Oakville Senior High School - Tiger Paw Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Warming up before a meet the Tigers prepare for some tough competition Swzmmmg the breaststroke Jeanne Luca races for the finish ahead of her opponents -III -ll .Ill -ll null!!l'Elllul'1i'ilul I ull' nnlll- nnllll null' Practicing herdive Jenny Heckstetter A-' readies herself for the next meet in the hopes of bringing home a Tiger victory l' Q ' --e e-- O--- 3, ' I . I . i lx At each felt like wmners meet we still E Girls Swimming OHS loss loss loss loss loss loss loss loss loss loss loss loss loss loss loss loss OPPONENT Lindbergh Ursiline Cor Jesu Pky. South Clayton Pky. North Eureka Kirkwood U. CityfNotre Dame Notre Dame Amon Ritenour Villa Duchesne Mehlville Ladue Ft. Zumwalt Girls Swimming - 225

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aking-A-SpfaQ1 Success! ,,,, We enjoyed ourselves and had a great time, so the season was a Starting the season off was a dif- ficult task for this year's girls said sophomore Ronda Hurt. swim team. 'Even though we didn't win any meets, the season went quite well on the individual level, commented junior Carla Sparks. The 1987 swimming Tigers had many new faces added to their squad. I enjoyed swimming this year and l hope to continue on the team, added freshmen Lori Crawford. With their losses the girls never lost their spirit. At each swim meet we still felt like winners, no matter what the times said, Having a new coach this year was something that also added to this year's season. The new coach was a big help to the new swimmers on the team and helped us help them. added freshmen Jenny Worley. Spirit for any team is something that is almost required. Because without spirit the team isn't com- plete. Although this season wasn't the best for the girls, that only gives them more room to succeed in future years. V YW Row one: J. Heckstetter, R. Davidson, H. Simmons, K. Holmes, H. Schwartz, S. Midyett. Row two: B. Jackson coach, R. Hun, C. Sparks, L. Crawford, J. Worley, B. Meinz, R. Streb coach. Row three: B. Williams, J. Luca. 222 - Girls Swimming Watching intently, Heidi Schwartz awaits her tum. Leadmg for the finish, Beth Wil- liams gives it her all. The team gets last minute ad- vice.

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rack Attack '8 Teachers, students, and parents walk outside by the track, seeing gold sweats with the winged foot of Mercury: the god of speed. The sweats belong to the 1987 track tigers, a spirited group de- termined to run, jump, and throw a personal record every meet. The high point of the guys sea- son was the team's strong show- ing at the R-9 Invitational. 'tThe team's strength is in the sopho- more class, stated Mr. Schimpf. The top senior, Joe Stemler, is weekends. 1 think it is fun being on the varsity sprint team, but it's hard work practicing every weeknight and on the school record holder in the 800, 1600, and C5200 meters. The Tigerette's team, led by Coaches Mr. Bishop and Mr. Dennett, was fairly strong in ev- ery event. Senior Stephanie Meert explained, 'lTrack is more than running, it is being versatile in many events, and also having fun! After the team's formidable showing in the Parkway North re- lays, Kellie Cobb and Michelle Peterson laughes, 'iWe all love Mr. Dennet, even though we aren't as good looking as him! QA? J'-gf A ,. Bottom Row: Bill Elkins, Chris Jarvis, Bob Sappa, Lance Greunke, Joe Quattrocki, Dave Strunk, Pat Hill, Brian Greunke. Second Row: Mr. Amrein, Tom Seener, Joe Stemler, Ron Chapman, Eric Weber, Jeflrlart, Dan Portell, John Ryan, Mr. Bishop. Top Row: Mr. Gorsuch, Greg Ganley, Tom Polesel, Rick Rosales, Jim Tumer, Calvin Ger- rein, Tim Van Ronzelen, Mr. Schimpf. 224 - Track , Q, L ..., , wwf! qvfj QWWB in 76 Stnving for the finish line Chns Jarvis makes his move Dina Barth and Mitzi Fischer fin ish the conference meet Val and Tony pass the baton 1' ,mn L ,. 0, ' , . fd f 7 ,fd W , g ,f fl T it , T J 2 I i l was -' , , t f ' 1 2- W- ' Q T if' i r 5. , 45 .fx ,