Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1980, Page 204

Description:	Boys finish third, girls first in sectionalsVThe Panther boys track team finished the80 season with a 4-3 dual meet record anda third-place finish in sectional competition.Undeniably, many of the seasons brightest points were sparked by the muchvaunted vaulting of senior Dave Volz. Winner of the National Junior Olympics goldmedal in pole vaulting, Volz is also an alternate to the Junior Olympics team and fourthin the nation in pole vaulting. Volz has wonsuch prestigious events as the state meet,the Carmel Classic, Hoosier Indoor Relays,Indianapolis Black Expo, and the HoosierHills Conference. Volz broke the schoolrecord in the pole vault (1ZTz), low vault(143), and the long jump (231/2). He isalso a strong competitor in the 100-yd.dash, high jump, and high hurdles. Volzmaintains, not surprisingly, that pole vaulting is his favorite.Souths last regular season competitionwas a narrow 72-65 defeat by arch-rivalBloomington North. Despite the loss, CoachMarshall Goss considered the contest afine meet.Many Bloomington South athletes turnedin good performances. Senior Dave Rechterset a school record of 1:54.8 in the 800,sophomore Ken Waterhouse edged outNorths Marty Bassett at the tape in a closelycontested 1600-meter run, and sophomoreBrad Hanna broke the tape in the 300-meterBOYSTRACK SCORESBHSSOPP.41Terre Haute North 87811/2Southport 361/23rdColumbus North Relays56Terre Haute South 7170Bloomington North 5791Edgewood 362ndSCC3rdSectional2ndRegional10thStatelow hurdles.Five Panthers advanced to regional trackcompetition: seniors Greg Gaither (highjump), Rechter (800-meter), Mike Routt(pole vault), Volz (pole vault, long jump, and110 high hurdles), and sophomore KenWaterhouse (800- and 1600-meter runs).These five Panthers also went on to statecompetition. Volz received an eighth placein high hurdles and first in pole vaulting; KenWaterhouse, ninth in the mile; and Rechter,eighth in the 800-meter.Volz, Waterhouse, and Rechter werenamed to the Indiana All-Star team. Alsomembers of the team, Butch Harris, Routt,Ron Trenta, and Tim Fulford broke theschool record for the 400-meter relays.This years Bloomington South girls trackteam ended its dual meet season with a 6-1record. The team was South Central Conference and sectional champ, tied for fourth inthe North Central Invitational, and fourth inregionals.Coach Carol Stevenson was verypleased with how the team performed thisyear. Many new school records were set.Senior Beth Bomba soared to a new schoolrecord in the high jump, and sophomoreGlenda Rice set new South records in boththe shot put and discus. Stevenson feltsophomore Chris Brauner did a super jobfilling (senior) Kim Harriss shoes in the longjump this year. Harris was unable topete toward the end of the season bof an injury.The most exciting meet, according tjvenson, was against Bloomington Noriwas nice feeling that we beat them,said. The most memorable meet, StJson felt, was either that against Terre INorth or the SCC. We lost againstHaute North, but it was the effort that!it memorable, the coach said. Thethers were SCC champs this year, „Stevenson felt was particularly memo]because this was the first time South!won the championship outright.In the SCC the Panthers took fourRice in the shot put, junior Kim SchuJthe 400, senior Kim Harris in the long,and junior Lisa Sojka in the 100-meter\|dies.In the sectional South won by 11 !41Ten Panthers advanced to regional conltition: Bomba in high jump and shotBrauner in long jump; junior Carol Furr800; Rice, shot put; Sojka, 100-meterdies; Schutte, the 400 and the 800-merelay; freshman Lori Nonweiler, seSusan Plew, and sophomore Steph^Sears in both the 800 relay and themedley relay; and sophomore Kris Pecfthe 800 relay.TOP: BOYS TRACK TEAM. FRONT ROW:Tom Walker, Jon Lee, Dan Tyte, JimLentz, John Schurtter, Sean Smiley, TomWoodley, Alan Mather, Greg Hepfer,Eddie Ryan, Brad Ray, Sherman Rogers,Mark Gamberg. SECOND ROW: JeffHartman, Jason Baxondale, RandyYoung, Mike Willett, Don Miller, DaveVolz, Mark Rogers, Dan Gornal, DavidSchroeder, Tom White, Ken Waterhouse,Dan Rezits, Jim Bruce, Wally Hays.THIRD ROW: Coach Marshall Goss, JimEstes, Brad Surian, Tim Fulford, BradWilson, Chris Goss, Bill Paxton, GregGaither, Sam Jenserv, Scott Branam,Dave Rechter, John Fletcher, RonTrenta, Butch Harris, Brad Hanna,assistant coach Tom Tepley.BOTTOM: Racing in the hurdles, DaveVolz and Scott Smith lead the race tofinish.204 Boys/Girls Track
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