TRACK TEAM. FRONT ROW: Roberts, Yater, Bixler, Risinger, Henson, Sewell, Hag ler. SECOND ROW: Pulley Imanager). Sears, Leal, Hedrick, Moore, Br idge. man, Bridger, Pace. THIRD ROW: King, Berryhill , Smith, Ely, Lawyer, Street, Cope, Sapp, Coach Lloyd. TRACK Strong cinder team aims for state championship BRUCE Henson and Harry RISinger, working to break records, run several miles every day. Another record breaker, Kent Smith, won the State 44 0 in '63. The traditionally fin e track r ecord at the Academy was con tinued thi s year with Coach Ted Lloyd's l ast Academy team giving their bes t fo r him and for th e schoo l. After losing only one letterman from last year 's team by g raduation, the VVildca ts were s tr~ong in almost every event. Returning lettermen a re Smith in relays, sprints, and hurdles, Lawyer in the high jump and broad jump, St reet and Berryhill in the discus, Sears in the shot, I-lenson in relays, mile. and 880 run. Ri singer in the mile and 880 run, and Ely in rela ys, sprints, and broad jump. During the 1963 season th e Wildcats swept the Coun ty and Distri ct track meets by overwhelming margins. and ran a close second to Hughes in the State meet, losing by only Yl point. They had the honor of becoming the first team to place two men in any of the sprints in State competition, with Woodward and Smith both placing in th e 100 yard dash and the 180 yard low hurdles . Several boys from l ast year's junior team gave th e sen ior group added depth . The over-all spirit and cooperation of the team members made for many satisfy ing moments on the cinder s.
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