John Marshall High School - Horn Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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JcAifK hlA ll . U Ai £4 Almost everyone has learned to swim at one time or another, but few would be willing to awak- en early in the morning to pursue it. Those people who are willing to sacrifice sleep to improve their abil- ity comprised this year ' s swim team. The boy ' s team cruised to a 6-1 record in their dual meets and won dis- trict. The girls finished third in the District meet despite a disappointing 0-7 record. At Regionals the boys finished fifth. The boys had a good team swimming at Regionals, said Coach Doug Andrews, and there was excellent swimming by Chris Olvera and Mart Hooper. At the State meet it was an out- standing meet for Ronnie Wintenger and Ellis Ea- ton. The boys capped their season with a fourth place finish at State. The boys team broke several school records. Ronnie Wintenger set a new record in the 500 free- style. Ellis Eaton broke four school records, swim- ming the 20()IM and 400IM, as well as the 100 and 200 breaststroke. Matt Hooper, swimming the 1000 and 1650 freestlye, and Chris Olvera in the 100 fly and 200 fly, also broke records. On the girls team. Lau- rel Hooper swam record serting races in the 1000 freestyle and the 1650 free- sryle. Article; Tom Morrow Photos: Glenn Grossman, Robin Clay, Tony Saldana Chris Olvcta surges thtough the watct- lunior Shannon Denson gets a congrat- ulatory hug after her race. Joey Castro tries to relax before his race. ■ i . ilgmH . I li tm i MMkk MM j, Trio goes national The Rams swim team sent three swimmers to compete at the Junior Na- tionals Swim Meet. Mar- shall sent Shannon Denson, Chris Olvera, and Ellis Ea- ton to North Dakota to compete. Ellis Eaton placed 3rd in the 200 breast stroke, swam the 100 breast stroke, and swam on the 400 medley relay that took first. Chris Olvera also swam on the gold medal winning 400 medley relay, as well as swimming the 100 fly and 200 fly. He also swam on the 4th place 400 free relay and on the 7th place 800 free relay. Shannon Denson entered the 100 free and the 100 breast stroke, and swam on the second place 400 free relay and the 11th place 400 medley relay. Anicle: Tom Morrow Photos: Glenn Grossman, Robin Clay. Tony Saldana Swimming 159

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Hard work, CDmmitmi-nt, and a stron); sense of unir - led our team to vktor ' . — Stacey Johnson (9) Varsity Swimminj; Boys Won Opponent 129-40 Taft 94-7 1 Cypress Fair 108-59 Cypress Creek ChurchiU 119-43 124-44 86-85 Madison MacArrhu Girls Opponent Taft Cypress Fair Cypress Creek Mad.son MatArthur Clark Lost 74-90 117 48- 118 60-95 50-78 62-88 I have made my best friend- from the people I swim with. ' — Ellis Eaton (12) 158 Swimming .;m,„ Smmmmt . BAf.K ROW: Steve Autrey, Brent Coffee, Ronnie Winteger, Matt Hooper )cff Suib J,k V isoue .S.on Chnstic, Tomniy Rich, John Eaton, MUDDLE ROW: Emily Musgrave. J«y Castro, Ellis Eaton, Shannon Denson, Tiftanv Denson Chris Growney, Chns Olvera. Jose Hernandez, David Proft. FRONT ROW: Laurel H x.per, Stacey Moffet, Jennifer Villareal, Michelle Rcyna. Stacy Johnson, Ryan Tibball, Ian Benedict.

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