In the Closs B districf meef , miler Bruce Henson sef a 4 :374 record Anchorman Freddie King cli nches a disfrict mile re lay record of 3 ,4 1.2. TRACK Class B competition trounced as two state records are set The story of the 1965 track team could be written by saying that th e victoriou s group's effort was one which paid off in di vidends plus a bonus. The 1965 Academy Wildcat track team r acked up victor y a fter vic tory in a r egular season of strenuous competition . Being coun ty and di stri ct ch ampions only whetted the Wildcat s' a ppeti tes wh en it came time to enter the state track meet h eld in Lillie Rock. Plac ing second in the Class B school sta te competi tion, the Cats took two first place categori es. and one second place. F if teen trackstel's took honors in the county meet, setting three new r ecords. In the di stri ct, the academy team h ad thirteen of its m ember s place, winning for th e second time individual honors and selling two new r ecords in the 880 ya rd run and the di scus throw. Bruce H enson and Di cki e Be rryhill wer e the most outstanding member s of th e renown ed gTOUp. H enson 's r ecord in the 880 ya rd run is '2 :06 .5, and Berryhill claimed double honors by capturing the l ead in the 440 yard r elay and r ecording a 46.2 timing. Berryhill took advan tage of a powerful throwing arm and hurled the di scus to a record 139'11 W'· 1965 TRACK TEAM . FIRST ROW, Hedrick, Thompson , Harris, Moore . SECOND ROW, Berryhill , Stafford, Bridgeman 251
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