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Knight1 think the south side is about to get some notice for the first time The north suburbs have dominated all the recognition in swimming We may change all that.”That's the wy Oak Forest girls swimming coach Vita Meyer felt before last vear’s first 1HSA state swim finals. When the final results were in. the southern girls realized that they had not only come a long way. baby. but still had a long way to goTF North placed the highest of any area team, ending up in a tie for 18th place. 87 points behind state champion Maine South TF North’s total belonged entirely to freshman Dawn Rodighiero, who was third in the breaststroke and fifth in the individual medley ThereWwon’t be any chance for a repeat performance. since Dawn has moved to CaliforniaA YEAR AGO, district champions likeHomewood-Flossmoor and Tinlev Park*were way down the line, deadlocking for 20th place with 20 pointsWith the exception of Homewood, a strong contender for championship honors this time around, the local outlook for state glory isn’t particularly encouraging But for most of the area qualifiers, earning a place in the state meet is the thrill of a lifetimeDowners Grove South high school will be this weekend's site, where competition begins Friday and ends Saturday. Maine South is favored to repeat, but watch out for New Trier East, Glenbrook North, St Charles, Hinsdale Central and area power Homewood.Tinley Park, third place in the Kankakee Eastridgi district (won by Home-woodi. advanced swimmers in three events, including the winning 200-yard medley relay crew of lxiri Sager, Dawn Muys, .Julie Milam and Vicki Shaw Mii-uni, a junior, moves on as an individual competitor in the 100 yard butterfly, where she was fourthShaw met q lalifieations in the 50 yard freestyle and nutterfly, finishing third in both races Vicki flashed to a fourth placeSANDBURG WON the Thornwood district, but only one Eagle girlmade it to state diver Mary Bvars.Oak Forest, two points behind Sandburg, qualified the 200 medley relay team of Julie Graham, Becky MacGregor, Brl-gid Klockowski and Karen Walsh. Graham also made it in the IM and 500 freestyle. Walsh, a two^vent district winner last year, fell fractions of a second shy of making it as an individual.Thornridge has one representative, diver Maxine Mastev, while Thornwood’s*Helen Vudis advanced in the 200 freestyle and butterfly, and teammate Carol Kul-czuk earned a diving berthPam Schackle and Audrev Palekasvhightlighted Stagg s district success. They teamed with Karen Graham and Judy Diericks on the winning freestyle relay. Earlier. Schackle won the 200 and 500 freestyles, while Palekas took the 50 freestyleShepard's first state qualifier in any sport is diver Jacqueline Mohr, who edged out teammate Kim Svevo for the final fourth positionBy ALAN MACEYThis has been an unpredictable year After all, just look who’s the President of the United StatesSo when you read the following story, believe itYou are not taking that one step beyond, or entering the twilight zoneFACT: Lirfcoln-Way high school doesn’t have a swimming poolFact: Lincoln-Way high school doesn’t have a swimming teamFact: Lincoln-Way high school will have two representatives at this weekend's 1HSA girls state swimming finals at Downers Grove SouthFact: The participating individuals are senior Nancy Tauber and junior Terry Walsh Both are diversFACT: Neither can believe what transpired at last Saturday’s Kankakee Kas-tridge districtWhat did transpire was amazing Tauber and Walsh placed second and fourth, respectively, in the diving competition, both earning state qualification Kankak ee Westview’s Sue Schomer compiled 292.65 points for the top position, while Tauber had 282.15 and her teammate 261.60.All of which, however, was accom plished with less than six hours of practice since August. These two Frankfort girls, who live about 10 houses from each other in the Prestwick section of the village, were never even in a pool for two months. Yet. they have a date at state i still can’t believe it.” Nancy repeated over and over again. “Terry and 1 went to district, with the thought of having fun and enjoying the experience There was no pressure on us We had nothing to lose .”WHEN THEIR summer workouts at theoutdoor Prestwick pool concluded andschool began. Nancy and Terry were unable to fit swimming into their busy schedules Nancy’s main concern is going to college, so she got a job“We never forgot about district, but because a facility in the area wasn’t available to us, we drifted away from the sport,” Tauber admitted “Last year we wanted to compete at district, but we weren’t registered in time,We were ready last year, having practiced at Tinley Park high school on a regular basis This year, even though we weren’t working out, district was on our schedule and all the paper work was tak eti care of.”Incredibly, the first time the two girls began preparing for last Saturday's meet, was FOUR da vs before on a Tuesdav• tr“I ASKED for some time off of work, went up to Tinley with Teriy, and beganpracticing,” Tauber recalls. “It felt strange to be diving again Believe me,we weren't a picture of perfection We were tight and rusty There wasn’t much time, so Terry and I tried to push each other as hard as possible ’’In a way, Nancy and Terry are each other's coach We’ve never had an official diving coach,” said Nancy, but my father (Bill) deserves as much credit as anyone He knows alot about the techniques and is very critical, which is good Without him, we wouldn't be going to state.”A potential roadblock was tossed in the girls' direction after their Wednesday workout An official at Tinley Park, previously unaware of the Lincoln-Way girls using the pool, ordered a halt So, two days prior to district, the girls were drowning without water At the last minute, we managed to find an opening at the Riviera country club,” sighed Walsh The Orland Park based pool has been the girls’ training base this(Continued on Page 12)state ranking last year, timing 25.74 seconds At last vear’s district trials. Shaw recorded a 25.8 clockingLAST SATURDAY in Kankakee. Vicki timed 26 454. So, it’s easy to see that her state bid will be a tough taskHillcrest’s state hopes will be carried by a freestyle relay team and two superb individuals in four events. Sue Souffrant, Mary Ellen Wueliner, Kerri Petersen and Therese Rodriguez combined for a 3:59 752 third place effort in the 400 relay.Petersen gained qualification in the 50 and 100 yard freestyles, taking runnerup spots in both, while Souffrant will be swimming in the 200 and 500 yard freestyles, having met qualifying times with fourth place district finishes.Lincoln-Wav had a team” at Kankakee, too Terry Walsh and Nancy Tauber Both are divers and both made the big time Tauber was second, while Walsh totaled enough points for a fourth — the final girl to qualifv.MACGREGOR KAREN WALSH JACKIE MOHRtk Forest Oak Forest ShepardMARY BYARS SandburgNANCY TAUBER TERRY WALSHLincoln-Way Lincoln-WayT
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Tinley Park Star Herald
Tinley Park, Illinois, US
Thu, Nov 04, 1976
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