Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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Taking the plunge Together After starting the season with a lot of shoulder problems, both the men,s and womens swim teams each finished their season with an 8-4 record. They placed third in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Swim Conference tKISCl behind Tran- sylvania and Centre. The menls team has nine men, while the womens team has ten members. The conference teams were: Asbury College, Berea College, Centre Col- lege, Transylvania University and Union College. Mike Ford, the second-year coach for both teams, said, IIThe program is be- ginning to turn around, we do OK, but we,ve got a long way to go? Ford added, nI push them to do the very best they can. I feel everyone per- formed up to their ability. In fact, some of them came within 100 seconds of their best times, so I feel that the season was a success? At the University, swimming is a non- scholarship sport. But despite that fact, Ford maintains an optimistic attitude. iIWe are a relatively small school, but things are looking up. Eventually the University will grow, and these pro- grams will grow with it, ii F ord said. In his opinion, swimming is unique in that its emphasis is the team score, as well as swimming in each individual event. If the team is really close to win- ning and feels it, they will perform well. iIWe had a super performance from the men, Ford said, iiThe performance highlight of the womens season was beating Centre. It really gave them a lot of confidence at the right time. The strong event for the men was the 50 meter freestyle. For the women, their strength rested in their distance swimming. Swimming 153

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Spons 152 The team started the year with a lot of shoulder problems, but finished with an 8-4 record. Lora Lewis, a freshman from Seymour, In., doesnht seem to have a problem. PHOTO BY: Tim Conn The team placed third in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Swim Conference. Zack Wade, a sophomore from Versailles, and Marc Goode, a sophomore also from Versailles, were two of the nine men on the team. PHOTO BY: Tim Conn The womerfs strength lay in their distance swimming. Terri Hicks, a sophomore from Sarasota, FL, helped the women to victory. PHOTO BY: Tim Conn

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A lot of courage and practice go into the art of diving. Suzi Trunzo, a junior marketing major from Philadelphia, Pa., keeps her form and con- centration as her toes leave the board. PHOTO BY: Swimming continued. . . . . . The weakness for both teams was their butterfly stroke, because there is a lack of diverse swimmers on the team, and there is a difficulty in recruiting oth- ers. Motivation is also a problem some- times. Individually, the menis strongest swimmers are: Kevin King, the menis captain and a senior; Mark Goode, a sophomore; Erik Lindstrom, a fresh- man; Cary Conley, a junior; and Zack Wade, a sophomore. The strongest women swimmers are: Gretchen Veigel, the women,s captain and a sophomore; and Terri Hicks, a sophomore. In addition to the teams success, Coach F 0rd was rewarded for his hard work by being named 1987-88 KISC Coach of the Year. - By: Christie Sheppard Preciseform, with help of strong arm muscles, will get you a high score in diving as Jim McNelley, a .junior physical education major from Piketown, Oh., practices to achieve. PHOTO BY: Tim Conn