Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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If . ,Wm 1 'gg .. gfffqgiuav- ' tive six THE REMAINING MEMBERS, THE TEAM WAS WELL BALANCED. AS FOR THE FROSH-SOPH TEAM, THE ONE OUTSTANDING SWIMMER WAS BRIAN BLACKETER. HE OFTEN SWAM ON THE VARSITY SQUAD. THIS YEAR THE SAXONS WERE COACHED BY GREG SMITH AND KURT NEILSON. THE TWO PROVIDED THE GUIDANCE AND LEAD- ERSHIP NEEDED FOR THE TEAM TO KEEP ON TOP. TO HELP THE TEAM ALONG, THEIR ADORABLE MASCOT, BEETHOVEN CA.K.A. SPUDSD, CHEERED THE TEAM ON THROUGH- OUT THE SEASON. HEY, WHO NEEDS CHEER- 'P LEADERS. DESPITE HAVING ONLY I7 MEMBERS, THE TEAM DID EXTREMELY WELL, NOT ONLY AS A TEAM, BUT AS INDIVIDUALS. MANY INDI- VIDUAL RECORDS WERE SET. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL SCHOOL RECORDS WERE ALSO SET. SSVSTI Watch out! Here comes Beethoven Ca.k.a. Spudsl. As the team mascot, he watches as his team com- petes. Senior Matt Knittle tinds time tor a picture after a tough race. Adam Fullman and Farshad Memarzadeh try to impress the girls with their devilish smiles. The 1986-87 Boys' Swim Team. Chris Wright displays his great swimming endur- ance during a tough race. eight The start is a vital part ot every race. A swimmer needs endurance as well as strength. Here a member ot the trosh-soph team displays both. Iunior Mike Conn is an excellent swimmer. His dedication to the sport helped him to win races. Here, he is seen doing his specialty. boys' swimming X QI

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i Q V 5 three I DIVIDUALS EXCEL A THE TEAM KEEP AELO T IO boys' swimmu w 31 , Y K 53. I . X I one two four THE BOYS',SWIM TEAM STARTED THE YEAR WITH TRYING PRACTICES. EVEN THOUGH THE SWIMMING SEASON STARTED IN FEBRUARY, THE TEAM BEGAN THEIR TRAINING IN SEPTEMBER. THE TEAM PRAC- TICED RIGOROUSLY EACH DAY. THESE PRACTICES LASTED UP TO THREE HOURS. BESIDES THEIR REGULAR AFTER-SCHOOL WORKOUTS, THEY WORKED OUT IN THE MORNING. THEIR DEDICATION AND DILI- GENCE GAVE EACH MEMBER THE EXTRA EDGE NEEDED TO WIN RACES. THE VARSITY TEAM CONSISTED OE HIGH- LY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS. MIKE CONN WAS SUPERB IN THE BUTTERFLY. ROBERT SALLEY EXCELLED AS THE SPRINTER OF THE TEAM. DOUG BARNEY, A SOPHOMORE, WAS OUTSTANDING IN FREESTYLE. STEVE IUR- MAN AND MATT KNITTLE WERE EXCELLENT ENDURANCE SWIMMERS. SEAN EATON WAS AN ALL-AROUND GOOD SWIMMER. WITH

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W , 2:2 5 1 as three fO'-lf THIS YEAR'S 1986-87 GIRLS' VARSITY AND IV. SWIM TEAM STROVE TO BE THE BEST. WITH DAN CULLINANE AS HEAD COACH AND IOAN HOWLAND AS ASSIS- TANT, THE SWIMMERS HAD OUTSTAND- ING INSTRUCTION AND TALENT. THIS YEAR THE TEAM CONCENTRATED ON THE FOUR MAIOR STROKES: BREAST, BUTTER- FLY, FREESTYLE, AND BACKSTROKE. AT EACH WORKOUT THE GIRLS AIMED AT INCREASING THEIR SPEED AND ENDUR- ANCE. THE GROUP PRACTICED ABOUT THREE HOURS A DAY, AND LIFTED WEIGHTS FOR AN HOUR BEFORE SCHOOL TO GAIN PHYSICAL STRENGTH. W' IIQIU