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Show DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, JULY 11, 1984 Tirades Takem Sffldonnsl Central to play on athletic teams in junior high like the boys do. But 1 believe that once kids do get to junior high , there is very little to set them apart other than sports, something extra to make them special. In high school they have clubs and all kinds of things. By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports though there are a lot of differences between a ninth grader and seventh grader, track has helped them become amazingly close to each other. Take for instance our Most Valuable Award which I ended up giving to a seventh grader, Corrie Phelts. She ended up qualifying in four events and eventually at the county championships took first in 200 meters, 100 meters, was second in long jump and was a member of the fourth place 400 meter relay. Honestly, the rest of the girls were very supportive of her and didnt talk down to her because she was just a seventh grader, continued Dickson. LAYTON - Those good ole junior high days! Just how well do you remember yours? Was there anything really worth bragging about? FOR MOST folks, that quick two or three year stint is mostly forgotIM A firm believer too, that for ten now. junior high kids, recognition from But there might be a big excepyour peers is just about the most tion to the rule, especially if you important thing in the world to them. And athletics is one good are or were a member of the Central Junior High girls track and field avenue to receive that recognition. And its been fortunate that for team. That membership might be a number of years weve had a worth remembering for a lifetime. SEE, TRACK and field at Cengreat tradition in track and field, tral isnt just a passing thing, its even before I arrived here. DICKSON believes the girls over, really become a spring sensation that has enveloped the competitive the years have dedicaed themANOTHER first for Central this selves to success once theyve year was a couple of negatives. It spirits of hundreds of girls for nearwas the first time in eight years that ly a decade now. Very truthfully, it realized the tradition that belongs would take quite a hunt to find a to Central. She admits also that she Central had lost a dual meet and it junior high in the state who could works them hard, sets goals and happened in the meet Thurgood inmatch or exceed their past track achieves them. jured herself. Good ole Farming-to- n record. Once in awhile Ill receive a rose up, with Stewart leading Centrals girls have won the letter or phone call advising me the charge, and they beat Central Davis County championship now that I take the track program too by a couple of points. The other six of the past eight years and have serious, but the number of happy first was the fact Dickson had her first girl quit the team in eight presently put three in a row in their reports I get from parents certainly has outweighed the negative. trophy case. years, a girl who was quite talented THEIR MOST recent was a 8 in fact. YEAR IN and year out the girls But despite the girl quitting and victory margin over Farmington Junior just seven weeks ago. have really gotten along with each Stephanie getting hurt, it was a To explain the success story other and have pushed one another weird year where other girls rose isnt all that hard for Debbie Dick- to be their best. I particularly think up and did much better than I ever son who has led the girls for eight this years group was close, maybe thought they would. I mess it is a a little closer than most. Even mental thing, said Dickson. years. BUT DICKSON is careful to remind that although she can tell her schools story pretty well, it was people like Carolyn Warren and Jane Stewart who deserve just as much credit as anyone. It was Warrens place that Dickson took over eight seasons ago as the former went on to Layton High. And it was Stewart who enjoyed some successful years at Central too beand moving fore saying good-by- e over to Farmington when that school opened its doors. These three, Dickson, Warren and Stewart, have all had their hand in setting Central Junior apart from the rest of the county track -- 91-5- Members of the 1984 Central Junior High girls track and field club helped the Cubs win their third consecutive Davis County track and field championship. It was also the schools sixth title in eight years. Members were (top row), Jennifer Gooch, Kerry Kent, Elaine Call, Corrie Phelts, Chaleh Yeates, Mary Hayes, Megyn Nimori, Candace Nalder and Jennifer Estoque. Middle row,' Jamie Manning, Becky Day, Mary Morgan, Cheri Reynolds, Natalie Flint and Coach Debbie Dickson. Bottom row (captains), Amberly Oviatt, Misti Weaver, Michelle Byce and Stephanie Thurgood. Not in the picture were Nanette Budge, Kim Snarr, Lori Boyle, Kim Nalder, Patti Hare, Vicky Briggs, Tonya Hymas. WIN CHAMPIONSHIP the program at Layton improve for girls in track, but at the same time she is sympathetic towards the reasons it hasnt improved too. had someone doing it up until this year that has been coaching some other sports and who really doesnt want to coach in the spring, said Dickson. I think it boils down to a couple is the fact that much more to do in have so girls high school than just track. And the other reason is that the school has LOOK FOR Central to keep up their tradition for the next couple of years, mainly because of the number of talented eighth and seventh graders that made up last DICKSON WOULD like to see of reasons. First years team. But, its been surprising in years past, said Dickson, Some of the years Ive thought we would be super, we didnt fare so well. Ive actually had better success with teams who didnt have a superstar, but would rather ave a bunch of girls who are a little better than average and who continually improve through the year. r T CDJH Girls Clinch District Track Tear Third Tor Championship programs. IVE SOMETIMES wondered myself why so much success at one school, said Dickson, who is the wife to Davis High coach, Jim Dickson. 