Decatur Central High School - Hawkeye Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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A Stroke of Luck for D.C With a combination of kicking and pulling, the 86 swim team swam to a good finish. The team had three returning letterwomen, where they next year team will have ten returning letterwomen. Leading the way in one of the stronger events for the team was Sophomore Michelle Williams in the distance freestyle. Sophomores Heather Berwick, Kim Owens, and Julie Westly also contributed to the team ' s success. Junior Maria Barber, proved her experience. Div- ing was strong with the help of Toni Eads and Alicia Fernandez. The swim team this year was a young team consisiting of mainly Sophomores and Freshmen. Everybody will be back for next years team. Most valuable was given to Michelle Williams and citizenship was awarded to Julie Westly. Coach Brenda Flynn said, The girls who finished the season were a hard working dedicated group of swimmers. Swimming is a sport that requires hard work and dedication because they begin practicing in August and their season doesn ' t end until November. Sophomore Michelle Williams stated, It ' s a lot of hard work, but I still love it. Girls Swimming D.C. Opp 51 Ben Davis 121 133 Franklin 78 133 Roncalli 73 105 Speedway 63 44 Pike 128 115 Indian Creek 48 78 Beech Grove 93 101 Lebanon 70 7 CSAC 8 61 Greenfield Central 111 108 Tech 62 66.5 Franklin Community 103.5 85 Lawrence Central 81 9 Marion County 13 80 Center Grove 92 56 Plainfield 113 59 Perry Meridian 112 57 Warren Central 115 5 Sectionals 10 Sophomore Michelle Williams competes in a freestyle event. Michelle competed in the 200 and 800 meter distance freestyle events. Row 1 — Toni Eads, Julie Westly. Row 2 — Melanie Crump, Coach Beth Jordon, Coach Brenda Flynn, Jeri Park, Debbie Smiley. Row 3 — Melissa Goff, Kari Waldrup, Michelle Williams, Kim Owens, Heather Berwick, Maria Barber. Row 4 — Valerie Tridle, Alicia Fernandez, Angie McCarter, Amy Branham, Marya Miller. 78 Girls Swimming

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Racing to the Top! The Decatur Central Cross Coun- try teams raced to the top and all finished their season very respectably. Mens Varsity ended its season with a record of 6-3. Junior Scott Purdue lead the Hawks as he cap- tured such titles as All-Conference, All Sectional, and Most Valuable Runner. Senior David Mynatt was awarded the Citizenship Award. The Mens Reserve team did very impressively as they won C.S.A.C, Reserve Invitational, and the Golden Spike, with a season record of 7-2. Girls Varsity team went out with a winning attitude and ranked as highly as 16 in the state and was never beaten by a unranked team. They won the Brownsburg Invita- tional and were runners-up at Ben Davis Invitational, C.S.A.C. and Golden Spike. Sophomore Amy Kuroiwa was named to the All- Conference, All-County, All- C.S.A.C. teams and was also nam- ed Most Valuable Runner. Sophomore Letta Neely was also AII-C.S.A.C. All-Conference and was awarded the Citizenship Award. Sophomore Kris Thomas participates in Dne of the fall meets. Sophomores played an important role on the Cross Country team. Men ' s Varsity Cross Country D.C. Opp 25 Cascade 32 46 Perry Meridian 17 32 Center Grove 24 44 Ben Davis 19 24 Plainfield 46 24 Speedway 73 23 Brownsburg 55 23 Franklin 61 23 Brebeuf 113 10th Warren Cent H-K Inv. 21 2nd Pike H-K 12 8th Ben Davis Inv. 14 4th Golden Spike Inv. 10 11th Southport Inv. 13 6th Marion County 14 3rd CSAC 8 3rd Sectionals 12 5th Regionals 10 Cross Country Row 1 — Jon Marbach, Chris Tetrick, Scott Thompson, Manager Paula Raines. Row 2 — Jerry Ahern, Coach Ted Fisher, David Mynatt, Jim Yates, Bob Guerra, Lonnie Bullins, Leroy Williams, Scott Purdue, Coach Dorthy Dillon, Sean Ridge. Cross Country 77

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Aquahawks Have Bright Future Even though the Aquahawks had an unsuccessful season, they are a young team and have a lot to look forward to. Senior Sam Hammons and Sophomore Tom Avery seemed to attract a lot of fame as they competed as divers. Sam Ham- mons won county for the first DC diving championship since 1975. Tom Avery also did well in the 50- yard Freestyle. Several Juniors who put forth good performances were Scott Pur- due, in the 200-and 500-yard Freestyle; Tony Jenson in the 100- yard Butterfly, and Jeff Wycoff in the 200-and 500-yard Freestyle, 100 Individual Medley, and the 100-yard Backstroke. Sophomore Ricky England demonstrated en- durance as he competed in the 200 I.M. and 500 Freestyle. Fighting for the record in Breastroke were Shannon Starr and Matt Stanfield. Distance events which require sndurance were a strength for the team, where sprint events served as a weakness. With a strong eighth grade team :oming up and improving young :eam the Aquahawks have a bright : uture ahead. Men ' s Swimming D.C. OPP. 65 Lawrence North 107 50 Ben Davis 122 50 Beech Grove 120 132 Speedway 85 132 Roncalli 87 63 Franklin Central 109 81 Plainfield 91 10th County 113 Lawrence Central 47 55 Perry Meridian 117 7th C.S.A.C. 118 Tech 54 67 Greenfield 106 64 Franklin Community 106 43 Center Grove 128 51 Pike 120 88 Lebanon 78 52 Southport 119 7th Sectional ftfl $ ft Neptune ' s Daughters Row 1 — Maria Barber, Heather Wiese, Denise Stropes, Shawna Scrougham. Row 2 — Melanie Shanklin, Kim Owens, Angie Guerra, Julie Wesley, and Angie Baker. Junior Jeff Wycoff showed depth as he competed in distance and sprint events. len ' s Swim Team Row 1 — Sam Hammons, hannon Starr, Steve Adams, Greg Hacker, Leroy Williams, Scott Purdue, Coach Tom Whitfield. Row — Jaime Navarro, Jeanie Regan, Anthony itzpatrick, Ryan Hale, Ricky England, Mike Albright. Row 3 — Tommy Avery, Angie Cummings, Ken Teike, Rynn Carter. Row 4 — Coach Pete Molby, Tuan Wright, Shane Allen, Jeff Wycoff, Matt Stanfield, Brian Vanslyke, Pat Garr. Swimming 79