Gateway High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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GIRLS' SWIIVIIVIIIXIGZ YOUNG TEAM SUCCESSFUL Oursranding individuals helped ro give rhis year's Girls' Swim feam a successful season. Nored achievers on rhe feam were Fr. Heidi Lindemann, Soph. Karen Engellsirls, and Jr. Bersy Weber. These girls all ser Gareway records and qualified for rhe Sfare Meer in several evenrs rhis year. Their exceprional abiliries added rhe needed deprh ro rhe ream. ln addirion ro rhe efforrs made by individuals, rhe enrire ream pur forrh grear efforr, resulring in a grorifying season for a young lr TOHES a for of procrfce our when you come in Nrsr ir makes fr all worrh ir. reom wirhour seniors. The girl swimmers were very hard worleers and desired ro achieve rhe besr of themselves, They soughr perfecrion and ir was evidenr in rhe hours of pracrice which rhey pur info rheir sporr. Nor only did rhe girls pracrice in rhe afrernoon, bur they were also up early many mornings ro pracrice before school. Dedicarion is whar malses a successful ream efforr and rhis year's girls made rhar efforf. Wirh a 5-4 record in dual meers, rhe young ream finished a srrong season which rhey could be proud of. Mrs. Lindemann, rhe swimming coach, is loolsing forward ro nexr year when rhe ream will be more experienced. Heidi Lindemann expressed her love of rhe sporr by saying, lr raises a lor of pracrice buf when you come in firsr, ir makes if all worrh ir. Cloclswise from lefr: Jr. Cindy Spencer performs a srraighr dive during pracrlce. Soph. Karhryn Srearns concenrrores as she pracrices a jack-knife dive. Gateway swimmers pracrice for an upcoming meer wirh Cenrrol. The Swimming ream. Soph. Karen Engellsirls comes up for a brearh while pracricing her breasr srrolse. 128 Girls Swimming

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CHRL5' GWWNHENCD TUIVIBLERS WORK TO PERFECT With new coach Dale Alexander, the girls gymnastic team has improved by far over the past few years. Composed of mostly freshman, the team fought its way to overcome seven other schools. All gymnasts contributed to the winning record, and new talents such as Soph. Kristin Drnec and Jr. Dawn Collins contributed the most to the team. This year Coach Alexander tools five girls to the Littleton All- Arounders meet with Dawn Collins taking sixth in the Juniors and Kristin Drnec taking fifth in the sophomore division and Fr, Kelly lVe've always managed ro come through. Bristow placing sixth in her division, Sr, Kelly Flaherty and Soph. Nina Drnec didn't place. The team was not hurt with irquries as much as it has been in the past years, but there were some exceptions such as taped wrists and anlsles. As the team would go out to compete in their next meet, there were always the ripped hands caused by blisters. The team practiced every night from 8115 to 5180. They started out by stretching and moved up to tumbling, then they moved to the events and worked on routines, Many times, even after practice was over, girls would stay and worls on routines, always trying to perfect them and learn new and more complicated tricks. Fr. Kelly Bristow summed up the season with these words, We've had a good year with many problems, but we've always managed to come through. 130 Girls' Gymnastics