Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Making waves We had a very successful season, said Swim Team Coach William Kennedy. The girls won three dual meets and a tri- meet at Spring Branch. Their 400, free relay broke the school record. They placed sixth out of thirty- four teams at the holiday T.l.S.C.A. meet, and placed thirteenth out of seventy- four teams in the State T.l.S.C.A. meet. One season highlight for the girls was freshman diver Carey Miller, who was third in district, fourth in region, and eighth in state. At the regional meet Tracey Taylor finished fifth in 50 yd. freestyle and sixth in 100 yd. freestyle. Shelley Minnete took fifth in 100 yd. freestyle at regionals, and the girls freestyle relay took eighth. Overall the girls finished fourth in district. lt all happened very fast, said Freshman Carey Miller. I had a lot of fun. All the meets were very close, said Bambi Poyas. I liked the out-of-town meets the best. Our own district Westchester and Memorial were the toughest. We had a much better year this year, said Senior Tracey Taylor. The people improved a lot. We placed well at the state T.l.C.l.A. Meet out of more than 70 teams. The morning practices were hard, but I'm glad I did them. To be good n swimming you have to give it everything. The boys had an outstanding year, said Coach Kennedy. Their best times were improved on. also up for an All American consideration, and has been invited to compete in the Olympic trials. Diver Jim Mews placed fourth in district in only his second year of diving, and was tenth in the state meet. The boy's free relay finished sixth at the regional meet. Overall this year we did a lot better than last year, said Senior Scott Ranostaj. lt was a fun year, and I had a good time. We had a good year, said Sophomoreldiver Danny Hamilton. I think Cy- Fair was our best meet. But we had the most fun when we went to San Antonio. Our district was very tough, said Sophomore Ricky May, but we have a lot of depth on the team and more people than before. I'm working hard for the Olympic trials this summer, and l'm looking forward to next year. .ag Q. W.-. f .-My . gy.. ......... . it W t ' s .M i-fN ' M s - Ricky May broke two .ssrq rsss a I - - - .... . .wt--I - .... . . . . 'e9'0n records and hmshed fi I High In the air, Junior Frank Black- eventh in state in freestyle slsss iiifi S S ical is wood DIUHQGS H110 the Water. Unlike nd third in state in 100 .lra W' ci ' I the Swimmers, the divers practiced - ' Q '-' 1. - . ' ' th ' dth' . eter breaststroke. He is M gQgWst,5,,1gf Sm pew 'syear iif' ' -rt Hjff'53??Yl Springing from the board, Senior Jim Mews performs a back dive. I thought we had a pretty good year, said Jim. Caught in mid air, Diver Jim Mews executes a reverse and a hall dive. Jim has only been diving for two years, but finished tenth in the state meet. swimming 147

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i f it in 1-M new ,V V..,,f Diving into the water, Freshman, Joey Campbell competes in a swim- ming meet at the natatorium. l thought the season was all right but l wish we could have had more meets, said Joey. ,ggaiiikii i i N., ' 'if ti t, 6 lah w , H Figure Vtry Q, ,t,,, '2 - 'vm ,, ,f - M ,f 'sfmwimmu ' . , Loi t i,i..m,,tt,. M. V f 'Y 'WJlffwsmmmwumwami fniw.. , , .t,,.t..t,t,, gm 'z'ff7f 'Z,,.. Q 79' .,,:,,,W .. , an iw , L , With arms outstretched, Senior Ji Mews dives into the water. Althoug he got fourth in the regionals, Ji i qualified to go to the state meet. After finishing a race, Freshman Shelly Minette concentrates on her upcoming events, l thought we all' did pretty good this year, said Shelly. 146 swimming

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ff 1 Senior Ben Langston takes time out Stratford golf team, UQ Ben takes a amazement at how far it went, 531 Ben in the hole, 5414 He makes his putt, from the classroom to play on the full swing at the ball, QQ He looks in contemplates how he can get the ball made it! exclaimed Ben. Go forthe GREEN Despite competing against the best teams in state in almost every tournament, the Stratford golf team still had a successful season. l thought that overall we did an adequate job, said Coach Lynn Funk. Out of the eight tournaments we attended, we finished fifth in Nacogdoches and eighth out of thirty in Corpus Christi despite competing against the best teams in state every time. In our district, we finished behind only Memorial and Westchester in every tournament. But in district we finished seventh. The kids were really very Freshman Simon Fields practices 9nthU5'aStlC and I would like . I Mt A6 I .. Qing , ..............-I his putting at an afterschool practice. to see- more girls and bOyS , We practiced about twice a week, participate Irt the future. We Senior Miko Moorman squats down as he ponders his next shot. said Simon' have a fine young team, and 148 golf