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LEOPARD TALES
May 14, 1964
Track Team Boasts One Of Best
Seasons; Looks Good For '64-65
BY ROSCOE HARRISON
Although the Leopard track
squad didn’t make the national
meet this season they have had
one of their best seasons.
This is evidenced by the three
first places and 12 school records
turned in by Coach Jim Brown’s
crew, made up mostly of freshmen
Coach Brown had predicted his
squad would not be national cham-
pions this year. However, he said
they will make long strides next
year.
Actually, the Leopards have
made outstanding progress, con-
sidering the towering strength of
Texas Junior Colleges in track and
field. The majority of the national
honors last year were held by
Texas schools.
Coach Borwn hadn’t figured on
the constant injuries this year
which hampered his squad. There
has not been a meet this season in
which at least one of the Leopards
has not been out of action with an
injury.
For the first time in TJC’s his-
tory it won a first place in a meet
this year. The Leopards won meets
at Fort Hood, Temple and Fort
Worth. Also, this is the first year
for TJC to host a track meet—
which it won.
They finished second at Ranger
and another Fort Hood meet, fifth
at San Antonio, Brenham and
sixth at Coleman, Texas A&M and
the State meet at Ranger.
Actually, both the Texas A&M
and Ranger meets were considered
state meets for junior colleges this
year. Both were used to qualify
for the national meet at Big
Spring May 15-16.
Roy Green, Wayne Schatzle,
James Kennamer, and Lee Brock
were the big point producers for
the Leopards.
Green led the parade with his
shot put and discus, scoring 75
points to take individual honors
and go into the record book as the
leading individual scorer.
Randy Holtzclaw had held the
top position with 68 % in 1961.
Holtzclaw is now in second place.
Schatzle, the best 440 man to
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attend TJC, finished second in
scoring with 66 and a half points.
He broke the 440 record held by
Holtzclaw at least .three times
during the year. His final perform-
ance was 50.0, which sets a high
goal at which to shoot next year
when the former Temple High
athlete returns.
Schatzle also turned the fastest
leg on the mile relay team with
49.6. This is actually further than
the 440 record he set.
As far as record performances
are concerned, Kennamer is the
winner with two record perfom-
ances and a tie. He twice tied the
9.9 100-yard dash record set by
Doug McCray in 1963. McCray’s
mark was wind aided and neither
of Kennamer’s were.
Kennamer set the 220-yard dash
standard with 21.8 on the straight
course and 22.4 on the curve. He
had 65 and a half points and ap-
peared headed for individual school
honors when he pulled up lame. He
attempted a comeback at the state
meet but after running a 9.9 100
he re-injured the leg and had to
withdraw from the meet. Kenna-
mer, from Dallas, will also be
back next year.
Brock ran for 61 and a half
points while turning the 880-yard
run in a record 2:01.4. Brock in- i
jured a knee before the season j
started and missed some early
meets. However, the Killeen High
athlete came back strong and is
looking forward to another top
year next time around.
Green, regaining his strength
after an automobile accident, came
on strong toward the end of the
season with record tosses in both
the discus and shot. He heaved the
shot 43-5 1-4 and the discus 134 1-2
and Coach Brown said he should
continue to improve next year.
Green, from Taylor High quali-
fied for the national meet but
since he ran into stiffer competi-
tion at the Ranger state meet, both
Coach Brown and Green agreed
not to enter at Big Spring.
Green won the state meet at
Texas A&M but finished third at
Ranger.
Two new events automatically
put two other Leopards in the
record book.
Roger Swanson, freshman from
Charles Dudley, who will receive recognition for his outstanding
contributions to the basketball squad, is shown here making a jump
shot at one of the season’s games.
TJC Finishees 6th At State
Junior College Track Meet
High winds and blowing dust
hampered TJC’s track men in the
finals at Ranger April 28 at the
State Junior College Meet. ,
“We had a lot of qualifiers but
not many points,” Coach Brown
said after the meet. The Leopards
finished sixth among the 17 junior
colleges with eight and a half
points.
The Leopards were hampered by
the re-injured James Kennamer
and the dust which stopped sprint-
er Wayne Schatzle.
Kennamer pulled a muscle two
and Engelke jumped 20-6 in broad
jump and didn’t qualify.
Roy Green tossed the discuss
127-4 for third and put the shot
43-3 for fourth.
Coach Brown said the 440 relay
time was the third best qualifying
time but couldn’t go in the finals
with injured Kennamer.
Roger Swanson ran 15.3 in the
high hurdles in his heat; however
he finished fourth and didn’t qual-
ify.
He ran 44.5 in the 330-yard low
hurdles for sixth.
Coach Brown said records in at
least two of the events are among
the best in the nation among junior
colleges.
Richard Taylor remained in con-
tention throughout the second day
of the tough 72-hole golf tourna-
ment, but finished fourth with 299.
He shot 77, 72, 75, 75, over the
par 70 course.
Taylor is the lone freshman
among the top five and Coach
Brown said he will be highly fav-
ored at next year’s meet.
Taylor and Alan Herring fin-
ished in a third place tie for team
honors with Cisco.
Herring had 319 and Eddie Maas
shot 316 while teaming with Mike
Ferguson with 330.
Ferguson established a record
when he became the first golfer in
the state meet to make a hole-in-
one.
Thus Coach Brown and his track
squad has completed season com-
petition.
, weeks ago and after helping the
Waco, set the 330-yard low hurdles ! 440-yard relay team to qualify
DAVID WRIGHT
Invites his TJC Friends to
visit him at Daniel’s for
Latest in Spring Fashions.
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with 44.1 and Bill Mears, freshman
from Austin, set the two mile
mark with 10:59.2.
Mears was fifth in points mak-
ing 51.
Coach Brown also got strong
performances from Louis Palmer
with 43 1-2 points, Chris Cook
with 38 1-2 points, John Chervenka
with 37 and seven-tenths, Harry
Windham with 36 1-2 points, Rich-
ard Lesikar with 31 points; Bill
Doughty with 30 points, Billy En-
gelke with 26 points and Bill Barge
with 22 and three-fourths points.
Billy Blanchard had eight points
for two meets and will add greatly
to the Leopards’ weight program
next year.
Thus Coach Brown has an ex-
perienced crew returning and with
luck recruiting with a lack of in-
juries will make a strong bid for
state and national honors next
with a 44.2 Monday morning, he
re-injured the muscle while run-
ning the 100-yard dash.
Thus, Coach Brown lost possible
points in the 220. Schatzle ran 51.3
for fourth in the 440 dash while
having trouble breathing.
William Mears fell to 500.0 for
sixth in the mile and Richard Les-
ikar was eighth with 5:02.
Lee Brock came in sixth in the
880-yard run with 2:03.3 and the
Leopard mile relay squad finished
fifth in 3:35.
On the squad are Chris Cook,
Schatzle, Bill Doughty and Brock.
With Kennemer injured, the
Leopards had fao settle for a sixth
in the 440-yard finals. Harry
Windham, Lois Palmer, and Schat-
zle are the other three members
of the team.
John Chervenka finished in a
three-way tie for fourth place with
a 6-0 leap in high jump, Palmer
SOPHS KEEP TROPHY
The sophomores leave TJC un-
beaten in Intromural sports. As
freshmen, they took the Tourna-
ment championship, to be the first
freshman team to accomplish the
feat. Selfishly, they kept the
crown for the second year in a row.
The Intramural season was cli-
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