West Forsyth High School - Cronus Yearbook (Clemmons, NC)

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TITAN'S SWIMMIN The Boys' And Girls' Swim Teams Kicked Into A Successful Season By Sherrill McSwain Consistency is the condition of adhering together. Consistency was the quality Coa- ch Bill Carter felt his 1986-87 girls swim team best possessed. The girls this year, like last, were coop- erative and were willing to do what was needed to be done to be successfulf, com- mented Coach Carter. Led by team captain, Ginny Bradford, Sally Kuhl, and Kathy Turner, this year's team achieved a 4-1 record, and their first CityfCounty Championship title. The CityfCounty championships were held Saturday, February 7, at Wake For- est University. During this meet four school records were broken and two city- fcounty records were set. Claudia Goins broke her own record in the 100 breast stroke, Kelly Davis also broke her own school record in the 100 back stroke. The medley relay team, of Kelly Davis, Merrily Taylor, Claudia Goins, and Ginny Bradford set a new school record and broke the 1986 cityfcounty record set by Mt. Tabor. We worked really hard to improve our medley time. We knew if we could break s 198 f Swim And Dive DIVERS: First Row: Coach Steve McAdams, Mike Lutes, Jeff Beitel, Chris Alvarnas, Mrs. Paula Wood- ruff. Second Row: Jodi'Creager, Kathy Turner, Brit- tany Orrell. ' the old school record, we could set a new cityfcounty record, commented Ginny Bradford. Although the boys kept a good 4-1 re- cord, they weren't as successful as the girlfs team. With leading swimmers Mark Lane, Kent Rothrock, Kevin Wendleboe, and Jeff Sheesley, the 1986-87 boys' team placed second in the cityfcounty meet Mark Lane also broke his own 50 freestyle record during this meet. I have always had the West Forsyth 50 freestyle record, so I am always pushing myself to make the record better, com- mented Mark when asked about his free- style records. 1 Both boys' and girls' diving teams had an impressive showing during the city- fcounty meet. Jeff Beitel placed first, re- taining his undefeated ranking for two years straight. Although the boys' showings weren't as impressive as the girls', both teams as a whole broke four school or cityfcounty 1 records, and ended the season in record breaking fashion, giving West a team to be proud of. TlT I 1.55 F5955 Q are sm 4 GIRLS SWIM TEAM: First Row: Tricia Turner, Ginny Sugg, Kim Knowles, Melissa Parks, Shannon Lilly, Ginny Bradford, Jenny Weis, Claudia Goins, Julie Overton, Sara Arrington. Second Row: Heather Goodwin, Michelle Kuhl, Salley Kuhl, Jennifer Cronin, Maria Milani, Tina Grubbs, Melissa Taylor, Merrily Taylor, Kelly Davis, Malinda Highsmith, Jodi Poteat.

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