Haddam Killingworth High School - Opticon Yearbook (Higganum, CT)

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Tracie Russo, '83, showing good form in her butterfly stroke. ln only the third season ot competition, the girls' varsity swim team continues to possess both a winning record and state tinalist swimmers. The Cougars' record this year was 8-4-1, The swimmers iaced a challenging schedule of meets, and managed to win twice as many as they lost this year. The team was a very young one, with only two seniors and a total ot ten freshmen. 1981 proved to be a year ot im- proved depth, however, as the Cougars won some very close meets, such as Middletown, where the score ended 86-85 in favor of H-K. The inexperience of the younger swimmers was not evident, as great teamwork and spirit pulled the squad together for a season ot victory. The final and most important meet was against Hand of Madison. This meet ended in a tie after a series of mishaps which sur- prised both teams. The 200-yard medley relay team of Wen- dy Lapham, Tracie Russo, Elizabeth Meyer and Gretchen Weiss placed eighth in the state finals, and senior co- captain Wendy Lapham placed eleventh in the 50-yard freestyle and tenth in the 100-yard backstroke. Junior diver Kristina Schreck finished ninth in the finals this year. Freshman diver Kathy Jones qualified for states but tailed to make the final round. The 4x 100 yard relay team of Gret' chen Weiss, co-captain Diane Cernan, Tracie Fiusso and Elizabeth Meyer also qualified, but did not advance to the finals. H-K finished eleventh in the Class M State Finals, in competition with twenty-four teams. ln three short years, the girls swim team has established itself as a consistently improving team, and 1981 is another in a series of winning seasons and state ranked athletes. Flow 1: J. Gorin, J. Buckley, D. Cernan, K. Catrini, T. Sirois, M. Matthews. Row Coach Devlin, M. Duffy, K. Fletcher, A. Longo, C. Geyer, K. Jones, E. Mey Row 3: B. McClymont, T. Russo, L. Calabrese, G. Weiss, W. Lapham, Schreck, C. Parmelee. 34 Swimming

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GDIIGABS SMASH GRISWDLD, 4-1 ,idk ,M X , , .,, I I 1, , ,N ixlxl rig Ak 9 QQ QLXW, 2-Wx NJ?-175 KL Q51 for TCM 1 wi K !f The Cougar Tennis Team beat Griswold 4-1 despite a loss in the first singles match. Jaime Wisneski evened up the score by strategically outmaneuvering her opponeni. In the third singles match, Nancy Staples reversed the score of the game. The doubles match, consisting of the old doubles duo, Jen Clark and Aisling Concannon, and a new doubles team, Allyson Hipsher and Liz Pringle, both ended trium- phantly. Coach Keyes was pleased with the comeback of the girls, who had recently lost to the same opponent, 2-5. Near left: Kathy Lukens, '83, follows into her forehand. Tennis 33

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H-ll SWIMMEBS TIE HAND IN FINAL MEET The highlight of the 1981 season for the girls' swim team was no doubt the meet against Hand of Madison, the Cougar's biggest rival forthe past three years, The competition ended in a tie score of 86-86, after several surprises tor both teams which made the meet one of the most bizarre events in H-K swim- ming history. Hand's 200-yard medley relay team captured first in that event, with H-K placing second and third. ln the next event, the 200-yard freestyle, one of the members of Hand's winning relay team was entered but did not swim. This meant that all the points she had previousiy earned were erased. The girl who took her place was also disqualified, giving H-K the edge needed. Coach Devlin then incorrectly filled out diver Kristina Schreclds diving sheet, which forced her to perform a dive she was not used to do- ing. This mistake placed Schreck second, with team- mate Kathy Jones in third place. ln the 4x10O yard relay, the final event, H-K needed second and third place. The stronger Hand relay teams finished first and second. However, the meet was not over at this point either, for a member of the Hand team jumped into the water before the race was over, disqualifying Hand's second place team and moving H-K up to secure the tie. Eleven personai bests were turned in by the Cougars. Brenda McClymont, Karen Fletcher, Meighan Matthews, Tina Sirois, Karen Catrini, Liz Meyer, Chris Geyer, Diane Cernan and Wendy Lapham all concentrated their best efforts for the team. With this exciting meet the Cougars ended the season 8-4-1. Top right: 1981-82 Records. Bottom right: In her pike position, Kathy Jones, '85, executes her dive. t Swimming 35