LaSalle High School - Lantern Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Swimmers Dive Into Victory The Girls ' Swim Team gained hard earned success with an excellent record this year. The girls swam to one of the best records Miss Hepworth has achieved in her five years as coach. Practice began in the first weeks of August and much of those last days of vacation were spent in the pool. Since LaSalle ' s pool wasn ' t ready for use when practice began, practices were held at the n atatorium. That inconvenience didn ' t hamper their progress or seem to have any effect on their final perform- ances. Those first weeks were spent swimming lap after lap after lap. Once school was back in session and LaSalle ' s pool ready, the girls were here every night after school swimming 4000 to 6000 yards per night (that ' s 80 to 120 laps!) Weight lifting was a major factor in building endurance in addition to regular practice. Two mornings per week the pool was in use at 6:45 a.m. as more practice sessions were held. All of it paid off in the end as they defeated team after team. Several records went to their death as newer and faster times were achieved. It was a proud, close-knit group that ended this season with a 9-3 record. Rest times were tew and far between . . . and welcome atter getting limbered up swimming laps. Senior Ann Haber was co-captain with Ellen Sophomores Patty Creed and Rachael Deacon Hering. broke several school records. Spirit and enthusiasm prevailed at pep assemblies, practices, and at meets. 28

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• ■ 9fr ' ■ ■Uv Jl ' . ■Pll A cross country runner must face the unexpected rain, cold, and wind as well as his opponents. Anthony Williams ' s face expresses the agony a runner must endure on the course. Mr Rzeszewski offers a hand to Veda Robinson, LaSalle ' s first girl to partcipate in cross country. Run For Your Life am The finish line looks good to everyone after a two mile run. Senior Anthony Baker shows improvement in his placement through better form and stamina. LaSalle ' s cross country team ' s tradi- tion has been a successful one and this year ' s team was no exception to the pat- tern. Training for cross country events required hours of running long dis- tances. One familiar sight during the spring was the team members running down to Portage Avenue and back to school for runs around the school. That kind of training started in August and continued after school during season. Cross country meets took place at places with a large amount of space. A common place was Elbel golf course. Here the competitors ran distances rang- ing from one to three miles. Individual performances were especially important to this team. The team placed second in the city tournament. 27

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Spirit Prevails As Tankers Gain Experience G r t ABOVE: John Campbell again proves his diving talent with a forward layout, half twist. BELOW: Andy Zelinski prepares for his turn during a meet. Andy swims one of the most difficult strokes of all, the butterfly. . u The Boys Swim Team started and ended their season with optimism. There were only 16 members on the team which made it much smaller than most of its opposition which partially explained its losses. Although the season ended with more losses than wins, the team stayed competitive and stress was placed on individual times and performances. Mid-October training was everyday after school. Each person worked on the style that he was best and fastest at. Cat- egories of competition included the 50, 100, 200, 400, and 500 freestyles. Div- ers this year were superior with a possi- ble state contender. The team was a young one with only five returning seniors. The rest was basi- cally made up of sophomores and fresh- men. It was a year of building. ABOVE: Swim meets are busy places, but Sean McNamara finds a quiet moment amidst the overflow of activity LEFT: Counting laps is a function important to the entire swim team. 29