San Dimas High School - El Santo Yearbook (San Dimas, CA)

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As the gun goes off. sophomore Adam Lyons, junior Felix Badibanga and sophomore Jason Carr. along with their opponents, explode out of the blocks. Exhausted, senior Kristen Peters wins the mile relay in blue and gold. Practicing his form during the week ' pays off as junior Todd James wins his race. Junior Tracy Bates along with sophomore Angie Moreland and freshman Tara Grayson reach down deep and give it all they ' ve got in the 100-yard dash. t72 Sfr u

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About to deliver a powerful backhand, junior David Perez concentrates on his form. ( t (fae t £xftecfatt w b We have a very strong team and our goal is to take league this year, said junior David Perez. With ten returning players and the addition of three outstanding new players, varsity tennis may have been at its best in the history of our school. The returning coach from ' 86, Joann Turner, stressed hard work and the will to win, I want a positive team and one that will win league! The doubles team which helped carry them last year hoped to share their talent again. Doubles are not as strong as the singles, but we ' ll do all right, said senior Steve Swyter who played number one doubles with Agilio Macabasco, Boys ' Varsity Tennis Joann Turner SD Opponent 17 Edgewood 1 te Garey 2 8 Damien 10 13 Northview 5 4 Covina 14 18 Bonita Sierra Vista Azusa Gladstone Baldwin Park Wilson Azusa Gladstone Baldwin Park Charter Oak Gladstone Azusa Baldwin Park senior Andy Wu and Joey Liu who held the number two spot, and the number three doubles team of senior Mark Kaltenhauser and junior David Perez all contributed to the success. Singles players who became the dominant forces determined most of the matches. With much experience and confidence, junior Darrin Stewart and sophomores Tim Morstad and state-ranked Ryon Bailey helped carry the team. The new JV team, with only a handful of players and no scheduled matches because of the shortage of players at other schools, could only attend the varsity games and hope to play as extras. It wasn ' t a complete loss; we learned a lot, and it will help us when we are on the varsity team, said freshman Mark Velayos. J. V. Front: Marc Velayos. Jesse Carlos. Back: Brian Higgins. Kevin Shupe. Erick Tiongson. Varsity. Front: Agilio Macabasco. David Perez. Tim Morstad. Stephen Huang. Andy Wu. Joey Liu. Back: Steven Chang. Darrin Stewart. Steve Swyter. Joe Nash. Marc Kaltenhauser. Ryon Bailey. Soy ' 7et tU f7t

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Flying comes Bates as she easy for junior Tracy rockets over a hurdle. Ok 76et ytfatfo Coach Jaeger called it one of the biggest and most inexperienced teams he had ever coached. With freshmen and sophomores making up the majority of the team, returning juniors and seniors had a run for money. There was determination on the track, despite the youth and inexperience, to be the best they could be. The facts that the stadium had not been completed and that there was a big dumpster in Boys ' Varsity Tr ack 36 Edgewood 91 59 Workman Baldwin Park Sierra Vista Basset! Azusa Gladstone 67 the starting spot for the 100- yard dash did not discourage the runners. During the weekly dual Girls ' Varsity Track Edgewood Workman Baldwin Park Sierra Vista Bassett Azusa Gladstone meets the team ran against another school. At invitationals. athletes from at least 10 different schools came to compete with only one thing on their minds: to win a medal so their jackets would make noise when they walked around their campus. Our very own j.v., varsity, and girls ' hurdlers, long distance runners and sprinters won more than their share of medals of gold, silver, and bronze. Senior Kristen Peters came back for a fourth year, and along with sister freshman Jennifer Peters and junior Janelle Nicolas dominated the girls long distance races. Freshman Willie Rasmus, junior Todd James and sophomore Jai Husband took varsity hurdles by storm, while sophomore [Natalie Kramer and freshman Jennifer Lim had girls ' hurdles in the bag. Junior Tracy Bates, sophomore Tshibola Badibanga, sophomore La Shon Hooper and junior Yvette Ash gave all the opposing teams a run for their money in the 100-yard and 220-yard sprints. With the instruction of new Boys ' J.V. Track 46 Edgewood 72 83 Workman Baldwin Park Sierra Vista Bassett Azusa Gladstone 23 Racing against time, sophomore Siamak Malek keeps a strong pace in leading S.D. to a victory. coach Wilhite, Mike Farrar, Randy Johns, Jason Young, and David Ornales ran the mile relay which almost always gave the points needed to improve the j.v. score. Newcomers senior Ellis Gordon and sophomore Louie Vidaure led on the race for a place in the mid-distance races while Jean-Paul Theriot, Kevin Kaloian, and Frank Sanchez reached down deep to find the strength to finish the strenuous two mile runs. There was one word that summed up all the runners on the team and that was courage. 7m 4 f73