Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Everyone's Swim Team Practically every sport was affected by the ruthless budget cuts. Swimming wasn't an exception. At the beginning of the year we didn't expect there'd be a guy's team, said Shirleen St. Clair. ll hey are pretty tough. It was looking grim for the swimmers until a fund raising activity was held that greatly contributed to the fund. Swim team members were sponsored by individuals who paid the swimmers a fixed amount for every lap swam. lt helped our budget a great deal and it was a lot of fun, said Linda Cuzick. The teams were made Coed. This pleased many. Now we have more time to scam on the guys, said Mi- chelle l-lollander. The teams were coed in practice but they competed sepa- rately. Practicing with the girls was great but I'd hate to swim against them in a meet, they're pretty toughf' said Wade Duckworth. Under the excellent guidance of Coach Barry Owen, both teams combined as one and had very successful seasons. The Diving Team received superb coaching from Pat Flood. lt was worth all the freezing, standing on the board, out of the warm water, all the painful mistakes, to be able to do well in com- petition, Pat's a great coachfl said Marty Comer. P.l-l. Opponent Pt. Lorna Mira Mesa Christian Crawford Komet Relays Kearny Madison FINAL Diving from the pool-side, Lorra Grimes starts excellent form at the start. , fi.. K 124 Athletics First - M, Callobaugh, B. Owen, M. Hollander. Second - L. Grimes, H. Levine, D. Hildreth, M. Donais, T. Mann, S. St. Clair, J, Silva. Third - T. McColl, C. Stewart, L. Cusick, L. Craig, P. Walker, C. Yoshiva, T. Yoshido, S. Treger, W. Duckworth. Fourth - B, Knott, S, Stevenson, M. Cormier, J. Rodenbo, D. Coons, C. Dickerson, M. Hen- derson, C. Hulit, if ' 1 , ' eff 'V-31 1 X A n tr - .-,,. ' rill, - , xii. i is . ..t'1 V ' 'ii T rs. , ,,,, .,,, -, :f'- 'f ' ' 2 5 9 . , . .,, ,,gg Q H F ..si T r , ..... A . g ..... .... ... . ..,.,.. ttl il' 'L trtr . -aif P iffifif . r ..,. .,... , ... , ,,,.., , . .... X.,, - .iirii 4 . V. - . trt ',t' Wm- --

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Performing an aerial, Kristen Anderson per- forms at her first meet. Displaying her good muscle control, Ka- ren Hoyle poses for the judges. ,..,. -- lt's All Automatic XXX-, . S - ..-aff 9,52 11 A i Varsity Gymnastics Front row: I.. Sirois, C. Garza, I.. Kurtz, I.. Allison, K. Duncan, S. Krasner, E. Addleson. Second row: I.. Kurz, K. Anderson, S. Goodbody. Third row: K. Wil- liams, K. Hoyle. M. Burks. Top row: M. Saltz- man. D. Boiselle. Working to catch the grace and beauty of Miss Corbit, Denise Boiselle works out in prac- tice. I guess I practically idolized her . . . Olga Korbit . . . she's the one that start- ed it all for me, said Denise Boiselle. 'iMiss Korbit was so graceful. After watching her several times on televi- sion, I knew that I wanted to be just like her. At the age of nine, Denise became interested in gymnastics. After watch- ing several shows with Olga Korbit as the star gymnast, Denise went to her parents and begged to be put in a gym- nastics class. From the very beginning it just seemed so automatic. It seemed very naturalf, said Denise. At the age of 10, only one month into her lessons, Den- iseis coach entered her in a competi- tion. I still remember crying, I was so happy, said Denise. Three years passed, Denise moved from class three, to class one. At the age of 13, she was bringing home first place medals. She brought home many through the years, including several from tournaments at Patrick Henry. Denise said, It was just all so automat- ic. Gymnastics 123

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..,, ,ig 2 o Fun and Games? H. I-. -airs..-dl. H egegf+:51,-Q .. ' -ge , ' Kuwait at ' rv-1 ,W . f i Qgr 5 7 T fs Y ' i From Left - K. Russell, M. Wheeler. T. ' A Malkus. B. Marnell. A. Boriakin, R. Gershwind. ,W . Q M. Comer, D. Logans. P. Flood. -4 I it Lapping his opponents, Scott Stevens butter- . A flies his way to the finish line. -..g An excellent surfer, Coach Owen is a regular at Del Mar and La Jolla. You all know as well as I do, No Pain - No Gain! reiterated Coach Owen of the Coed Swim Team. lt was a cloudy day in March and time trials were to be held the following day. Nev- ertheless, there would be the usual tough workout. Coach Owen sauntered along the deck offering only limited en- couragement. The few positive things he does say are more encouraging than a long speech made by any coach, commented a swim team member. He expects a lot of us and we do the best we can . . . that's all he'll accept, commented Michelle Hollander. However, there was a lighter side to Coach Owen. ln March the First Annu- al Italian Swimming Relay Meet was held, in which all categories of swim- mers and divers were represented. The relays included demanding skills. The best was last - swimming with a spoon in mouth with a ping-pong ball on the end. With the wind and waves in the pool, it proved to be a hilarious exhibition. At the end of the relay the teams were scored and prizes given. Never were doughnuts appreciated so much, commented Shirleen St. Clair. Such actions made Coach Owen one of the most popular and effective coaches. However it was back to busi- ness that cloudy afternoon by the pool. Coed Swimming 125