1 may be wrong, but I' dont believe girls come out of elementary yearning for a chance len eight inches across and nearly black. It scared me to death. I think it shook up a lot of people, even her parents who hadnt missed one of Stephanies meets in three years. By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports LAYTON - The spring of 1984 produced a number of firsts for Central Junior Highs unbeatable girls track and field program. -- IT WAS tragic. After all of those years practicing and getting ready to run in the BYU meet, the ONE OF those firsts was Centrals accomplishment in winning the Davis County Junior High championship for the third straight year. Under the reigns of Debbie Dickson, the school had won two Mike Adams Claims Run - Mike to be the best of LAYTON Adams runners in the July 4th Layton Rotary Fun Run that was held at 8 a.m. on July 4. The course began in the Layton Commons Park near .the seminary buildings. It was up hill along Church Street and down hill on Fairfield. MIKES winning time was 23:46. Second place was taken by Lynn Vellinga. Phillip W. Wagner came in third followed by Mike Balliet, 4th and Joe'Tumer, 5th. THE WINNERS in each division are as follows: wheelchair, Robert Antonez; women, Mary , Mariam Beebe; Olson; Jean Patty Petersen; Braithwaite; Terry Cook; ll Cinda Washburn. Men proved 109 45-4- 9, 40-44- 50-5- 5, 30-3- 4, 25-2- 9, 20-2- 4, 56-Bi- Dale H. PerMueller; 50-5Brent Minnoch; 40-4kins; 40-4Phillip W. Wagner; 35-3Roger Anderson; 30-3Lynn Vellinga; 5, 4, 9, 9, 4, Joe Mike Adams; Turner; Randy P. Johnson and under 12, Chris Edwards. 20-2- 7, 16-1- 9, 12-1- 5, north end meet and the county championships, Stephanie was to it all. It going to say good-by- e really was enough to rip my heart out. straight her first two years here, but finally they posted their first triple. During the past three years, the only two girls to participate on all three championship teams were Stephanie Thurgood and Kim Naulder, both of whom should do well in track next year in high school. But Dickson recalls some spectacular turn of events even before and primarily after Thurgoods devastating injury. Spectacular in its own way that several medium talented girls rose to the occasion and did much better than anyone ever thought possible. EVEN WITHOUT Stephanie in there, for the first time in my eight years at Central, we had four girls qualify for the District championship in just one event, the 800 meters. I suppose they just made up their minds they could do it and that the team needed them in a special way. Elaine Call, Chaleh Yeates, Nanette Budge and Mary Hayes were the girls who qualified, and eventually at the district meet we had Call and Yeates finish and bring us home some points. It was sorta shocking to witness it. I would have never expected it, said Dickson. ONE OF Dickson's most upset- ting memories through the year was the story of Thurgoods rise and fall. As a seventh grader, Thurgood ran the 800 and placed third in the Davis championships. As an eighth grader she never was beaten and finished the year as the county champion. And finally into her ninth grade season, running both the 800 and mile, Stephanie was unbeaten again. BUT TRAGEDY struck in one of Central's final meets of the year against Farmington and Bountiful when Stephanie stepped on something on the track in the mile run and sprained her knee. Despite it she still finished second but told no one of the mishap. Then moments later in the 800 meters and just 50 yards from the finish line, Stephanies knee completely gave out and sent her sprawling to the ground. Having been the probable winner, she picked herself back up and literally crawled across the finish line. N You should have seen her knee, said Dickson. It was swol- - GIRL TRACKERS Two of Centrals outstanding girl trackers were sophomore Corrie Phelts and ninth grader, Stephanie Thurgood. Corrie won the schools outstanding track athlete award for the was the year by winning two events in district. Thurgood ninth grader who injured her knee in the dual against Farmfor ington which cost her a chance to sweep the 800 meters the second straight year. Thurgood, who will attend Clearfield High next year, lived through more pain of never being able to compete more than her physical pain. But her coach did say that she put off her knee operation until after the awards ceremony of which she desperately wanted to be a part of. As a team captain, she accepted the teams championship trophy and an hour later was in surgery. STEPHANIE probably was the hardest working track girl that I've ever coached and shell do real well in the future, said Dickson. An amazing finish posted in May came from Centrals talented seventh-grad- e sensation, Corrie Phelts. She eventually won the Outstanding Track Athlete Award for the school. ONE EXPERIENCE with Phelts made me realize as a coach that sometimes the things you say as a coach are more important that what you might think they are at the time. Corrie is a quick little runner and she had been having some real battles with North Davis Linda Zaugg in the 200 meters. In the north end county championships, Linda beat Corrie by just an eyelash. Going into the county championship, I bent over and told Corrie to think of that 200 meter race as her last race of the year and to relax like shed never done before. Of course, being a seventh grader she needed to hear that. WELL, ZAUGG took the early lead but the kids and I went ape as Corrie caught her in the end and won the championship. I had no idea she would take first, and break a record in the process. Afterwards I wandered up to Corrie and told her it was a super effort. Then she shocked me to tell me that she had thought of what I had said to her, that this was my last race of the year and 1 had nothing to lose. SOUNDS RIGHT The teacher was giving a lesson on the seasons. She asked, "Frankie, why does your father put up the storm windows in the fall and take them down in the spring? The main reason is that my mother keeps after him until he Hoes. |
