Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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TEAM CAPTAIN, BOB Bird shows his perfected diving form at the start of the 50 yard free-style in a mid-season meet against Groves. l11eCt. STREAMLINING OFF THE wall, Jeff Jones pushes himself ahead striving to win the 100 backstroke in a Maple dual Sensotionol Seamen Toke 2nd in the SMA he Seamen suffered a great loss in the 1984 swim season with four out of five All Americans no longer on the squad. However the driving spirit and con- fidence of the team still remained. Their championship meet status might have declined but as far as SMA ranking goes, they are still at the top. The Seamen's dual meet record this year was an awesome eleven wins and only two losses. The Seamen's performance was especially exceptional at the big meets. Those that had high tension levels really got the Seamen going. As Coach Rosenthal put it, When the pressure is on, the team really gets motivated. Three meets this season stood out more than the others. The first was against top ranked squad 184 VARSITY BOYS SWIMMING Rochester Adams,who in the last relay was defeated by the awesome Seamen who would not give up. Seaholm also came close to beating two other powerhouse teams, Bloomfield Hills Andover and defending State champs, East Kentwood. Team Captains, Glenn MacDonald and Bob Bird played a big role in the teams motivation and spirit. They recited a prayer before each meet and lead encouraging cheers through the events. The team captains were also in charge of keeping things in order at the practice sessions. Assistant Coach Dennis Carter played a big part in the teams success. With his great knowledge of competitive swimming and his personable manner, he made what could have been a long dul season an enjoyable one. The Seame may have started the season below se level but they quickly rose showin tremendous amounts of improvement Building a competitive, powerful squa through pure hard work team stand ou among previous years. Swimmers wh had great drops in times were Bra Shivley in the 500 freestyle, Glen MacDonald in the I.M, David Kovac in the Fly 85 breaststroke. Seaholm placed 2nd in the SMA wit many outstanding swims. Such as Bra Scott in the 50-free with a time of 23.1 Billy Bertoncin earned 2nd place in 20 - I.M also qualifying himself for th State meet. I

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JUNIOR TEAM MEMBER, Chris Wiseman, quietly sits on the Seaholm bleachers, observing the close finish of the 500 yard freestyle race. TOM WYDRA, during a home meet against Kimball, swiftly strokes the backstroke with hopes of bettering his best time. Seoholm Seomen F oce Sink Or Swim Seoson oach Dick Rosenthal's com- ment, The reason We did so well this season was due to the of the kidsf, summed up the Boys' Swim Season. Swimmer after swimmer said that part of the swimteam's success this year was because of the incredible enthusiasm shown by every member on the team. Junior team member, Bill Bird, des- cribed this by saying, We had a great deal of spirit at all our meets, particularly the big ones. Junior, Chris Scott elaborated by saying, I feel that we had a lot of team spirit, but not the depth and loudness of last year's team. Although, we rapidly pulled through when we needed it.', Another factor in the team's success were the captains, who Freshman Mike Sneyd described spirit as really helping us to prepare for our Bob Bird and Glenn MacDonald the essential ingredients to the races. were team. The excitement of the swim- and support of the captains mers certainly helped make the team successful this year. One thing which has always been an asset to Seaholm's swim team is exceptional depth. This was a factor in this year's success and it could help next year as well. Although the team is losing seniors Brad Scott, Bob Bird, and Rick Watson, there is still hope for the future as Juniors Bill Bird, and Chris Scott and Sophomores Mike Noonan and David Kovack, all of Whom played key roles this year, will return to hopefully make substantial contributions next year. O BOYS VARSITY SWIMMING 183

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FRESHMAN, MATT MATHER skillfully executes his freestyle technique in a race against Bloomfield Lasher. L GASPING FOR ONE last breath in the TEAM CAPTAIN, GLENN MACDONALD 100-yard butterfly, Art Johns prepares to powerfully strokes his last 50-yards of bury his head for the last 5 yards of the the grueling 500-freestyle in a meet event. against Rochester. ARSITY Boys SWIMMING 185