Thinclads • • overcome InexperIence The 1978-79 junior high track team, with only a few returning lettermen , had to train many long, hard hours. Coach Bill Barden's thinclads began with distance running in order to build stamina. The Junior Cats 'often competed against Class A and AA schools in order to improve times and distances, entering the Senior Key Club Relays at Searcy, the Red Devil Relays at 2 Augusta, and the Wildcat Relays. All this work was rewarded by pOints in the County and District meets. Points were scored by several track men during the season, including Ross Spurlock in the pole vault, Malcolm Howell in the quarter mile , Scott Finley and Stanley Gibson in the sprints, Finley in the hurdles, and Gibson in the shot. 3 .JR. TRACK_--.\ 1. STRETCHING to get loose, David Ward prepares for his distance running practice. 2. WILDCAT runners do warm-up laps before practice. 3. STRIVING to improve his!orm, Stanley Gibson throws the discus. 4. JUNIOR HIGH TRACK TEAM_ Front Row: Jones, Bailey, Kelly. Ballinger, Kreitling, Daughety , Second Row: Creel, Green, Land, Curry, Corbin , Barnes, Hale , Bardencoach . Back Row: Ward, Gibson, Spurlock, Howell, Finley , Pyland, Fox , Crockett . Jr. Track ~ 341
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