Marcos De Niza High School - Libro de Oro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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148 ' Sports Top left: Boys' swimming coach jim Weed finished his season with a 7-1 record. Top right: Mike Kofka. concentrates during his approach in the City Meet. Above left: Chris Kiefer, Keith McNulty, Rob Blohm, and Robert Behrens are all smiles as they receive medals for their victory in the relay during the City Meet. Above: Tom Davis shows his grace while per ' forming a front dive in the dual meet against Dob son. Left: Lisa Mancuso leads the heat in the breast stroke during the dual meet with Cactus.

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Girls' Cross Country Opp Opp MDN Mountain View 33 22 Cactus 15 40 Mesa 17 44 Gilbert Invitational 12th out of 20. Gilbert 32 25 Dodson 15 48 McClintock 19 36 Arcadia 20 35 Tempe City Meet 3rd Place Paradise Valley 41 19 Mesa 23 57 Central Division meet, 9th place. Boys' Varsity and junior Varsity Cross Country Opp Opp MDN Mountain View 17 46 j.V. 43 Cactus 15 j.V. 18 Mesa 37 j.V. 22 Gilbert 28 j.V. 15 Dobson 40 j.V. 21 McClintock 19 j.V. 15 Arcadia 43 j.V. 33 City Meet 1st place j.V. 1st place Freshmen City Champions Paradise Valley 15 j.V. 15 Cross Country Strides for Dedication is the key to success, said Coach john Dutton. The attitude of the en- tire cross country team reflected this idea, as they pushed themselves on to victory. During the summer, members of both the boys' and girls' teams trained by lifting weights and running distance. During the season when regular practices began, run- ners were required to attend morning and afternoon runs. The boys' teams, both varsity and junior varsity, were coached by Dutton. The final meet left the varsity team 7-4, and the j.V. 9-2. The highlight of the season was win- ning the City Championship on three lev- els- Varsity, j.V. and Freshman. Top runners included Burt Perrine, Steve Quintero, Brett Hofmann, Mike Chalmers, Eckart Pape, and Karl Winkleman, all who received All-City honors. Varsity team captain Brett Excellence Hofmann commented, Being on cross country was like being a member of a close family. All year long we competed with top schools, and in the end, proved our strength as a team. The girls' team, coached by Pete Pond, finished the season with a record of 5-5, the best record ever for a Marcos girls' cross country team. Top runners were Kim jack- son, Heidi Curtis, Amy Brock, Michelle Hill- man, Sam Thomas, Lori Lagro and Lisa Davis. Although the season was competitive, run- ners such as jackson and Curtis propelled Marcos into the spotlight. Although eleven seniors graduated, next year's team will also be full of depth. Re- turning juniors Burt Perrine and Karl Wink- leman, Sophomores Kevin Ferguson and Rob Ferguson, and Freshman john Garcia will be back and ready to perform. ' HAH ff M 'M fam. Left, L-R: Kim jackson, Amy Brock, Coach Pond, Michelle Hillman, Samantha Thomas. Not Pic- tured: Lori Lagro, jenny Dare, Heidi Curtis. Above: David Seburn strides to keep a lead. Sports ' 147

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. ., . ::'f:2s:51.E' ' ' Swimmers and Divers spring to victory The divers had an outstanding sea- son. Senior diver, Tom Davis, did ex- tremely well, he made it to state, and, although it was not his best perfor- mance, he placed eighth. Davis said, I thought the season went by too fast. The competition was pretty good, and maybe it will get harder. That would be good, because I do better against someone who is just as good or better than me. Maybe someday Mike and I will have a good future in diving. Mike Kofka, also a senior, performed excep- tionally well. He achieved his goal of breaking the school record by scoring a 253. This score also set a new city meet record and ranked him second in the state. About his achievements Kofka stated, For me, the season seemed to go by a little too quickly, and as a sen- ior, I wish it could've lasted longer. I was happy with the fact that I set my goals and accomplished them. 1 Weed and Phyllis Jones, had a more than satisfactory year. The boys' season ended with a 7-'I record. Keith McNulty, Chip Grimm, Pat Patterson, Robert Forst, Chris Keifer, and divers Tom Davis and Mike Kofka were the most outstanding boy swimmers. Kieth McNulty stated, Adjusting to a new coach is always hard, but I think we did pretty well this year. The girls ended up with a 4-4 record. The most outstanding girl swimmers were Lisa Mancuso, Linda Walters, Ari Stern, Leina Tani, Lindy Gorishek, and diver Dawn West. Lisa Mancuso fin- ished second in the state in the breast- stroke, when asked how she felt about her accomplishments, she stated, It was my best year ever in swimming. My times finally came down. I was happy with my performance at the state meet. It felt great to go for it andget it after all these years of training. . .K 3. -c W xt Top left: Mike Kofka executes an almost perfect reverse dive in pike position. Above: ROW 41: L. Gorishek, K. Arredondo, A. Stern, B. Alben, C. Behrens, I. Downing, L, Tani. ROW 912: L. Walter, C. Golightly, R. Behrens, N. McAvoy, C. Grimm, l. Coltman, I. Davis, I. McVey. ROW 1753: Coach P. Innes, L. Mancuso, l, Marshall, R. Forst, A. Cohen, K. McNulty, I. Barnett, F. Longaker, K. lorgenson, K. Grimm, Coach I. Weed. ROW 414: B. Mayfield, M. Watson, T. Aickin, R. Blohm, P. Patterson, B. Randle, M. Wehr, E. Peterson. Left: jennifer McVey concentrates before competing in the backstroke. Sports 149