East Central High School - Hornet Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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WHO ' S THAT FISH? Resting after a long workout, freshman Chris Guzman relaxes after swimming nu- merous laps. Since this is the prst year for a Hornet swim team. Chris fits right in on being a new is i. The swim team practices long hours at the San Antonio l atalorium. • nil Jody Simmons Swimming TOTAL 50 FREE 100 FREE POINTS SCORED Nico e Cantu 29.63 1:07.42 61 Sara Kirkpatrick 41.91 Chris Guzman 29.90 1:09.19 29 George Pulliam 29.86 1:08.79 36 Bill Thoms Jr. 23.81 54.62 66 NERVOUS HUH? Before every race Bill George and Chris Guzman concentrate on the competition ahead. They must clear their heads of everything except for swimming. This is when all those long hours of practice pay off The District meet was held at Blossom Athletic Center. During a meet we do a variety of swimming. This includes practicing all the strokes and it also includes building up our endurance, Nicole Cantu said. Saj a Kirkpatrick Swimming by Lorna Real . . . 122

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] Ifi III ■ I ■ J!: ' ! - . DIVE on int The starting gun goes off and the swimmers plunge into the icy water to stride for the victory. George PttUiam says that diuing is one of the mosHmportant steps in the swimming process. Jo y Stmmons Splish . . . Splash East Central has a sivim team? Many students had this cross their minds and ivondered hoiv a new sport sprouted out of nowhere. The teams ' training facilities are located at the San Antonio ISatatorium. They practice an average of eight hours a week. The rough part is the monotonous laps of drills and skills, (to tone you). I was really amazed that it is possible — that much in one day, ' ' Sara Kirkpatrick said. At the meetings they were allowed to choose and enter a maximum of two races. During the race, each swimmer is timed in- dividually and swim against a total of two other schools at each meet. There are usually about four or more swimmers in each race. There is an electronically controlled board placed on the wall of each of the pools to get a good time accuracy, l ichole Cantu said. The events taking place at the meets range from 50 yards to the 500 yard free- style. Other races include 1 00 yard freestyle, 200 yard individual medley, and relay. Lana Futral 123 .. . Sports

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THE JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE: TOP ROW: Coach Keith Becker. Steve Lutz. Jacob Ponce. Chico Taylor. Jay Arbizio. Brian Smith. Rodney Pruski. Tract Carribay. BOTTOM ROW: Armando Velasquez. Roger Guerrero. Gary Ford. Nathan Carlwright, Joe Gutierrez and Roland Tescano. l 121 ... Sports ' - y -Va ' N ' - To hace a good team you must haL ' e a good and strong leader. Coach Keith Becker has led the JV Baseball team to their full potential. ■ Coach Becker taught us a lot about the simple facts of baseball: some things I have nev- er heard of. He prepared us for hopefully playing on the Varsity baseball team next year. Na- than Cartwright said.