SPC Champion!
Gynna Harlin
Spring 2013
Clinton Harlin ’14 SPC Championship winnning vault at 14 feet.
Track and Field
By Savannah Norman ’16 In the beginning of the spring sports season, Coach Mark Brady set two goals for the varsity track team: to surprise the competition and, most importantly, to have fun. Throughout the season, and particularly the weekend of SPC, the varsity track team exceeded these goals. Both the boys’ and the girls’ track teams placed in the top eight out of the 18 schools competing in the Southwest Preparatory Conference. Clinton Harlin ’14 was crowned SPC Champion in the boys’ pole vault. Several FWCD records were broken and re-broken, including the boys’ triple jump by Brandon Evans ’16. The Falcons competed in all relays offered at SPC in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions, including the 4x1, 4x4 and 4x8, where all teams qualified for the finals except for the boys’ 4x1. The varsity track team not only set out to achieve Coach Brady’s goals, but also aimed to achieve their own personal goals. In the heat of the competition, personal records in the 300 hurdles, 100 meters and 800 meters were broken, further adding to the success of the weekend. Coach Brady plans to develop the prominence of the track program in the SPC over the course of several years, but will never lose sight of the two goals that truly got the track team up and running in the 2013 season.
Girls’ Tennis
By Hannah Kelly ’14
This tennis season was full of improvement. The team was enthusiastic and worked hard, but lost several counter matches in a row at the beginning of the season. Despite a few disappointments, the team was able to stay positive, practice persistently and win the Division II title. I would say the highlight of the season was beating the two Oklahoma Seniors Fallon Appleton and Elizabeth Pruitt schools, Casady and Holland Hall, at SPC after losing to each of them earlier in the season. Continued on page 2
Keely Appleton
The girls’ tennis team won the SPC Division II Tournament. The team opened up play beating St. Mary’s Hall of San Antonio 4-1 followed by a win over Holland Hall of Tulsa 4-1 in the semifinals. In the championship match, the team beat Oklahoma City Casady 4-1 to take the title.