Reseda Cross Country, 10th Grade Team, Fall 1974

I think this is at a non-league meet at Legg Lake in Whittier Narrows.
left to right: Eric Zucker, Scott Lance Messner, John Lammerding, Darrell Brown, Tom Whelpley, Daniel Shudo, Marcos Martinez.   Some of us look nervous.  The course was foreign to us, it was the first time we ran there.  Hey, most of us were 15 years old.

photo courtesy of Marcos Martinez

Eric Sokoloff plus 30 years, 8 months, and…..

Had a nice chat with our classmate Eric Sokoloff. Last time I saw him was in 1977. I met Eric in 10th grade on the cross country team. He keeps in great shape by riding his bicycle and motorcycles. Eric lives and works in socal.
Eric Sokoloff, Daniel Shudo in Los Angeles, 2/28/08. Photo by Mark Zucker.


Fall 1974, 10th grade cross country team. 3rd place West Valley League. We had a great coach, Paul Arneson.
Shudo, Brown, Messner, Grahek, Zucker, Jackson, and Whelpley attended the 30th reunion.

“The Way We Were”, Sophomores Fall 1974

10th Grade Cross Country Team, coached by Paul Arneson.
Workouts included: Running to the Encino water tower, do uphill sprints, and run back to Reseda. Run to Pierce College, work out on the cross country course (puke and hernia hills), then run back to Reseda. Running around the ducks and the pond at Reseda Park. Run to Balboa Park, around both golf courses and back to Reseda. We probably did all this during a first stage smog alert. “We do not breath what we cannot see”.

Left to Right: Marcos Martinez, Eric Zucker, Daniel Shudo, Darrell Brown, John Lammerding, Scott Lance Messner.
Thank you for the photo Marcos Martinez.