Wheaton Academy - Compass Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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5 l Track Team Row 'I Coach Claussen Coach Hohm Kwong Gale Oury Matthews Tarbutton W Smith Meyer Garber Oury Row 2 Hanchett Gerstung Kay Groen Frost Adolph Hearn Klnsler Hurlburt S Sm th Guth Skoglund Horaldsen Ferguson Lundberg Knapp HIC Depending on the Lord In each meet and led by a group of topnotch run ners the 1953 track squad turned in a terrific 'ob throughout the season In the first two meets two of the biggest in the world the Oak Park and Wheaton High School Relays the team did amazingly well as they placed third at Oak Park in the sprint medley relay and took two thirds and a fifth in relays at Wheaton The Warriors walloped Geneva In the first dual meet as they swept every running event as well as winning the high hurdles high rump broad lump and discus The relay team composed of Lindberg Kay Hanchett and Fikels triumphed In the last event in the pouring rain against West Chicago to win the meet for us ln the meet George Fnkegs also broke the school record in the 220 yard dash We took second an our own invitational behind a strong Lake Forest team as George Fikels tied the school 'IOO yard dash record Dave Lund berg set a new school low hurdle record Jim Hanchett won the quarter and half mile and Bob Adolph won the high lump In the conference meet, we took second, as Jim Hanchett set new school records in the 440 and 880 and a new P.S.L. record in the 880. Bob Adolph won the high iump and took third in the mile, George Fikeis placed second in both sprints, Dave Lindberg placed well in both hurdle events and the 100 yard dash, and Scott and John Oury placed in the pole vault.

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Bob Adolph clears 5 ft. 8 in. for first place in the Wheaton Invitational. Bob also broad iumped and ran the mile. fr Wheaton 76, Geneva 37 Wheaton 56, West Chicago 48 Wheaton 70, Batavia 43 Wheaton 40, St. Charles 73 Triangular Meet University 90M Wheaton 43M North Park 6 Oak Park Relays 6 Wheaton Relays 'I4 Wheaton Academy Invitational Lake Forest 90 Wheaton 55 7f'I2 Elgin 34 lf6 Todd 7 'lfl 2 Private School League Meet University 90W Wheaton 57 Todd 20 Luther 'I4 George Fikeis wins the hundred yard dash against St. Charles. George set a new school record in the 220 yard dash and tied the 100 yard dash record as well as anchoring the relay team. Team captain Jim Hanchett, high scorer for the year, wins the 440 against St. Charles as George Fikeis takes second. Jim set school records in the 440 and half mile and set a conference record in the half mile.