The 440 yard hurdles replaced the 220 yard hurdles. Each time the 440 yard hurdles were run, had a new record. Nancy Cisar set records in several meets . The team went to state indoor for the first time and came in eighth place. Nancy Cisar placed first in the 440 yard dash and third in the 300 yard dash. Three school records were broken during the season. At Mt. Vernon, Kathy Cleaves set a record of 101 feet, three inches in the discus. The 440 relay (Dawn Roy, Heintz, Tammy Toom and Nancy Cisar) set a record of 52.2 at the Comanche Relays. Marianne Julie deNeui set a record in the 440 hurdles at the ECIC meet. Seven meets were cancelled because of the weather. Five of them were home meets. Roger Stigers was the head coach, assisted by Emma Jo Fairlie, Ted Lepic and Debbie Waid. Forty-five girls went out for track during the spring. Nancy Cisar qualified for state in the 440 yard hurdles, 220 yard dash and the 440 yard dash. She placed second in the 440 yard dash, fifth in the 220 yard dash and seventh in the 440 yard hurdles. She had to run all three finals within one hour. GIRLS' TRACK Dual Prairie 39 - 103 jefferson Triangulars Prairie 77 — Anamosa 63 — Maquoketa 39 Prairie 69 - Benton 80 - Belle Plaine 39 Prairie 79 — Mt. Vernon 63 — LaSalle 43 Invitationals State Indoor Gooselake Fr. Soph. ECIC Dewitt Marion District Linn Mar Comanche ECIC 8th Place 6th Place 2nd Place 7th Place 2nd Place Tie 9th Place 5th Place 4th Place 3rd Place the winner New Event In Girls' Track Below: Laurie Welty shows her winning form in the high jump. Laurie's best was five feet. Above: Susann Lebsock gives her all as she runs down the home stretch in the 100 meter dash in a meet against Tipton. Susann also ran on relay teams for the Hawks. 44 Girls' Track Above: Sophomore Becky Mitchell winds up for the softball throw. Becky also long jumped. Any points Becky added in her two field events were always welcomed.
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