Upper Arlington High School - Norwester Yearbook (Upper Arlington, OH)

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Swimming: (Front Row): Davr Wood. Dave Lamon. Scott Sloan. Will Parsons. Glenn Voelx. Owen Maddox. Chm Day. Mdie Fenton. Steve Estelle, Keith Berend (Second Row): Coach John VanVoorhls, Matt Davis, Kevin Brown. Ted Steiner. Oup Smith. Scott Morgan. Steve VanVoorhls. Ron Hosenleld. John Diax. Mark Hillman (Third Row): In one fluid motion. Doug Dickerson shoots water airborne during the 100-yard backstroke As one of the captains. Dickerson helped lead the Bears to their first state championship Coach Peter Linn. Paul Fcduchak, Dan Dragin. Steve Molnar, Chris Burt. Bob Houser. Phil Smith. Will Inglis (Back Row): Doug Wnght. Craig Leesman, Willie Kocher. Chns Rose. Dave Colombo. John Miller. Doug Dickerson, Terry Hendershott. Greg Simpson. Christian Feduchak MBOvDGmtagj 239

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Springing into action. |unior Paul Feduchak prepares to take a dive during a home meet Feduchak will provide ex pcrwnce for the Bears during the '85'86 season Doug Wright and his double image com pete against Sycamore m the lOOyard breaststroke Swimmers ride wave to the The Bears ended an old tradition by earning their first state title in school history Cincinnati St Xavier, the defending champion. holds twelve out of the last fourteen state Championships UA was a distant second last ''We've come in second so often, words cannot express how good it feels to be first. year and was out for the kill The Water Bears won 162-150 even though not one swimmer won an event Instead, the Bears placed so consistently that they kept scoring points The victory at the state meet ended another banner season for the Bears They achieved an undefeated dual-meet record as well as their thirty-fourth consecutive district title. Thirteen team members were considered for All American Commented Head Coach Peter Linn, Our accomplishments are things the whole community can be proud of We've come in second so often, words cannot express how good it feels to be first. The annual awards banquet was held at the season’s close The Outstanding Swimmer Award was presented to the en tire team in recognition of its joint effort at the state meet Freshman Dave Lamon was voted Most Improved, and Glenn Voelz was selected as Outstanding Freshman Quad-captain John Miller received an award for inspira lion and dedication that marked his continuing recovery from an unusual syndrome he had contracted over the summer Quad-captains Doug Dickerson. Dave Colombo, Chris Rose, and Miller announced their successors as Chris Burt. Bob Houser, and Phil Smith The diving team of senior Brendon Moody and junior Paul Feduchak was a large asset, adding valuable points at all meets Feduchak placed second in the state and Moody finished thirteenth The bears will be losing eleven swimmers, including seven three-year lettermen It will be hard to match the depth and range ol this year. said Coach Linn When you're defending champ, you tend to view the situation differently. We intend to approach it with the same intensity as this year top Season Record UA no 1st UA Relay 102 St Xavier 118 Lakewood 1st Athens Relays 107 Worthington no Glen Oak 108 Princeton 117 Academy 100 5 Pioneer 116 Westerville North no Sycamore 105 St Francis 125 Delaware Hayes 1st District 1st State OP 67 48 65 62 64 55 71 53 5Q 67 4b 238 §M0OirOIJErO0[n)i!)

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Scoring goals in the pool and on the court Varsity games may have gathered much crowd appeal, but two lesser known sports provided just as much excitement and action as the others. Intramural basketball, advised by Mr Bill Witney, allowed students to play on Saturday after- The kids really got it together and did aery well. They showed a lot of potential in their style. noons from Christmas to spring break Mr Witney worked with Athletic Director Richard Fryman to organize and schedule games as well as oversee them Participants put themselves into fifteen teams divided into (our leagues according to grade level Teams played against one another in the new gym for several hours each week Unlike last year, there was no tournament to determine a championship team, although several went undefeated Senior Tim Farber, who played on the Silver Bullets, remarked. “It was fun A lot of good teams with good players made it really challenging.” Returning for his second year as water polo coach. Mr Richard Noble led a team that overcame many difficulties and saw much improvement through the year The nineteen members finished their fall season with a 2-5-2 record Four tournaments and nine games provided opportunities for experience and progress. Mr Noble commented that the team, which placed second in the district and fourth in the state, “had im- proved every game, especially at the state meet The kids really got it together and did very well They showed a lot of potential in their style The team worked around various obstacles such as conflicts with the swim season Consequently. many players did not start practicing until the season was well underway. Lack of equipment and time were also barriers However, parental support was superb, and 1 was especially pleased with the enthusiasm of the freshmen. added Coach Noble Although both intramural basketball and water polo were the only coed sports available, no girls went out for either team. Nevertheless, both provided chances for competition and good sportsmanship outside of the stan dard extra-curricular activities UA Season Record 2-5-2 OPP 5 Westerville 6 4 Princeton 9 9 Sycamore 9 4 Napoleon 16 11 Findlay 4 20 Worthington 7 10 St. Francis 10 7 Napoleon 13 4 Canton 10 2nd District 4th State To start the second hall of then in tramural game. Dean Do a laps the ball over the outstretched arm ol Kyle Wilcox Out of the fifteen teams that par ticipated in intramural basketball, only three managed to stay undefeated They were the Purple Aces, Team Rambts. and the Silver Bullets Members of the Silver Bullets mclude (Front Row): Greg Roll. Tim Farber. Dave Frnlmg (Second Row Ebnght (Back Row): Jim Hanneman 240 OlMFfMOfllFIlO