El Dorado High School - El Dorado Yearbook (Placentia, CA)

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The frosh soph girls swim team, E. Demaggio., M, Cusick. D. McBride. L. Coronel. J. Sadoski. E. Evanshine. S. Gamel. J. Vesper. J. Wilhemi. K. Sobieski. M. Shanks. S. Orr, ks Passafiume. E. Gandin. K. Powers, S. Hcalhershaw. S. Sullerfield Young Fish Come On Strong The girls frosh soph swim team had another successful season. The team was the biggest ever, with 25 swimmers. According to freshman Elisabeth Evanshine Because we have a lot of swimmers we have a lot of depth, so we fill all the races. With this depth comes some standout swimmers. These swimmers include. Michele Burgess. Michele Shanks. Elisabeth Evanshine and Shannon Heathershaw. They hac ' a perfect record in league. Their toughest competition came from Los Alamitos but the girls pulled it out in the end. The teams coach was Mr. Bowman, who was given nothing but high compliments by his swimmers. According to Elizabeth DeMaggio He ' s cool. Sophomore Sherri Orr agrees. He tries to make us think he ' s mean but he ' s really not. he ' s one of the best. For most of the girls this was their first experience with school athletics. It gives me a chance to be with my friends and its good exercise, stated Elizabeth DeMaggio. Sherri Orr says she swims because It gives me the satis- faction of winning races. and Elisabeth Evanshine swims because Its good discipline and you really feel good about yourself. Sctically swimming all alone. Shannon Heathershaw knows w eels like to be annon Heathershaw concentrates on her backstroke form during a race. Passafiume glances over to the nt see where her competition is. Girls Frosh Soph Swimming 249 i.

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The Tho Frosh, Soph learn cruised through the league teams one after another. With the exception of Los Alamitos. El Dorado defeated it ' s opponents by an average of 89 points. Our toughest meet was against Los Alamitos, which was for the league championship commented sophomore Bob Williams. Sounds of splashing water and tired guys breathing hard can be heard before and after school. The re- wards in the end were worth every minute of the work. stated sophomore Mark Palmer. Having coaches who were able to blend hard work with some fun created a good atmosphere for the team, stated Steve Froning. Before every meet Mr. Bowman was there giving us inspiration to go out and try our hardest. If we won the race that was great, but he was also striving for im- provement, said Devon Ames. Second year coach John Bowman led the team to it ' s second straight league title. He also taught there is more to swimming than just winning. 4Mili :-v- This year ' s Frosh Soph swim team from bottom L to Ri B, Dolnick. A. Thompson. J. Pellagrino. K. Teadway, J. Blokzyl (middle) C. Bachand. M. Cole. R. Jain. S. Cooper. B. Williams (top) S. Johnson, T. Crisp. T. Nteso. S. Goff, D. Ames. S. Funge, M. Palmer. S. Connelly. K. Poutney. J. Bell, F. Hand. Stan, Steve Froning, lis way to victory Pulling his w sthrough the water, Sean Connelly, exhibits his determination . ' 248 Boys Frosh Soph Swimm

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Girls Varsity Swimming Lacking experience, the girls ' varsity swim team had it tough this year but managed to place second in league. We had three people in every race, but most of the swimmers experienced their first competition on the varsity level, stated sophomore Jill Mykkanen. During the season, they had the maxi- mum number fo swimmers in each race. We had our share of first places in meets, but most of the time we had more people in each race which helped score us ahead of most of our opponents, stated sophomore Patti Nixon. Finishing second in league behind power- house Los Alamitos and sixth out of 20 teams, in the reputable Foothill Invita- tional gives these swimmers plenty to be proud of. ' 0 % Tori Tomazic not only swims breaststroke, but also displays her technic and talent in the backstroke. Relieved after finishing the 500 yard freestyle. Kim Ressler. looks for the coaches approval. 250 Girls Varsity Swimming