Marina

Coach: Dick Degen (14th year).

1995: 5-2-1 dual-meet record; fourth in the Sunset League.

Key returners: Sonya Bryant, SP, DT, LJ, Sr.; Kara Connors, 200, 400, Sr.; Heather Cuthbertson, 800, 1,600, So.; Stephanie Heup, PV, So.; Katie Homewood, SP, DT, So.; Tomoko Nishioka, LJ, TJ, 100LH, Sr.; Susan Pettus, 100LH, 300IH, Sr.; Jennifer Wooton, 400, TJ, So.

Key newcomer: Heather Corson, HJ, Fr.

Outlook: Bryant has a wide range of talents in the field, which will help to carry the Vikings this spring. She threw 135 feet 8 inches in the discus and 41-5 in the shot put last season. Cuthbertson ran 5:09.1 for 1,600 meters last year and is the county’s second-leading returner in the event, behind only league foe Angie Winkler of Fountain Valley. Pettus ran 15.2 in the 100-meter low hurdles and 46.32 over the 300-meter intermediates as a junior. Nishioka is the sixth-best returner in the county in the long jump with a 17-3 personal best. Wooton will contribute to relays and join Nishioka in the triple jump. Corson and Cuthbertson will handle the high-jumping duties.