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

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AN INSPIRATION TO the whole team, and the base of the team's relays, John Mullet always had words of encouragement, and led the team in hard work. ONE OF THE BEST MILERS in the state. Eric Wittenberg consistently scored high in dual meets, and was a co-captain. -W BRAD SHIVELY CONSISTENTLY dropped his times in every meet in the two-mile, and was a very vocal asset to the team. Bovs TRACK 219

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weetness in motion is the only way to describe the '83 men's track team. The guys improved in every aspect of competition, and received a hard-fought, well deserved 3rd place in overall league results. The team was led by a fantastic group of Seniors. Among them were Eric Witten- berg, who was MVP and a tri-captain. He was third in the state in the mile. He also took a first at regionals and second at Oakland County in the mile. At league meet he was league champ in the mile and two-mile, and at both regionals and county was second in the two-mile. John Mullett was another Senior leader. Also a tri-captain, he was the vocal force that got the team up for meets - and cheered every runner on. John earned, for the second year, the coaches award. His dedication to the team was an inspiration to every member. john took second in the league in the 800 run. Tim Turczyn was the third tri-captain for his work in field events. Other seniors included Jay Warner, who was SMA league champ in the pole-vault, John Ballantyne, John Mayer, Tom Watson, Bob Dreyer, Steve Hannagan, and Kreg Keesee. Many talented Juniors also helped Sweetness In Motion ond Third in League carry the team. Kurt Mills improved in discus so much that he nearly qualified for state. He was 4th in the league, regionals, and county in the discus. This effort earned him Most improved. Rick Bone also earned most improved for his hard work in the hurdles. The team's future - sophomores and freshmen earned valuable experience from upperclassmen. A few outstanding runners from the lower school earned Varsity letters: Steve Wadle, Steve Johnson, Bill Cox, Pete Roberts, and jim Decker were the sprint-power of the team and showed much potential. An overall cameraderie was enjoyed by each and every member, and bus rides home from meets win or lose were filled with off-key versions off t'Boardwalk', and California Dreamin '. The Banquet on June 6th reinforced the teams togetherness. Mock awards were given to those deser- vant, coaches presented honors, and everyone realized the effect of the loss of graduating seniors. 1983 was the year Seaholm made it's move towards the top of the SMA, and all involved came away with a deep feeling of satisfaction. O Www KURT MILLS HAD the comeback of the season for the team. After breaking his hip in the lst meet, he fought back in regionals, throwing a school record 154'4 , but missed state by only I . AN AWESOME, UPCOMING Maple, Holly- wood Bob Rybicki took a first in the JV league meet in the 800. There he also took third in the long jump. 218 Bovs TRACK

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THE TEAM OF Mary Ballantyne ant Kathy Solowczuk put space betweer themselves and their opponent during the hand-off in a race against Kimball. SMA Champions Claim They've Had The Best Season Ever aptain Karyn Finucan contends This is the best season we've had - ever. when speaking of the Girls Varsity Track Team. Coach Wheeler agrees. When he started coaching five years ago, there were ten people on the team. They had never had a winning season. Each year was successively better, culminating in winning the SMA in 1983. The worst parts of the season were the cold weather and Captain Jean Kayser's broken foot. Mary Ballantyne comments that one of the reasons for success was that 4'Our team was so close this year. We were like one big family. Four league records were broken by Seaholm runners: Karyn Finucan in 220 GIRLS TRACK the high jump and the 100 meter low hurdles, Mary Ballantyne in the 400 meter dash, and the team of Allison Saylor, Meredith Miller, jean Kayser and Mary Ballantyne in the mile The team won the SMA ship, took 2nd in the regional 3rd in Oakland County. They placed lst in the Birmingham-Bloomfield relay meet the West meet. relay. champion- meet, and and 2nd in the 2 mile at Bloomfield Invitational relay And when the state meet came around, Seaholm had it's representation. Mary Ballantyne took 3rd in the 800, Jean Kayser took 2nd. In the 2 mile, Tanya Eidschun took 3rd. And Karyn Finucan took 3rd in the high jump. The team placed 14th in the state. 0