Titusville High School - Optimist Yearbook (Titusville, PA)

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After swimming the last heat of the 200-yard freestyle, Don Shupe iabovel talks over his splits with Coach Dan Fritz. 1976-77 GIRLS' SWIM TEAM irightl - Front Row: Cindy Nosko, Diane Mapes, Terri Logsdon, and Beth Morrical. How Two: Luciana Clark, Brenda Eilers, Janet Zurovchak, Bose Mott, Jenny Jones, and Sandy Morris. How Three: Kathy Fye, Lisa Kriner, Lisa Kocher, Joan Gadsby, Karen Brown, and Lorraine Madden. 86!swimming Gas shortages and pool closings characterize 1976'- Titusville's Tankers splashed their way through a season dotted with can- celled practices and delayed or can- celled meets. Despite the circum- stances both teams fared well through- out the dual meet season. The boys, coached by Dan R. Fritz, swam like each meet was their last in an effort to finish with a winning sea- son. Their individual efforts paid off as they ended the season with a 7-6 record. Perhaps the team's most re- warding victory came at the hands of the Oil City swimmers. The Rocket boys hit the water knowing that every point would be important, and they came out on top by an 87-85 score. The meet was not decided until the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, which the Rockets won by over fifteen seconds. The Rocket girls showed tremendous potential throughout their dual meet season with several girls breaking team records. Beth Morrical, Janet Zurovchak, Karen Brown, and Jenny 77 swim season Jones proved instrumental in smash- ing over half of the team marks. The girls' team experienced several close meets throughout the season, typified by the Oil City meets, which were split with a narrow victory by each team in their home pool. Senior co-captains Don Shupe and Bill Ludwick, along with Alan Sauber and Dave Leach, proved to carry the strength of the boys' team on their shoulders. Each was called on by Coach Fritz to grab some badly needed first place finishes. The four also col- laborated to form the fastest medley relay ever produced by a Titusville team. The girls, captained by Beth Morrical, finished their dual meet season with a promising 4-6 record. Both Meadville and Warren appeared immensely pow- erful, but the Rocket girls failed to let the strength overwhelm them, as they used the opposition to push them- selves to season-best performances.

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1976-77 BOYS' SWIMMING 7-6 THS Opp. 40 Cathedral Prep 36 50 Iroquois 28 30 Bradford 53 36 Cathedral Prep 47 38 Bradford 45 29 Meadville 54 87 Oil City 85 54 Franklin 29 29 Warren 54 46 Corry 37 54 Meadville 118 53 Oil City 30 100 Franklin 72 While concentrating on her stroke, Jennifer Jones Irightl tries to increase her lead over her Iroquois opponent. 88!swimming Maintaining a body length lead over his Meadville opponent, Don Shupe labovel sprints the final yards ofthe 100-yard butterfly. At the start of the 50-yard freestyle, Alan Sauber lrightl stretches to get off the blocks before his Oil City opponents.