El Toro High School - Amanecer Yearbook (Lake Forest, CA)

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FR SOPH TRACK HAS MANY MEMBERS This year's frosh soph track team is one of the largest El Toro has ever had. Consisting of more than sixty members the team coasted to an easy victory over Laguna Hills in preseason. They opened with an impressive win over Ir- vine in their first league meet. Under the coaching of Larry Nitta. the team prac- ticed approximately three hours a day getting ready for Thursday meets. Coaches Mike Waddell and Dave Johnson also assisted the team. 1. Top row: Jack Follman. Steve CJecke. Jerome Washington. Mike Patnode, Kelly Moynihan. Bryan Moreno. Matt Tietz, Jeff Ball. Sean Wheeldon. Bob Summers. Sam Svitenko. Jeff Eldridge, Jeff Thompson. Kevin Kirschenmann. Ramsey Lozano. Bob Frick. Third row: Bill Miller. Peter Dorsey. John Weston. John Sarrao. Todd Sinclair. Chris Cooley. Enrique Suarez. Stephen Thom. Chris Muclevicz. David Stapleton. Bill Chamberlain. Paul Kuzins. Joseph Timo. Eric Anderson. Brad Joseph. Second row: Jeff Coleman. Mark Murphy. Jonathan Juggert. Rick Saman. Kevin Larson. Todd Fallin. Mike Logan, Kurt Lybarger, Chris Matthews. Steve Pokryska. Bob Farley. Jim Davis. Pete Chamberlain. Spencer Allen. Greg King. Front row: Jason Doolittle. Ed Flaherty. Tim Warner. Mike Thomas. Paul Lassos. Jim Kingsmill. Wade Kirk. Don Casey. Shawn Aquilera. Leonard Brown. Shaun Dryden. Andy Lord, Kim Hughes. 2. Brad Joseph hits the tape first. 3. John Sarrao finishes first in the two mile. 4. Todd Fallin hands off to Kurt Lybarger. 5. Bob Summers tries to gain speed after leaping a hurdle. Sports 115

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JV TRACK IMPROVES DURING SEASON This year's junior varsity track team was made up of a group of hard work- ing individuals. The team, because of its small size, had trouble beating larger teams. In the first league meet they made a valiant attempt but couldn’t put forth a winning effort against the Irvine Vaqueros. Under the coaching of Larry Nitta, the team practiced from 2:00 to 5:00 every day except Thursdays, which were meet days. 1. Top row: Richard Thomson. Tim Hogan. Alexia Perumal, Randy Nicola. Tony Warn, Hana Cline. Adolfo Blanco. Front: Michael Furtado, Darrin Yeager. Tony Mitchell. Bryan McClellan. Jim Mangan, Frank Chiricosta. 2. Alexia Perumal practices before the beginning of the discus event. 3. Jim Mangan flies over the hurdles during the meet against Laguna Hills. 4. Randy Nicola starts his approach to clear the bar in the pole vault event in the meet against Laguna Hills. 114 Sports

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VARSITY MEMBERS IMVITED TO OJAI The goals this year for the varsity ten- nis team were to strengthen the team both individually and collectively, thus creating CIF material. They attended many tournaments, including the prestigeous Ojai Tournament. Each year in the past, the Varsity Tennis Team has entered both a doubles team and an individual competitor, and the tradition continued this year. The team practiced strenuously every day after school from 2:00 to 5:00 all the time working toward their goal. The coaches were Tim Travers and Al Jones. 1. Boys Varsity Tennis Team — Top row: Ed Molthop, Mark Reynolds, Mike Kaminski, and Tim Cass. Front row: Jim Miller. Dung Nguyen. Todd Wallin, and Paul Wallin. 2. Mark Reynolds reaches for a high ball during an afternoon match. 3. Todd Wallin shows excellent form with his backhand as he bombs the ball across the net to his oppo- nent. 4. Mark Reynolds follows through with his backhand. 5. Jim Miller runs to return the ball during an afternoon match against Foothill. 6. Paul Wallin smashes the ball back to his opponent during a workout. 7. Preparing for a serve, Tim Cass studies the direction in which to hit. 8. Tennis team members build a pyramid to show their togetherness as a varsity tennis team. 9. Dung Nguyen and Paul Wallin pair up in a doubles match against La Quinta. 10. Mike Kaminski gently hits the ball just over the net to get the point. 11. Members of the ten- nis team take a break during afternoon workout to rest. 12. Ed Molthop returns the ball with a strong backhand. 13. Tim Cass reaches out for the ball with a backhand sw- ing. 14. Todd Wallin smacks the ball back over the net showing good form. 116 Sports