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

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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

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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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s Alex Morton put it, this was a rebuilding year for the Boys' Cross Country team. There were no seniors and only two returning runners, Alex and John Sheldon. Despite starting from scratch, Coach Kearney said the team ran well and had a respectable season. This year's captains were Alex Morton and Brad Shively, also the team's top two runners, JJ. jackson, a freshman, was the number three runner. Number one runner Alex Morton began the season well, running his best time in the MSAX SMA meet in September. However, he injured his ankle later in the season. Despite that, he placed fourteenth in the regional meet. That finish enabled him to compete in the state meet, where he placed sixty-fourth. Brad Shively was Spirit ond Unity Fill A Yeor of Rebuildin another important runner. While Alex was injured, he ran well and came in first in the Southfield meet. The team's greatest disappointment was their loss to Andover. Victories against Berkley and Southfield provided the highlights of the season. Also, the entire Varsity Team was able to earn their letters. One of the team's stronger points was their unity. We were a friendly team. We did stuff like go out to dinner togetherf' explained Alex. We got along well and helped each other out, added Mike Weissman. We had a lot of spiritf' All of the runners are planning on returning, so the team should be a top contender for the league championship. Mike added, We're looking foreward to a successful season next yearf' I 9 186 Bovs' cRoss COUNTRY Nick Dovaras OUTSTANDING RUNNERS JOHN Sheldon and Brad Shively lead two Kimball chal- lengers into the stretch during a meet in September. TOP RUNNER ALEX Morton leads the pack in a dual meet against Hazel Park and Kimball. Despite his efforts, Seaholm lost both meets. s - ,, if N New it -.1iv12i ' ' .wb