John Marshall High School - Marhiscan Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Cit Fourth john Marshalls girls swim team finished the year with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses. The team finished fourth in the city meet. Individual- ly, the team members did very well. Senior Patty Kerr finished second in 200 frees- tyle and also in 100 breaststroke. junior Lori Griffin placed third in the 500 freestyle. Senior Dennise Rapp placed second in the 100 back- stroke, and third in the 50 freestyle. Freshman Tami Treser finished third in the 100 butterfly. The freestyle relay team took fourth. The team's MVP award was given to Lori Griffin, who lead the team with 113 points. All ofthe girls did their best when participating in the sectionals, but no one advanced. Senior Patty Kerr finished second in the 100 yard breast- stroke and 200 freestyle in the City. She is one ofthe several seniors on the team. Stretching for the butterfly stroke is Patty Kerr. The stroke is one of the most difficult as it taxes the timing and strength of the swimmer. Patty also plays softball for Marshall and is in the musicials. 22fSwimming Coach Bill Rosenstihl works with both the boys and girls swim teams. His daughter and son both swam for Marshall. Mr. Rosenstihl teaches at Manual High School, The teams train at Forest Manor's pool. The City meets are at Arsenal Technical High School. Flu hit the boys team at sectional time. Senior Dennise Rapp placed second in the City backstroke and third in the 50 freestyle has been a four-year member of the swim team, Her two brothers also swim for Marshall. Dennise's other sport is gymnastics.

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TENNIS TEAM -jean Smith, Kathy Blanchette, Christy Smith, Sonja Dunn, Beth Pritchett, Gina Reed, and Coach john Deal. Sometimes the blowing wind picks up debris from the bus compound which makes it difficult to keep vision clear. li ? 6 93553 Displaying her awesome forehand, Christy Smith smashes a return. Christy and her sisterjean played for the Patriot team. Christy played all four years at Marshall while also being a cheerleader for varsity sports. Seniors help improve record The 1985 girls tennis team finished with a 4-8 record. We were as good as most of the public schools in IPS, said Coach Deal, who also coaches the boys team. The team improved its record from past years because of it consisted mainly of seniors. All seniors had played four years. The team was led by Senior Gina Reed at number one singles. Other players on the team were Kathy Blanchette at number two singles. Christy Smith at number three singles, and Sonya Dunn and Beth Pritchett at number 1 doubles. jean Smith was the only underclassman on the team. One unusual aspect of the team was that four were cheerleaders - Christy, jean, Sonya, and Beth. Gina played basketball for four years while Kathy had been on the track and cross country teams for two years, .4..A..a.4 . ,ff ,..,.., Keeping up their strength with the pause that refreshesf Beth Pritchett and Kathy Blanchette look over the opposi- tion to decide their strategy for the match. liye on the ball, follow through the swing -these might be what Sonia Dunn is remembering from Coach Deals teach- ing. Sonia played four years for the Patriots. Tennisfll

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As his teammate touches the edge of the pool. Tom Barnes attacks his entry into the pool. Tom swam his personal best to place fifth in the 500 yard freestyle in the City Tournament at Tech. Tom, a freshman, added some needed points to help his team in the City. Matt Criswell took fifth in the City 200 yard individual medley. He was the silver winner in the 100 yard butterfly and was a member ofthe gold medal -100 yard freestyle relay team ofjohn Hiner, Marty Sterrett, and Matt Rapp. Matt is a sophomore. ,-A are M Vs? 1 Adding swimming to his high school career, Valedictorian David Lafollette took eighth in the City 100 breaststroke and was on the fourth place 200 medley relay team. David was also in SOUTH PACIFIC in the spring. Second in City In the sectionals, Marshall qualified two relays in the finals. The medley relay and the free relay teams, however, didn't qualify for the state com- petition. As a team, the Pats finished eighth. Swimmers for the medley relay were Matt Rapp, David LaPollette, Marty Sterrett, andjohn Hiner. On the free relay were Keith Rappjohn Darmer, Curtis Hamilton, and Tom Barnes. Patriot swimmers took second in the City Tournament after being surprisingly seeded in third. There were several individual winners. Matt Rapp won the 100 yard freestyle. john Hiner won the diving competition. The 400 yard relay team of Matt Criswell, Matt Rapp, Marty Sterrett, and john Hiner were champions. Swimming the breaststroke, john Darmer collected a fifth place in the City 100 buttertlv and a ninth in the 200 individ- ual medley. Adding new hlood to the swim team, lfreshman-Iohn Darmer was also on the fourth place Citi' 100 medley relax' team The depth ofthe team helped them edge Chatard for Citx second last vear the team was the Citi' champion Swimmingfll