Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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eiyhts add spee Why would a person give up his or her afternoon every day after school and face a grueling work out in a pool? l've been swimming since I was very young. I like the fact that it's an individ- ual sport, and being in cool water instead of out in the hot sun, answered Senior Craig Breslau. Unlike previous years, the team held only two early morning work outs in the water. They opted instead to arrive at school by 6:30 every Monday, Wednes- day and Friday mornings through December to work out with weights. There is no doubt that weight train- ing was beneficial in varying degrees to every swimmer who participated, stated Coach Bill Kennedy. In agree- Taking a breath, Senior Craig Breslau nears the end of practice as he works on his butterfly stroke. Craig was one of three 4-year lettermen on the team. Qu -I 'Y J . 'i ,, ff. :P '- If-L - ,. 1? ' 3- ,Q ment Senior Craig Breslau commented, lt made me stronger and helped me swim faster. Getting in the water for the first time, in October, the team alternated work outs between the Spring Branch Natato- rium, and both the outdoor and indoor pools at the Dad's Club. According to Senior Kristy Wright, an average work out consisted of a warmup, swimming 500 Q20 lapsj or T000 Q40 lapsj yards in each stroke. The warmup was followed by a series of drills for about an hour, and then a V f V. .,- - ,.-.if fggagfi 13:6 ,ww -cs, M, -'3znt,.--rw., N . 'R A , if ,.-fy 7 A' .f4xt7 -m,t I 12-NP' 2.1114 .5 '- 'Q .. During an afterschool workout, lun Patrice Sullivan practices the bacl stroke. We usually had a lot of fun them, said Patrice, commenting workouts after school. warmdown, consisting of 500 each stroke at a slow pace. workouts lasted about an hour half, and we worked every Saturday all holidays, explained Coach This year we had the best ' Stratford's history, stated Coach nedy, adding, we had .some c -wb' ' S.- JA - ' '-f 4 , win ' ' .. . A , ,S , . i ,gif ' - .,.-rr .,. ,..- ,,4 '?P . 'f ft ,1.wa,rJr4zf ' ' Va-2i3,?-E?.ZiigQif5?Q.4,wtg: ' g K .. fr' -fl ,. zlyasup '?e7'f t .a-. Y ' L-+f,L ' -- V.-Q ' .. ltsjkjlaa-1 + -,W - , .-. ,A ,pw - -J t gras. a . W t - -'M-W ' -',.y -1, w.'g 1 , wa. ay h -. , , gt-'it-if?-1 '-,,:'iL 'f' , I. , .3-.Mfg-1' ' 1 f ' ch j55 'w':..a': 5, :1fi'f tt-.L f 1 -, 2 1 ' 'if' 'lrlfl 53' f::E'i:fQ25 Q . ., t V ., - -sf 53.15 -K W - 1, - . gf ew 1,3-'sg far.,- J T . 1 Nsvvvwzif ' in Q - Bit: ,, i 'V' Pl' 3? - 5' ' A.- , .T 1 at I, . ,Whse-Q. Q.-agar-31 , .. cang,i...g:---:- -- 'L .': 3--E'rq5yig.. , , :LJ--f gv7'fl-,y V+'-grs-J 13.5,--C Y :.'- Q 44-, '. f -, fr -Q--3'-. 9-wry. . . ' ' f -K4-.1'14'L.2:i: fg-me 4 Q' 'Q'-J' A. . ggsarfdr-'x..q, V559-Q11 -35 N -- .9 .- -f'.s1g5+ 5 s-,:Q5Qg. N 1.-.5 .- .g p--so--V-., l I 1 . . Xt. 'V , .ral 1 T., '- th -'-,.,:.- hx -Q. . sl' Y? s '-' .,,:',,E A , 38 V 3-sw, ,L V. ,OK -3' 'V',n ': l swimmi . , A ...Q --A' -- '- -f.-4 1- 1-54 t r - -, 'JSM T.. -,p-:.,,,3,.3'f, :bat-6-::'9N N- .h h I if-vit-, - A D . V . ,,.,-:si-, ,, t -- 3-1 ---u . ' , 1 - r.- ' , .--- .4 ' 3- M' - .--l -fr-3--,.i . g,' i'1.,jC,.H,w ',,, fi ff-, 2, . - 1' '-TQ Vt .- ' - , -Q I - ..z1 mf.-Lf . 3 ' , gg- , 1: 'N A . 5' k 'f if A. 'Jigs-g74,,.. A ww cxlgff 75' V flaw-1 h 1..

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Senior Mark Cunningham was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the team because of his consist- ency and leadership qualities, said Coach Funk. The team is looking forward to next year when they will have ten players returning, six of them letter- men. Right now we have the nucleus for a good team next year, said Funk. Iunior Mark Rumscheidt prepares him- self for his next shot during a practice round at the Spring Branch Golf Center. Late in the season the team switched from Memorial Park to the Spring Branch Golf Center as their practice site. One of the only two seniors on the team, jeff Flinn tries to qualify for a tournament at Memorial Park. Accord- ing to leff, the lowest five averages went to the tournaments. Iunior Milt Howard gets ready to send a 5-iron to the green. Milton held down the number three position on the ladder for most of the year. Iunior Mike Moorman ets ready to accelerate through the iall during a practice session. Mike improved greatly during the year and qualified for enough tournaments to earn a letter. golf 137

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'We had some I outstanding , swimmers! swimmers. Notable among these e Freshman Patty Haring and Sopho- e Ricky May, juniors Matt Nicola, Tracey Taylor. few Stratford Swimmers also quali- for the TISCA Meet, a state meet 74 teams competing. These were: swimmers from both medley relays, ilyn MacDonald in the 50 yard frees- , and junior Tracey Taylor in the 50 '100 yard freestyle. he diving team was composed of ye girls, Lynn Loving, Diane Coats, Whitney Lamb teamed with three 5, Danny Hamilton, Frank Black- td, and lim Mews. Stratford's diving 't been too strong in the past, but it Red this year. The divers added ts during meets, commented y. liwimming takes hard work and +rmination, stated Coach Kennedy. ,y agreed and remarked, Swimming es me hurt all over, and that feels d ,, Hen you dive, you straighten out t before you hit the water, tained junior Matt Nicola. Matt's its during the season were the 50 100 yard freestyle, as well as the ley relay. After a race, lunior Tracey Taylor relaxes in the water. In regional competition, Tracey took first place in the 100 yard freestyle. While Freshman Bambi Poyas awaits her turn in the relay, Senior Kristy Wright encourages her teammate on. Accord- ing to Bambi, We had lots of spirit and yelled for each other when we were swimming. swimming T39