Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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fat Crawford works to pick up a few seconds in the butterfly. Practice laps before a race help Laura Dockerty warm up her freestyle. - Team effort year 'round pays off Experienced swimmers returned to the team in full force. With senior girls Co- Captains Terri Allison and Margaret Chalker and senior boys Co-Captains Kurt jordan and lim Dockerty, the Mustangs were a close team and headed for every meet with the thought of a team effort. Being an individual never entered their minds. junior Individual Medley swimmer Bob Dockerty said, Ever since our first practice this year, Coach lPeteJ Payne insisted on a team effort and would have rather come in sixth than have one or two swimmers win individually. As a result they tied for first place with Clear Lake and the girls came in second behind Clear Lake in regionals. For the last two years, Coach Payne insisted that team members never wear corduroys. If a swimmer was found at a meet with cords on he could not swim in the meet. Looking sharp helped in 'fpsyching up the swimmers before every meet. At the State Meet in Austin, the boys finished second. The girls were beaten out of second by three points by a diver who came in first and picked up the extra points which gave the girls third. As the finish line gets closer Kelly Rives puts a little extra pull in his butterfly. r 1 u--ii, --ff--gf-, , -,-- ---, 1 -:Y rp- .ia-is-.vw fx, wffffw---swf -,. .giq , aww,-.-. ,,,..-A ,,,,.,-.WW ,V ,.,,.,m Q, may ,T E., 1 .,v,7W5L,,,.MF, is Rm5,tv,,,-kulglwqigs 4, ...i,,,.l,,t , ,. ,, .. . ,., W , i 1 iii-ieffuvski-111 .44591'I1..1'-l3lf'ft3Lt'2fi. L ' ' ..sL?:lli42:' f -f . . fieftlffiwtmfaasswia-:fme,,.. is .fi 3. in ts .l ii. .li 'Qi .4 A i iw, its , ,Q ci S' Ml a, I Lei firxfi MQ llfft that .gg llffl gil egg iii! . tg.,fQ Pllflleff L- L90f7afdf L- L6'5Cljm5i7,,Tv lenson, L- TLTOVTTES, l, DOCkerty, M. Peterman, R, Brink, M. Tonery, K. Rives, M. Burnett, C, Kaufman, M. Mahon, I. Burg, M. ndon, K. Morse, M. Kratoville. Middle row: V Brooks, B, Dockerty, M. Chalker, L, Dockerty, T. Allison, D. Wholey, R. Leonard, D. Stehr, M. Thomas, S. Burg, K. Roehm, D. Kokernot, 5. Hart, T. Coale, Bottom row: E. johnson, 5. Orr, B. Spears, I, Landers, K. jordan, M, Newey, C McCain, E. Malarky, B. Marlarky. QUE SWIMMING -121

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Qualit and quantit required Early morning and afternoon practices produced a dedicated team. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays were distance days when swimmers worked on quantity with endurance swimming. On Tuesdays and Thursdays they were more concerned with quality. Pete Payne was the head coach of all six district schools and had three assistant coaches who worked at individual schools. Payne spent more time with the Mustangs than the other teams because of his previous coaching at Memorial. Payne had coached swimming for 16 years and a State Champion team 10 years in a row. A love-hate relationship is evident in any sport and it was definitely shown by both teams. At the 5:30 a.m. practices there was a tendency to immensely dislike the coach when he ordered the team to swim another 500 yards. But out of the dislike came the love experienced when an individual or a relay team placed in the top three standings at the State Meet. Both teams felt that Coach Payne was more optimistic this year which put a better light on the practices and meets, adding a little humor to the hard work that eventually paid off. Concentrating on the next race, Bob Dockerty shows a face of determination s warm y me x at 'L mil' K .. A M ,M ...tr ,,. 1 l i i l i l Q 1 l l it li Keeping an eye on his opponent in the next lane, Dockerty pulls extra hard toward the finish line. tt X 122 - SWIMMING In perfect freestyle rhythm, Renee Leonard takes a breath in time with her strokes.