Warren Central High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Being a cross country coach is a tough job, but Richard Conway has made the harriers competitive. inconsistency plaques thinlies Varsity cross country front row: Greg Kennedy, Mark Neyman, Dave Brown, Jay Conway, Jim Castetter, Dale Suggs. Back row: Coach Richard Conway, Tim Hallock, Greg Robinson, Ken Lewis, Randy Gray, Larry Nedde, Mike Rodden. Junior varsity front row: Mark Orr, Greg Rhodes, Rob Colbe, Kevin Toth, John McAllen, Dale Suggs, Jim Castetter. Back row: Mark Neyman, Allen Swem, Pat Gipson, Greg Robinson, Carl Manthey, Dwayne Logston, Dave Patterson. Sophomore Jim Castetter and senior Randy Gray try to extend their leads over runners from other county schools during a CSAC meet. Vitality Cross country

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As the officials measure for a first down, junior Dave Rhodes (74), senior Jerry Huffman (68), and junipr Chip Murphy eye the markers. Fumbling the ball is junior Rhett Hart- ley as he is upended by a Southport defender. Vitality O O Football

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The team ' s number one runner, Jay Conway, presses hard as he crosses the finish line at one of the team ' s two home meets. Junior Jay Conway, sophomore Jim Castetter and seniors Randy Gray and Dave Brown stay up among the leaders during a meet at North Central. Training at three different places and facing one of the toughest sched- ules in the state made it a frustrating year for the varsity cross country team, but the junior varsity squad managed to work around these handicaps. “We had a good cross country team but not a great one. We ran some of the top ranked teams in the state and just couldn’t stay up with them,” said Coach Richard Conway. At one point the team faced Carmel, the number one team in the state, and Blooming- ton South, the number two team, in the same week. “As a coach I tried to motivate the team. Coaching a cross country runner is more mental coach- ing than teaching,” stated Coach Conway. Although they didn’t have the kind of season they wanted, there were some outstanding individual performances as seniors Tim Hallock, Randy Gray, Greg Kennedy, Mike Rodden, junior Jay Conway and sophomore Jim Cas- tetter ran the two-and-a-half mile course under 13 minutes. Conway and Hallock were consistently the top two runners. Asked how it felt to have his father as his coach, Conway sa id, “I was treated no differently than any other runner. I run cross country because I like it, not because my father coaches it.” “I was pleased to have my son on the team, said Coach Conway. Any fa- ther likes to have the opportunity to coach his own son. Last year I was a little too critical, but this year every- thing worked out fine.” “They had a great year,” is the way Coach Conway described the junior varsity season. Winning the CSAC meet and the Danville Invitational were the best accomplishments of the team. The only school from this area to de- feat the JV team was Southport, as they brought a runner from the varsity to do it. The outlook for next year looks bet- ter as juniors Jay Conway, Dave Brown, Mark Neymari, Pat Gipson and Greg Rhodes, along with sophomores Jim Castetter, Dale Suggs, Carl Man- they, Greg Robinson and John McAllen will return. Vitality Cross country