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

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VARSITY ATTENDS RELAY MEETS This year's Girls' Varsity Swim Team was coached by Miss Sherri Ross, who helped the swimmers develope their ability as the season progressed. They attended Relay Invitationals as well as regular ones. In the Relay Invitationals. it was a dual swim meet, no individual events and the boys and girls earned points collectively to get an overall score for the team. Trophys were given to fifth place at these meets. The return- ing members on the team were Helen Garvey. Laura Cohen. Tharine Rudon. Barbara Coffman. Janet Williams. Dana Barnes. Stephanie Parker, and Patty Makens. The girls practiced an average of five hours a day. two in the morning before school and three after school. Their main goals were to win league and improve their skills both as a team and individually. 1. Girls' Varsity Swimming — Top row: Stephanie Wong. Barbara Coffman. Lisa Baziaks. Amy Morris. Erica Wilson. Stephanie Sommers. Dana Barns, and Bren- da Gossman. Front row: Helen Garvey. Janet Williams. Laura Cohen. Stephanie Parker. Johnna Boylan. Tharine Rudon. Kris Mink, and Patty Makens. 2. Helen Garvy prepares for a dive as other swimmers look on. 3. Swimmers begin another tiring lap across the pool towards the end of the practice. 4. Kris Mink improves her butterfly before a meet. 5. Swimmers warm up in the pool before a meet. 6. Erika Wilson prepares for a back dive to start her back stroke during practice. 7. Janet Williams swims laps with a board during practice to practice her kick- ing. 8. Stephanie Wong does the breaststroke during afternoon practice. 9. Dana Barns looks up quickly from her breaststroke. 10. Kris Mink awaits direc- tions from Coach Ross before beginning the workout to prepare for an invitational. 11. Johnna Boylan practices her crawl over and over again to perfect the techniques needed to win a competitive race. 12. Coach Ross in- formes the team what will be happening at the meet the next day against Edison. 13. Tharine Rudon. Helen Garvey, and Laura Cohen show liveliness even after a three hour workout after school. Sports 153

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GIRLS’ SWIMMING COMPETES REGULARLY This year's girls' frosh-soph team was coached by Ms. Sherri Ross and practic- ed for nearly five hours a day. They competed in both regular and relay in- vitationals during the year. Some of the girls swam on the J.V. team, which was a mixture of boys' and girls' frosh-soph and varsity teams. 1. Froth-Soph Swim Team — Top Row: Katy St. John, Jami Hahn, Betty Schupp. Melitta Kaplan, Jamie Bramlett, Kelly Benedict, Erin Jacobt, Amber Seitz, Danica Olen. and Ann Athby. Front row: Chriati Conception. Jean- nette Datza, Tonya Micketh. Bridget Nickel. Michele Nordquiat. Jenny Richer. Vivian Ricaurte, Tracy Wrightatone. and Jennifer Fitcher. 2. Team membera practice their divea during an afternoon workout. 3. Tracy Wrightatone takea a breath during after achool practice. 4. Tracy Wrightatone pondera taking the firat dive of the day. 5. Vivian Ricaurte practicea after achool with a awim board. 6. Meliaaa Kaplan givea a quick amile in between lapa. 7. Katie St. John awaita inatructiona from Miaa Roaa. 8. Amber Seitz practicea the backatroke. Sports 155