Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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mmaPAiiuim ' L TRODOLINC IN THE WATER - Sopho- nore Marcel Carlier performs his modern in- erpretation of a fountain. Fioik oplt CoumiU to ' iu um t ' s a gorgeous Saturday afternoon and the beach sounds very tempting. Who wouldn ' t enjoy splashing in the water at the beach with friends? But for Frosh Soph swimmers, swimming isn ' t taken so lightly, and there ' s more to the sport than just frolicking under the rays to get a good tan. Competition, hard work, unity, and responsibility all come with the territory. Head Coach Don Cholodenko said, I ' m always pushing the guys harder to achieve our goals — to succeed. But to accomplish this, they need commitment and responsibility because that ' s what swimming is all about. With such commitment comes a lot of hard work and practicing. The team practiced five days a week for two hours each day at the Saddleback College pool. After all, everyone always wants to be the fastest. Swimmer John Brand said, Our con- ditioning can be very strenuous. To be the best, we do laps, laps, and more laps. That ' s the way swimming is: no laps, no winning. And winning is what Capo swimming is about. Freshman Trevor Ro- din said, We want championships all around. Cholo wants us to succeed. But we always feel successful enough in swimming because you feel an accom- plishment about yourself. Such feelings come not just from beat- ing others but from beating the clock, too. Swimmer Alex Lesser said, Swim- ming is always a race against the clock. It ' s discouraging when you think you have a good time and then you finish and look at the clock and it was really bad. But bad times aren ' t common for these wet cougars, and as long as they keep Improving, there ' ll be nothing but good times ahead. 1 t 9 t? % BOYS FROSH SOPH-JV SWIMMING — Top row: Coach John Cipe, Rick Karsten, Steve Hinton, Stod Buckley, Dan Hancock, Jeff Maxfield, Trevor Meyer, Kevin Eggert, Erick Karsten. Middle row: John Brand, Trevor Rodin, Marcel Carlier, Keiichiro Koyama, Matt Sauer. Front row: Peter Kiehl, Bobby Snyder, Alex Lesser, Ryan Romeike, Jared Nelson. SWIMMING SWIMMING S imMING Boys Frosh Soph-JV Swimming 159

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■ SWIMMING WITH A FREESTYLE GRACE — Sophomore Dan Hancock takes his swim- ming stride stroke by stroke. ▼ OH WHAT A FEELING! - Coach John Cipe breaks with a diet Coke during swimming practice. The swimming team practiced two hours a day, five days a week. ▲ FLAPPING HIS WINGS — Freshman Bob ► CRYING FOR HELP — Freshman Peter ' -, Snyder maintains the butterfly with perfect Kiehl expresses anguish as he does the back- ease, stroke in the water. SWIMMING SWIMMING SWIMMINC 158 Boys Frosh Soph-JV Swimming

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i .. - - If ▲ NEAR MISS — Junior Tyson )acobsen nar- rowly misses at 137 in the pole vault compe- tition against the Diablos. VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD - Top row: Be While, Keith Hughes, Andy Bosma. Fourth r Boice, Joey Liu, Dan StilL Third ro Boylan, Ray Raparelli, Miguel Jardi Scanlan, Jeff Cross, Mike Li Rocchi, I Dorn hn, Paul Shah Chapman, Toney Jenkins, Brian Lopes, Joe Stefan Fisher, MatI Smith, Matt Banis, Jeff ' ger Henry, Adam Santerre, Andy Marcus Jenkins. Second row: Sean Douglas, Chris Porter, Tyson Jacobsen, Paul Ipek. Front row: Jason Messina, Carlyie Holt, John Allen, Charles juan Gutie VARSITY TRACK FIELD VARSIT 160 Boys Varsity Track Field