Best ever Track/Field Athletes from THESE high schools #2

[slowcat]

Related to Wichita, Jim Ryun and Archie San Romani jr, both went to Wichita East. As pointed out during their attendance , there were at least 5 public high schools in Wichita. I believe Bill Nieder went to high school in Lawrence and also played football for them.

[gh]

I would argue that Larry James is the wrong answer; he's not as significant as Craig Masback.

[dj]

Gig Harbor HS (WA) - Doris Brown

Good one! Correct for 8 points.

No extra points offered, but what was her last name from her days at Gig Harbor?

She's from good Scandaroovian (I think?) stock and went by the name Doris Severtson.

Most likely Scandinavian as her name was Severtsen. But I screwed up the high school, which was Peninsula HS in Gig Harbor, not GHHS.

[dj]

Roosevelt: Fortune Gordien, who (at least nominally) was a "coach" at my HS after his retirement
Auburn: Don Lash
Bear River: has to be L. Jay Silvester

Correct on all three, for 36 points!

[dj]

Auburn - Fred Wilt
Witchita - Bill Nieder
Madison - Gwen Torrence
Greenwood - Calvin Smith
Sikeston - George Woods

One correct: Sikeston (Mo) was where George Woods went to school. 14 points.

[dj]

I would argue that Larry James is the wrong answer; he's not as significant as Craig Masback.

Significant in the broader t&f sense, yes, but not strictly as an athlete.

[tandfman]

I would argue that Larry James is the wrong answer; he's not as significant as Craig Masback.

I knew he meant James, and we established earlier that reading dj's mind was part of the game. :-)

[Bruce Kritzler]

I would argue that Larry James is the wrong answer; he's not as significant as Craig Masback.

Milt Campbell?

[Bruce Kritzler]

Broad Street - Willye White
Greenwood -Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Caldwell - Edith Maguire
Lincoln - Eleanor Montgomery
Madison - Alice Coachman
Wichita - Martha Watson

[tandfman]

I would argue that Larry James is the wrong answer; he's not as significant as Craig Masback.

Milt Campbell?

Plainfield NJ, IIRC.

[dj]

Broad Street - Willye White
Greenwood -Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Caldwell - Edith Maguire
Lincoln - Eleanor Montgomery
Madison - Alice Coachman
Wichita - Martha Watson

Correct for Willye White (15 points) at Broad Street HS in Greenwood, MS, and for Alice Coachman (16) at Madison HS in Albany, GA.

[tc]

Initial submission to the Department of Wild Guesses:

Lincoln (Jersey City) - Andy Stanfield

[dj]

Initial submission to the Department of Wild Guesses:

Lincoln (Jersey City) - Andy Stanfield

Yes! (And why Charlie Mays was not the answer for this high school )

17 points, and back to the lead with a total of 53.

[tc]

Tapping into lonewolf's exceptional memory bank, is Wichita's Olympic decathlete Jim Bausch (sp?)?

[dj]

Tapping into lonewolf's exceptional memory bank, is Wichita's Olympic decathlete Jim Bausch (sp?)?

Wichita High--Jim Bausch! Yes, that's right. 18 points and 71 total. Not enough to clinch, but pretty solid. (Unless you want to give lonewolf half the points!)