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Hard Work Brings Experience


                                                               -Wendy Malesa
                        Both  swimmers  and   stressed  in the swimming prac-  both  teams placed the girls 2nd   place  1st  in  the  1  00  meter
                 divers had  3-5  hrs.  of  prac-  tices and  the  meets," said  div-  with  188  points  and  boys  5th   backstroke,  and  2nd  in  the
                 tices 5 days a week.  "Having   ing coach Dan  Murphy.    with  151  points in  the  Metro fi-  200 individual medley. Senior
                 long ,  hard  practices  helped     Sacrifices  were  made  nals.                       Rachel Handren placed  2nd in
                 build  both  strong  bodies  and   by  teammates to improve as a   Eight  that  qualified  for   the  1  00 butterfly and  Seniors
                 friendships, which  made com-  team  and  individually  to  help   state  placed.  "It  was  a  good   Ron  Jones  and  Colette
                 petition  a  little  less  stressful.   the team  win.  "It  was  a lot of   feeling  to  know  that  all  the   Reinhard placed 4th in the div-
                 However, it did not take  away   hard  work.  I  cut  down  on  my   hard  work and  time  I  put  into   ing competition . Senior Ryan
                 all  of the  stress,"  said  Junior  work  schedule  and   spent  diving really paid off for me, and   Horner placed 2nd in 200 indi-
                 Jessica Mai.                 most of  my spare  time  study-  also helped my  team  as  well ,"   vidual  medley and  3rd  in  100
                         Teammates also  held   ing and less time socializing. To  said  Senior Ron  Jones.  The   backstroke. Boys 200  medley
                 blue/silver intramurals, in   win  it  took  a  lot  of  patience,   girls placed 5th  with  136 points   placed 3rd.
                 which  they competed against  determination,  and guts,"  said   and  boys  placed  6th  with  1  02   "The  whole  team  im-
                 each  other.  No  matter  what   Junior Colette Reinhard.   points at the state meet.    proved dramatically  through-
                 kind  of  practice  was  being             The  improve-       Placing  individually were   out  the whole  season ,"  said
                 held,  "safety was  always  ment and  determination  from   Junior Steph  Torrens who  did   Coach  Murphy.












































                 During a  morning practice,  two
                 swimmers practice a freestyle relay  in
                 preparation for an  upcoming meet.
                 (Ted Graham)
                 Senior  Brian  Kelpe dives into the pool                                                 The  swimmers warm  up  before  the
                 to  help bring victory to one of the boys'                                               Metro finals where the  girls placed  2nd
                 relays.  (Ted Graham)                                                                    with 188 points, and the boys placedS ih
                                                                                                          with  151  points.  (Ted Graham)

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