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•: By TOM B ARTOL;; V:' Sports Writer' .pt • .• . . • 2' * * * • • * • • * • • •Cecil Hurley figures il will take, her awhile to; learn the business. ; : ' -V• She's the brand new coach for a brand new sport - girls track-at Casa Grande High. Huriey and her girls open their • season Wednesday afternoon at Cougar Stadium - with an AAA Central Division dual meet against; Scottsdale Chaparral. j;iv: ...... -it should bC quite an experienct\-r lor Hurley apd the team.Fdi’ HMrley; the track position is a. first-time coaching job. On top of that; the sport; is a firet-time experience for theThe combination.can lead to some odd situations.For instante^ at practice: Monday afternoon, Hurley ;commanded die troops to run 440s. “Wbat’sa 440? one girlHurley explained tbThe unknowing runner that a 440 was once arpund the quarter-mile track — as fast as she couldrun. ••••”:- ' .-• ' •' .Hurley.isn’t1 totally in the.dark She's getting expert help from, boys’ track coaches Manuel Quintanar and Denny r Robinson: “Won't know what 1 would do without the help of ' . those two guys/' she said, Their help has. been the deciding' point between me getting lost dr not in this program. •.,•..Hurley is new to just about all: aspects of the coaching profusion f- including the traditional pre-season interview with reporters, .. • '; :■ .. ••• ,••'•.•':. ••1 couldn’t sleep all last night, she said. ‘‘I stayed awakeall last night thinking about what I was going to say. to the •. newspaper’ •' ,. ...In the background, Quintanar and Robinson— old hands at. this sort of thing r- laughed. .Despite the lack of sleep.,/ Hurtey was ready with a fewchoice comments.‘A?i the girls in the Valley {girls’ track is a new. program in.;' the Ceritrail pivision) should be in the same boat that we arehere at Casa Grande concerning girls’ track, Hurley said. ‘'The only difference would b€ if some of their girls competed on ah AAU ( Amateur Athletic Union) team,” ; . : ;Hurley is unsure how her own charges will perform: the first time out,-but she figures on having Some good distance runners in Yolanda Garcia, Becky Schweitzer. IreneVillareali Cindy Krause and Carol Stone.Yolanda is a real standout on the team,” Hurley said. “I am expecting her to win a lot this year, She will run the 880. . and mile, v: “Like I keep saying,*; Hurley kept saying! “I don’t know . what kind of a team we are going to have until Wednesday.We could be weak or strong compared to what the otherteams have.: Hurley listed Kathy Burke and Karen Ca vis for field events. They are freshmen competing in the discus and shot.■'put.. •'• • . .“We /have some very strong girls on the team for the . weights',’-’ Hurley said, Cook (Curtis, boys’ coach) is working with, them at this time because of his knowledge of. the weight program: It’s been a big help.” .Mehdy Franks, Donna Pittman; Stacey Nichols and Carmen Garcia are listed in the sprints.We took some of the girls to Tucson (Arizona invitational ; meet) and they didn’t look.too bad in the races, Hurleycommented.“We really couldn’t tell with the times oranything because the girls were running against college. girls.*'. , . \ . . ...Kris Van Hazel, Denise Stalter, and Marcia Garcia are running hurdles. Van Hazel, Ruthell King, Sharon Pineset. Luella Atkinson, Kathy Johnson and Franks are competingin the long jumpi . , .. Other girls on the squad are Bobbie Cook, Sherrie' Phillips,Robin Silguero and Thelma Mayes. :• •' .We haveout: for the team, Hurley said. There'isn't one senior on the team so. we. may be building this year. We don't know how strong or weak we are going to be.”
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Casa Grande Dispatch
Casa Grande, Arizona, US
Tue, Mar 01, 1977
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