514 'j,, 'f ig-iiggjfg, iflyl S lgffqivf' i f 21122 QQ'fg.:'rgf,g2iIQQjfL5l 'S W-ezzgsqgtffliiggwjgg ,.:. , 1 wt 15 is a ,a sfsf itis nmzzwl-left .i :-- K' mpg-:,f.- -,::,,-, ai. -,:: ,a,yf1',vffwf H ,flag ' , aim :-'f' ,. g ,,5i3iug,ig5ag,,,fs5w,wagk, vt, ,,g agaaagszasi , ::,5,,,-,ai . 4 F taiwan, tg git it-f,,,,ga:,.,5, X Y fa fgssfefiimsfv aiweawxiaalft' 322541 : aff I ,V ABOYS' IUNIOR VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY. row: David Christensen, Bob Sims, lohn Riddell, Front row: Brad Taranto, Rich Hemple, Reuben Mark Hoefler, Brad Popham,Andy Nishida. Sanchez, Ralph Camacho, Fred Flores, second Boys' lunior Varsity Cross C0untry!Mergers