Lenape High School - Legend Yearbook (Medford, NJ)

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wkwardness i-... Tom Clifford seems to be in a quandary as he tries to adjust his position, Mike Pietrinferno bites his lip as he practices on the horse Ed Hancock shows his form on the high bar and what happens if your weight and balance are not just right. Ed was seriously hurt in an auto acci- dent a few days after these photos were taken. The team, Coach and the entire student body wishes Ed a speedy recovery. ...... 128 BOYS GYMNASTICS Ed closes his eyes. Collapsing!

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Lenape gymnasts vault into limeli ht Senior Ed Hancock was noted for the horizontal bar. Co-captain Chris Masucci was the main performer for the Indians. Steve Morris Coach Mike Bauer Praises Team Effort 4 O Bauer said that most of his top gymnasts were products of previous training, especially co-captain Cluis H Masucci, who broke every school A mark in floor exercise, side horse, rings, vaulting, parallel bars, hori- I I A zontal and all-around. He was P'aCt'C '9takeSt'me' named to the All State Second Steve Morris doing a split. Dan Bakun Team and is a good student. x Lee Flenard, the other co-cap- f K tain, was third-tearn All-South Jer- i i sey in parallel bars and rings -and was third in the Intermediate Divi- K K sion on still rings in the state indi- vidual competition. K x Others who did well were Steve x f Morris Q5th'if1 intermediate vault- ing in statesb, junior Mike Pietrin- ' K ferno fhonorable mention, All-S.J., x K side horsel, senior Ed Hancock lhonorable mention, floor, horizon- mh ' tal barb, sophomore Mike Leff lAll- , SJ. honorable mention, vaultingl I and senior Tom Clifford lhonorable li el , mention, parallel barsl. 1 - fi T 5 E5 Q- j if K if., - .ef , I as lx It i 1StandingJ Lee Flenard, Tom Clifford, Ed Hancock, Steve Fedor, Chris Masucci, Mike Leff, Mike Pietrinferno, x Coach Mike Bauerg fKneelingJ Mark Galliout, Drew Flenard, Erik Kudrna, Steve Morris and Roger LaFleur. BOYS GYMNASTICS 127

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3 it i f .. X X fTop Rowj Coach John Slavin, Laurie Knerr, Debbie Surman, Kim Harms, Jeanine Hargrove, fBottom Rowl Jen Dyer, Jennifer Johnson, Tammy McDonald, Kelly Mc- Corkell, Reya Biddle, Nicole Masucci, Sherrie Cox and Coach Jim Schoolcraft. The girls, under the coaching of John Slavin ann, Jim Schoolcraft, captured the title with a perfect 9-0 record, adding a state secaifg .l crowir and figiishing secondbin Ihe state finals. at lulh - V y 'Coach Slavin, who has coached gymnastics in Medford lakes and at Shawnee and Haddon Heights high schools as well as Lenape, not only had an extremely successful season, but is in line to do even bet- ter bemuse every one of his top girls will retum next year. The kids did a great jobfthis year, said Slavin, a biology teacher at Burlington County Vo-Tech High. f'But We are expecting to do well again next season as well as in the near future because I have some excellent experienced sophomores and freshmen. We've been fortun- ate to have a lot of balance and depth. Many teams have one or two top kids and then have to search around for a third in order to score well. But I have five girls who are really good. This depth helps us when anyone gets sick or suffers a minor injury. We can call on good reserves. Slavin was high in his praise of the team. These girls are coopera- tive and hard-working, he said. They practice seriously and are competitive with each other be- cause of the depth we have. But they are also supportive of each other, and that means a lot to team morale. They're a good bunch of kids. I look forward to coming back to coach them. Perfection Won 9 Five of Coach Slavin's girls gave Lenape great balance and scoring ability and all will be back. Eryka Washington, a sopho- myre, specialized in vaulting and was a first team All-Southalersey selection, finishing second-in theall- anound voting. Mika Whiddon, another sopho- more, shone in floor exercise with her dancing and tumbling abilities. She was 4th in the total voting for first team All-S.J. Freshman Nichole Masucci kept things in the family ther brother Chris is on the boys team? by scor- ing well, especially on beam, as her consistency in all events was a key factor for the squad. Kelly McCorkle, another fresh- man, specialized in bars but was also consistent in other events. Michelle Rowan, a sophomore, showed consistent improvement, especially on bars and balance beam. Other who contributed to the success of the champs were Debbie Surman, Tammy McDonald and Laurie Knerr, all letterwinners: Lost 0 GIRLS GYMNASTICS 129