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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