Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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Swimmer doing the butterfly. Jody prepares to dive. Svvimmer coming up for air. The bellyflop. Boys Swimming 177

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The 1984-85 Boy's Swim team may not have done as well as the team from the previous year, but their season was full of many positive accomplishments. This year was the first one which the AAU rule affected the coaching staff. The rule states that: A swimmer can't train during the high school season and the rest of the year with the same coach and still retain their eligibility for high school com- petition. The coach must resign from one or the other team, or the swimmer would have to change to a different year round team in order to swim for their high school. This rule prevented Dale Leon- hart from coaching this year, and in fu- ture years. Melanie Hurley was the coach for the boys for the 1984-85 season. De- spite the change, the boys team adjusted well. They placed third overall in the League Meet. ln the Jeffco Relay Meet, Jody Perry and Mike Harvey set a team Back row Manager Cindy Ploen, Coach Melanie Hurley, Lance Trebilcock, Mark Erickson, Jeff Buffington, Jim Knox Gary Estrada. Middle row: Steffen Mehnert, Jody Perry, Tim Roose, Mike Harvey, Eric McPhee. Front row David Nelson, Lenny Lacero, Lee Mathis 176 Boys Swimming Jump On In!!! diving record. The team had a 3-3 record in dull meets. They dominated Colum- bine, Lakewood, and Alameda High Schools. In the State Meet, which was held at the Air Force Academy, Jody Perry, senior, placed 5th overall. Lance Trebilcock, junior, took third place in the 100 meter breaststroke. The team's manager were Cindy Ploen. The team captain was Jody Perry. Class captains were: Steffen Mehnert, senior, Lance Trebilcock, junior, and Lee Mathis, sophomore. The swim team had a very hard sched- ule, though. They had to practice two times a day, before and after school. This created a problem with what classes they could take because of the time the pool was open. The practices also ate into their homework time. But the hard work pays off and most of the team would say it was well worth it. T-'s.P'r,

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Hlt was something of a down year admitted Coach Place, but for the whole remainder of the interview, he talked of positive things. He mentioned the out- standing success of senior Tim Ruel, who went 24-4 in matches this season. He spoke excitedly of some of the exception- al contributions made by Hal Girk at some times of the year. The overall im- pression was that this year will quickly be forgotten as the strength of the team shows next season. As a team, the Rams did not overpow- er in dual meet competition, but they accomplished a significant first they de- feated Pomona for the first time in the history of the school. Some first! Con- gratulations! Some of the other exciting meets were the very narrow loss to Col- umbine and the two exciting wins over Golden and Bear Creek. Perhaps the most important part of the season was Pin Them!!! thededicated and consistent contribution of the senior leaders Tim Ruel, Hal Girk, Bob Peterson, and Scott Reed. Another notable achievement was Mike Miller, wrestling like a demon at the Greeley West Invitational Tournament. When assessing the future, one has to look at the lower weights where the rams were inexperienced this year, but where all of the wrestlers return. lf the team stays together, they should be a power in league the following year. One of the nicest things about this year was the help that came from outside the program. Alex Ritt was the official assis- tant coach in the program, but Rick Dack, a former Ram wrestler, helped as a volun- teer coach through the season. Additional helps came from Mr. Phil Ruel here and Mr. Larry Knott who gave strong support and helped by driving to many of the meets. Left to Right Top to Bottom Kenny Baca, Chris Reed, James Wyse, Hal Girk, David Grant, Tammy hartman Kevin Lopez, Mike Miller, Mike Saxton. Scott, Lisel Slocum, Greta Van Buke, Jeff Christen- Fred Grath, Steve Kile, Andy Smith, Kevin Ruel, son, John Mure, Steve Grant, Rick Bathaurer, Bren- Roger Ross, Mark Novesel, Robert Peterson, Scott den O'Neil, Frank Contraraz, Doug O'Hara. 178 Wrestling