Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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The Women's Varsity Swim Team, coached by Nadine Elwood-Miranda. completed its duel season undefeated anc captured the Empire League champion- ship. The team finished an exciting sea- son by defeating Kennedy on the last day of the season to win the league title. Varsity Swim EHS EHS ii 80 El Dorado loo .ua Katella gg 78 Kennedy 72, mi Lo-ara 71' xo6 Cypress p 62 125 Los Alamitos 48 1 -128 Pacifica 26 omen fish capture league title The team's Empire League record was 6- o-1 and their overall record was an im- pressive 6-3-1. The team was very well rounded in that it had an equal amount of representation from each class. I really didn't think we were going to win league, but we dit it, said senior Leslie Esftif. 2, A at-,i srciy ' jf FroshfSoph Swim . S . -ey... ,, El Dorado X forfeit Katella 3,0 Kennedy 37 Lnara T 40 Cypress 61 Los Alamitos 83 Pacifica 25 I .1 W,,..-1 r k Ricci. Because of the eight underclassmen who will return to swim next year, the team should continue to have success. With all of the sophomores on the team, the Aztecs should he powerful for the next couple of years, said Elwood-Miranda. 4-0433 1. Sophomore Heidi Arnold swims to help the team get needed points. This 2. Senior Liz Sowell gasps for air during a race. Sowell is one of only five is Arnold's second year on the swim team and she is one of the underclassmen seniors on the team, the others, all juniors and sophomores, will return next returning next year to attempt to capture a second Empire League championa season ship. 88 - women's swimming

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W... Q 'K L fe ff- - , ,- b ' r a .. -W W an at 'law' 'L' ' N245 I .1-I. . .. ,J , . Q I f ff l s ,iQ k di.. All swimmers qualify for CIF playoffs Every single member of the swim team qualified for the CIF playoffs, but all were disqualified in the first round. Facing harder competition and more experienced swimmers than in past years the men's swim team did little more than capture an Empire League fourth place. Several injuries also stopped the team from making a better show- ing in the CIF playoffs. Senior Trent Pettijohn was bothered by a badly sprained ankle and didn't do as well as was hoped. Coached by first year walk-on coach Doug Kimberly who replaced former swim coach Bob Gaviglio the team, according to Kimberly, did set individual goals. Even though the boys didn't place in CIF I feel that all of them reached their goals, said Kimberly. .. 'f f 4 brig? . .E ,Q I of - . A K ji qv. xf . 1. junior Bill Vonzabern excels in the breast stroke event. The swim team took an Empire League fourth place. 2. Ken I-lullett warms up before a meet. He is one of the few freshmen on . ' I 'iii i E the team. 3. Sophomore Paul Shandrew participates in the free style event. He, with other . members of the team, qualified for CIF playoffs. men's swimming - 87 . . 1. .ee . , 3

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Leslie Ricci celebrates after breaking the one barrier on the last day of the season. s'1i - -Pi. I F I i r Sophomore Brenda Blumhagen smiles as she warms up. Blumhagen is one of the swimmers credited with the team's great league success. 2. rsity Swim Team - front, B. Blumhagen, Bourke, t, H. nol M. Miscione, ' ' am, lVl. Clark, T. Cristy. Row 2, P. uttierez, K. Dinwiddie, L, Sowell, L. Ricci, K. Vanwechel, Q, Coyle, . Williamson, D. Roarke, C. Rasmussen, S. Neal. 3. FroshfSoph Swim eam - L. Martin t, H. Arnold, S. Wells, Averna, S. Jigon, D. Weiman, S. Hullet, T. Cristy, E. Smith. A . - YET., , ,,,Lk . 4 L it W . 1 1:'..- - 1 Q, Ricci breaks minute record Senior Leslie Ricci, as she led the Wom- en's Varsity Swim Team to an Empire League Championship, did the near im- possible. In the final meet against Kenne- dy Ricci broke her personal best time in the loo freestyle event and broke the one minute barrier, something she had never done in all her seventeen years. Ricci was seeded second in the Empire League loo freestyle which is her best event. She was seeded fifth in the back- stroke. She has been on the varsity team for the past four years. Prior to that Ricci swam with an AAU team for two years. She hopes to continue swimming with the AAU team but will not swim in college. She will attend Cal State Fullerton in the fall, the Titans do not have a swim team. 'L' . K 'V 'I' Q re.. ., ig I LY 2 3 women's swimming - 89