Arlington High School - Simba Kali Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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■ FINISHING THE RACE, Mike John- son strives to make his best time. Because there were so many new members, coaches were concerned with improving personal records. ■ DEMONSTRATING CORRECT MOVEMENTS, Coach Duff Wiley gives the runners tips on the style of running. Mr. Wiley became a head coach this season. Chnstal Mozer TRACK Front row; Rikki Ehrhart, Tressa Golden. Shari Backstrom. Suzie Genovese, Teresa Corbitt. Razette Ruff, Cherise Damper. Dana Stickley. Coach D. Wiley. Katina Alligood, Tracey Martin. Julie Rinewalt. David Haffter, Shawn Siedel. Lyie McCullom, and Joe Beltran: Second row: Coach Mike Oravets, Ian Appleford. Andy Grenier, Mike Johnson. Jun ior Cordova. Ross Nussbaum, Greg Shields, John Martinez. David Howell, Greg Nell, Allan Poe. Pat Pagan, and Coach Dick Diamond: Back row: Jeff Acosta, Alex Bohanek, Samphou Kayachitch. Danny Miramontez. David Young, Jim Valles, Jeremy Runyan, Scott Grenier, Mike Sylvia, Jose Montoya. Kenny Sommer, Pablo Sanchez. Jeff Guiton. and Jim Murphy. ' SPORTS

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Laps of Oiscipum Swimming was a challenging sport. However, not everyone realized that fact. ' IT pi ' ' Mike Roberts Look in the water! It ' s a fish, it ' s a porpoise, no it ' s SUPERSWIMMER!! Practicing almost three hours a day, the swinnming team fought a never-ending battle against time, fatigue, and leaky goggles. Many students on campus considered swimming the easy sport ; the sport that anyone could go out for and get a letter. Not so; swim- ming was a challenging sport that took practice and a great deal of effort. As Coach Bill Grisham always said to his swimmers, If anyone ever harasses you about being a swimmer, just ask him to come out to the pool so you can race him. The swim team has been solid for several years. Girls varsity won Ivy League in 1985 and 1986, and placed in the top three again this year. The boys varsity has held its own by winning al- most as many meets as they lost. We aren ' t the supers- wimmers in the league, commented Eve Larson, but we definitely get the job done. Eve, along with the other yell leaders, Mary Vikupitz, Christina Edivan, Joe Filllppelli, and Mike Rob- erts, made sure that the Lions were number one in spirit. Spirit gave us a great psychological advantage at our close meets, evaluated assistant Coach Danny Mill- er. We made the other team know we were going to beat them. The superswimmers of Ar- lington did a great job. The Arlington swim team was something for the school to have pride in, concluded Karen Madokoro. Ki5»U!»H)f! i » ■ WAITING FOR THE GUN, Joe Fil- llppelli. Jeff Lockhart, and Colton ri- vals prepare for the start of ttie 100 freestyle. The moments just before a race were the most intense. ■ TAKING THE PLUNGE. Arlington varsity girls compete against Colton in the 200 I.M. The I.M. race includ- ed all four strokes: butterfly, back- stroke, breastroke, and freestyle. SWIMMING ■y

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Consequences of Weather The rain delayed practices and can- celled the first meet Despite these fac- tors, the team ' s spirit wasn ' t dam- pened. Drip, drop, rain, rain, rain. It came down, not in tor- rents, but in a steady, cold wet that kept the practices at a stand still. At the first practice, three days into the season, it was cold, really cold, and then the wind whipped up, and the drizzle stopped. Some runners were out in only shorts and a t-shirt, but the others were thankful that they had re- membered their sweats. I was cold, but we needed to have at least one practice, even if it was sprinkling a lit- tle, exclaimed Jamie North. Even missing the first meet wasn ' t devastating. Head coach. Duff Wiley com- mented, Missing the first meet against Poly really didn ' t hurt us. Actually, it helped us, because it was like we had an extra week of practice to see who could run in what event and be- sides, I think our runners were better prepared for the next meet, which was against Palm Springs. The rain didn ' t bother me, I ' d run the track no mat- ter what. I really enjoy it; it ' s my life! expressed Xavier Miranda. The weather may have had an affect on the prac- tices, but the true track members still continued to be faithful to the team. I continued to coach track, because I like to pass on the things I ' ve learned to the members, and I enjoy work- ing with them. concluded Coach Mike Oravets. by Chnstal Mozer ■ | |H - ju r WE FAcn - GUYS VAR. GIRLS VAR. Palm Springs 26 106 28 84 Ramona 78 54 48 74 Corona 54 82 2 125 Perns Hennet 32 104 9 112 Norco 65 71 14 108 North 50 86 19 108 Norte Vista 83 53 45 72 lll l l ■ GIVING THE HANDOFF. Jay May- berry sticks Jim Murphy. Both Jay and Jim played varsity football, as well as being involved in other after school activities. GUYS GIRLS TRACK 109 i