Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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VARSITY SWIM TEAM-FRONT ROW: Mgr. Steve Wright, Joe Kalt, John Ball, Bill Blackwell, Mgr. Walt Bailey. SECOND ROW: Tom Fitzgerald, Steve Garri- gan, Mark Fentnor, Peter Blecha, Sherman Miller, Brad Siefarth, Paul Marble, The varsity swimming team and its coach, Bolo Ford, looked forward to a successful season. Led in distance by Peter Strong, sprinting by Ken Jacobs, Dan Spogen, and Larry Ep- stein, in butterfly by Steve Garrigan, and in diving by Mark Fentnor, The Team hoped to better last year's season mark of 6-3. Coach Ford thought Mark Fentnor stood a good chance Ta capture The city diving Title, and he expected the freestyle relay Team of Strong, Jacobs, Garrigan and Spogen to break The existing school record in that event. Steve Garrigan, varsity tanker, participated in the butterfly competition during the spring meets held throughout the months of March, April and May. Randy Mathews, Dan Spogen. BACK ROW: Peter Strong, Larry Epstein, Sam Young, Bill Ball, Brock Tella, Tom Duddleston, Ken Jacobs, Mike Fall, Scott Westfall, Rob McDougald, Coach Bob Ford. Senior Tom Duddleston, captain of the swimming team, and Ken Jacobs dove off the starting blocks during a team practice. Both specialized in sprints. 'Ulm

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Returning Juniors Strengthened Swim Team Mark Fentnor, the Titans top diver, practiced his proved his form by working with the gymnastics diving technique every day. After practice, he im- team. Mark was in his third year on the team. VARSITY SWIMMING SCHEDULE March Tucson March Pueblo April Rincon April West Phoenix April Tucson April Catalina April Rincon May Camelback May Pueblo May Divisional Meet COACH Bob Ford Distance swimmer, Peter Strong, proved himself the city's best in the 400 and ' 200-yard freestyle as he strove to help Palo Verde regain the state title. One of the leading backstrokers for the Titans was iunior Joe Kalt. Joe practiced the stroke many hours to improve himself for city competition.

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JUNIOR VARSITY SWIM TEAM-FRONT ROW: Mike Mulvena, Dennis Bouchard, Keith Porter, David Singer, Mike Siefarth, Scott Harris. BACK ROW: Jeff Wootan, John Chambers, Stan Sherman, Pat Siefarth, Paul Cate, Peter Simpson, Mgr. Kyle Payton. JV Tankers Worked to Fill Varsity Positions Junior varsity tanker Peter Simpson dove from the diving block beginning a freestyle sprint. Simpson had hopes of making the varsity team this season. Junior varsity swimmers for the 200-yarol medley relay were Pat Siefarth, Scott Harris, Paul Cate and Stan Sherman. Peter Simpson swam the 200-yard freestyle while John Cham- bers and Mike Mulvena swam the 50-yard freestyle. Individual medley swimmer was Paul Cate and divers were Dennis Bou- chard and Keith Porter. Dave Singer swam the IOO-yard free- style. Pat Siefarth swam the IOO-yarol backstroke and Peter Simpson swam the 400-yard freestyle. Jeff Wootan swam the lOO-yarcl breaststroke for the JV team. Paul Cate a member of the JV swimming team worked on mastering the back- stroke Paul swam the individual medley as well as the backstroke.