ittom Row: Kevin Brody, Gary Zigler, &. Scott Douglas, -ow, Marak, Rick Paulis, Pat Scheetz, Jon ry Swartz, Tim Reid, Mark Croy, Steve Shebetka, Craig Carlson, John Walderbach, :-:pe, Mike Hynek, Perry Nelson, Second Tom Brown, Jim Porter, John Anderson. >w: Daron Zach, Howard Olson, John Top Row: Jamie Moore, Terry Jones, Mark Bill Shebetka, Brent Smythe, Don Finn, Jeff Hynek, Andy Chalupiand, Mark Hartman, Brian Weldon, Wes sky , Sam Wilson, Gary Lamparek, Scott Joens, Todd Salat, Jim Mann, Coach Oertel. Third McNeal, w: Harold O’Deen, Dean Smythe, Mike Wagner, Curt Woods, Brian Ceyner. Brian Bret “ he weightlifting program at ^-iirie was started to contribute to development of athletics at Prairie > add a dimension to the physical cational program. According to Mr. Oertel the purrose of the program is to help the partcpants lift and build stronger bodies. Since the beginning of program the lowing improvements have been Bade, Olympic weights, an incline kr . ch, and squat machines have been arced. A stereo and carpet are in rrere to make the students feel more :ed. Mr. Oertel feels that they need e room to accomodate the inising number of lifters, and more irons to lift at. “ here isn’t really one type of perr.:s to lift can. r that lifts because anyone who * Mr. Oertel stated that mainly power and fing bench press, squats, military press are being done and as an objective they increase strength and some just lift for recreational reasons. As a school, Mr. Oertel feels that in interschool competition we rank at the top although there are probably some individuals from other schools that are stronger but as a whole school Prairie is #1 and we’ve never been beaten. When asked which weightlifters were #1 Mr. Oertel stated that Gary Swartz, Sam Wilson, Scott Joens, and Gary Lamparek were his best at senior level. This year records have been broken at Priaire; for example Scott Douglas on squats at 435 pounds. While this program is building stronger individuals, education is building smarter individuals for college and the future. Far Above: Hey, Bill Shebetka, does the Deen as he lifts headband make you stronger? Above: Mark Croy (left) assists Harold O' weights. Scott Douglas, Weightlifting 53
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