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Walton's last lap
by Outspoken on Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:58 am
Walton's last lap
Over 50 years, one Bangor coach, teacher motivated thousands of students
By Ryan McLaughlin
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
Bangor High School track and field coach Maynard Walton has touched thousands of lives over the years in the classroom and on the track.
When the Rams’ indoor track teams opened preseason practices last week, Walton reached a great milestone in his career: his 50th year in education.
He has taught lessons to Bangor native Gov. John Baldacci and guided such Rams track standouts as Adam Goode, Jennie Lucy, Casey Quaglia, Riley Masters and Emily Capehart.
“He’s a great guy. He got me into running. He’s a great coach,” said Masters, a former distance runner who now is one of the University of Maine’s top runners.
Walton, who taught at the elementary, junior high and high school levels for 42 years and has coached at Bangor for more than four decades, will retire from coaching at the end of this indoor track season.
Described by his peers and former athletes as classy and competitive, Walton began his career in 1958 when he took a student-teaching job for fifth grade in Bangor while pursuing his master’s degree at UMaine.
He then moved on to Union Street Junior High for 10 years before moving on up once again to Bangor High, where he taught U.S. history, current world problems, economics and philosophy among a variety of subjects.
“I taught them all,” said Walton, a 1955 graduate of Caribou High School, where he played basketball and ran cross country and outdoor track.
Walton taught Baldacci in a government class.
Walton’s coaching career started in 1966, when he took over Bangor’s cross country and outdoor track and field teams.
He started coaching indoor track in November 1984 and stopped coaching cross country and outdoor track in the late 1980s.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/94293.html
BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTOS BY JOHN CLAKE RUSS
Over 50 years, one Bangor coach, teacher motivated thousands of students
By Ryan McLaughlin
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
Bangor High School track and field coach Maynard Walton has touched thousands of lives over the years in the classroom and on the track.
When the Rams’ indoor track teams opened preseason practices last week, Walton reached a great milestone in his career: his 50th year in education.
He has taught lessons to Bangor native Gov. John Baldacci and guided such Rams track standouts as Adam Goode, Jennie Lucy, Casey Quaglia, Riley Masters and Emily Capehart.
“He’s a great guy. He got me into running. He’s a great coach,” said Masters, a former distance runner who now is one of the University of Maine’s top runners.
Walton, who taught at the elementary, junior high and high school levels for 42 years and has coached at Bangor for more than four decades, will retire from coaching at the end of this indoor track season.
Described by his peers and former athletes as classy and competitive, Walton began his career in 1958 when he took a student-teaching job for fifth grade in Bangor while pursuing his master’s degree at UMaine.
He then moved on to Union Street Junior High for 10 years before moving on up once again to Bangor High, where he taught U.S. history, current world problems, economics and philosophy among a variety of subjects.
“I taught them all,” said Walton, a 1955 graduate of Caribou High School, where he played basketball and ran cross country and outdoor track.
Walton taught Baldacci in a government class.
Walton’s coaching career started in 1966, when he took over Bangor’s cross country and outdoor track and field teams.
He started coaching indoor track in November 1984 and stopped coaching cross country and outdoor track in the late 1980s.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/94293.html
BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTOS BY JOHN CLAKE RUSS
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