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Athletics Deportes

TEAM CAPTAIN Sam Brooks runs with poise.
The Cross Country team won the district title LUZ STRIEM, a student from Panama, watches
and advanced to the state meet for the second the volleyball, which is being set up by
consecutive year. teammate Charmaine Barclay.

Language barriers become nonexis­
tent when competitors step onto the
athletic field. What other aspect of life
is so easily accepted among people of
all parts of the world?

The Pine Crest Athletic Program
provides all students with a wide
variety of competitive sports. They
range from contact sports, such as
football and wrestling, to non-contact
sports, such as tennis and cross
country.

The sport which attracts the most
foreign students is swimming. Under
the direction of Coach Bob Miller, the
swim team has gained international
recognition. Canadian Carson Noel,
Australian Melynda Hardie, Puerto
Rican Paco Santana, and Canadian
Melinda Copp are four foreign
students who were attracted to PC by
the swimming program. When asked if
she felt that there was a difference
between sports in the United States as
compared to sports at home, Melynda
Hardie commented, “Athletics in this
country are more competitive.”

A FOREHAND SHOT by Michele Lavallee, a
Canadian, soars toward the net during one of the
daily practice sessions of the Varsity Tennis
team.

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