Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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--nt tive six I Y Qt? Q 'QW' ffiqgxt. t 4 sv.- ,wan 4- CARMEN LEYVA SAID, 'SWIMMING HAS GIVEN US A COMPETITIVE OUT- LOOK ON LIFE, AND WE STRIVE TO BE- COME BETTER EACH DAY. AS FOR THE FUTURE, THIS YOUNG GROUP PROMISES TO BE ENCOURAGING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. WITH MANY FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE SWIM- MERS, THE TEAM IS LOOKING FORWARD TO A FINE SQUAD IN 88. WHEN ASKED WHAT THE GIRLS NEEDED MOST TO IM- PROVE, ONE SWIMMER SAID, WE WOULD APPRECIATE A LARGER TURN- OUT AT MEETS. THAT WOULD BE A MOTI- VATING FORCE. ,M Q ,M ,git '-i1-- N, 1 lv-gs., . SSVGD loan Howland, assistant coach ot the Girls' Swim Team, times the laps ot the girls, hoping their new times will be lower than the previous ones. Improving their starts, these two swimmers prac- tice diving ott the blocks. The l986-87 Girls' Swim Team, lett to right: Kelly Cooley, Lesley Ovey, Georgina Leyva, Sabrina I-Ieyes, Shelli Zacharias, Sandie Payne, Michelle Gilbert, Lisa Nitao, Shanna Landau, Rhonda Washburn, Kim Meyer, Becky Hannum, Katie Whorton, Meghan Donovan, Shannon Massie, Donna Fujishige, Ienniter Leonard, Sasha Brooks, Claudia Perez, Brigette Andrade, lenniter Bailey, Becki Fraser, Donna Borkman, Carmen Leyva, Erin Riseling, Kathy Smith, Wendy Hannum, and Tina Bunting. Those not pictured were S. Des- Roches, I. Faustino, S. Imamura, L. Smith, and G. Stetani. Donna Borkman shows us her funny goggle tace. Practice can be fun when triends make it all worthwhile. Evien Stetani practices her famous 'ltroggy ic . Donna Fujishige strengthens her legs while swim- ming with a paddle board. lunior Becky I-Iannum competes in the buttertly, one ot the most ditticult and demanding strokes. girls! swimming X 93

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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

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-.V-. , ,U - -L I.-1? , A -- I 1. - fu :Nu I ' I n .. V .X ..u...., .K K f , ' ,:- W ' -- Q Y . A . V V , T - 'ff J, Q, I ., , 1 , A N. . .. ,L , jk h V 1-25- A V: OT19 THEY ARE HARD HITTERS 94. Softball BUT HAVE A OFT TOUCH If r x Iwo ,. . V . S ,FI K' - iiligm in .I ' V ,jr ' I Alibi ., ' ' 'Qi - ff-'.-gg, A ' -I---2p,,,,,i5i ' I three THIS YEAR, THE VARSITY SOFTBALL TEAM HAD A SUCCESSFUL SEASON. THIS SUC- CESS BEGAN WHEN THE TEAM WON ITS TWO PRE-SEASON GAMES AGAINST SOUTH- ERN CALIFORNIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND SANTIAGO HIGH SCHOOL. BUT THIS AC- COMPLISHMENT WAS NOT EARNED WITH- OUT HARD WORK. THE GIRLS PRACTICED DAILY DURING SIXTH PERIOD AND AFTER- SCHOOL UNTIL 4:3OP,M. THE TEAM'S PRAC- TICE INCLUDED BATTING IN THE INFIELD AND OUTFIELD SITUATIONS. THE GIRLS ALSO PRACTICED BATTING TO SET DE- FENSES AND THE DIFFERENT DEFENSE TECH- NIOUES. Q!! I N I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I