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r 1 boys’ varsity the team goal was to finish
track team started in the top 10 at state.
0th
out slowly, but Junior pole vaulter Adam
w
finished with a Rhoades said another team
vixy
bang. The team had 11 goal was to “improve and
S ) qualify for the state do better than last year”.
c Coach Dubbs said the
u meet. Two of these mem
bers placed well, Senior team was inexperienced,
Scott Paulsen finished but did very well. The
third in the discus and team faltered at the begin­
Sophomore Jeremy ning of the season, but
Ripley finished sixth in strengthened as the season
the pole vault. Along progressed. During the
with the good showing at first part of the season,
state, the team did well field events people did well
at metro and districts, and kept the team in the
finishing sixth and running. As the season
fourth respectively. wore on, the runners Racing the clock is Junior Chip
Gamerl.
Three school records became stronger.
were broken by two indi­
viduals during the
season. Sophomore
Mark Weichel set the
school record at 22.4
seconds in the 200 meter
dash. Scott Paulsen set
the record in both the
f\ shotput and discus. The
new mark for shotput
was 55 feet 91/2 inches
and for the discus, 186
o
feet, 8 inches. Jeremy
as- Ripley was the metro and
district champion in the
pole vault and Senior
Mike Crossman placed in
a number of meets in the
high jump.
Along with the individ­
ual accomplishments,
there were some goals set
for the entire team.
Coach Gary Dubbs said

The 1975-19761reshman track team broke 10 team records.

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