James Madison Memorial High School - Olympian Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Sievert and Wencel Madison Memorial's two All-Staters, Bruce Wencel and Todd Sievert, put the icing on the cake as the Co- Most Valuable Swimmers' and Captains' led the Spartans to one of their best seasons ever. Sievert was not only a double State Champion with records in the 200 Individual Medley 11:59:11 and 100 Breast Stroke 11:01:43 but also Memorial's first High School All-American in both events. Wencel was the State Champion in the 100 yard Butterfly 153:31 which was the second fastest time ever recorded in the State of Wisconsin. Head Coach Gary Kopeen was ecstatic over the achievements of this squad and noted the effort and accomplishments ofhis best State Meet Swimmer's - Andy B.L.A. Hong, 4th Place 100 114 Backstroke, Andy Graf, 6th Place 100 Butterfly, llth Place Diving and Scott Morledge, Most Improved Swim- mer, Tom Picone, Andy Hong and Bruce Wencel, 2nd Place 400 Yard Freestyle Relay to add three more All- State Swimmers to the Spartan contigent. Coach Kollpinn felt the Spartans had an All around excellent season, and along with this reporter, agreed that the season highlight was their third place finish at State and Sievert's All- American selection. Tom Kopp and Gary Frank led the Freshmen Squad through a respectable season as they were chosen Most Valuable Swimmer and Most Improved Swimmers respectively.

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Troller Stars as Spartan Tumblers Advance 1 The 1973-74 Varsity Boys' Gymnastics Team. QL-RJ TOP ROW: Coach Hum- The 1973-74 Freshman Boys' Gymnastics Team. QL-RJ TOP ROW: Glenn Ramos, Dave Mahoney, .lim Henning, Pete Hos- -- 4 lett, Coach Tom Toftey. ROW TWO: Scott Clark, Dave Stone, Mike Koepke, Lance Hendrickson, Rich Stafford. Not Pic- tured: Bob Walters. phrey, Mark Crawford, Kim Goller', Tim Theissoni Kevin Adams , Jim Boul- lion, Tom Troller , Brian Braderi. ROW TWO: Scott Weber K, Ron Stauffer, Martin Bilke Rand Stafford' Scott Katz' Kent Contrucci. ROW THREE: Y, Y , . John Morrison ', Craig Macho? 1 -- Denotes letter winners. Memorial's Spartan Gymnastics Team, led by Scott Katz, Brian Brader, and Tom Troller, rallied from what appeared to be a defeat and came through to edge Whitefish Bay, 87.95 to 85.48. This final meet vic- tory raised the squad's dual meet record to 5-4, yielding a winning season and putting them on the right side of the ledger for the first time in three seasons. Unforutnately, the successful Spartans will lose 4 gymnasts to graduation. They are outstanding All-Around performer Tom Troller, 3- year letterman chosen Captain and Most Valuable Team Member, Par- allel Bar specialist and vaulter Kim Goller who was voted Most Im- proved Gymnast, and Scott Weber and Kevin Adams, free-exercise and High-Bar specialists respectively. Filling these vacancies for next year's 116 P 1 nl squad will Juniors Tim Theissen and Brian Brader, 2-year letterwinners and candidates for the all-around position, and sophomore lettermen Scott Katz, Randy Stafford, and .lohn Morrison, all adding a strong competitive edge for the hopeful Spartans' next season. The Freshman Squad, under Head Coach Tom Toftey, broke even this year with a 3-3 finish. The crew set two new school records as a 6.50 vaulting score was set by Dave Stone and as Mike Koepke holds the free-ex laurel with a 5,70 . Highest team score was 60.80 against East, and the Spartans placed 3rd in the City Meet. Most Valuable Gymnast honors went to Dave Stone and Rich Stafford, and Glenn Ramos and Mike Koepke were chosen Most Improved Gymnasts.