HAPPY SWIMMER-An upset winner in the 400-yard individual
medley, Joanne
Scarborough, a 15-year-old Cooley High student who swims for Patton
Aquatic
Boosters, hit her career high yesterday. She outswam Louise Kennedy, a
member of the Canadian Olympic team, by 10 feet in 5:12.1, a new
Michigan
AAU record in the 15-17-year old class. The victory came on the final
day
of the Holiday swimming meet at Patton Pool. |
Cooley High Swimmer Beats
Olympian
by GEORGE E. VAN
Joanne Scarborough, 15-year-old Cooley High student,
had her greatest
day in swimming yesterday when she outstroked Louise Kennedy, of
London,
Ontario, a member of the Canadian Olympic team, in the 400-yard
individual
medley.
The race was one of the most exciting on the
concluding day of the Holiday
meet at the Patton Pool in which 15 state records were broken.
Altogether
29 marks were lowered in the 60 events during the two-day
carnival.
In besting the Canadian entry, who represents the
London YWCA, Joanne
took a two-yard lead on the breastroke leg of this testing four-stroke
race. "I was afraid Louise would catch me in the freestyle (the last
leg)
because I have never been able to beat her before," said Joanne, who
swims
for the Patton Aquatic Boosters.
At the finish Joanne was 10 feet in front. Her time of
5:12.1 was a
new Michigan AAU record in the 15-17 age class. Joanne also upset
Johanna
Cooke, of the Golden Lions Swim Club, in the 200-yard breastroke in
2:38.6.
Sunday Joanne won the 500-yard freestyle and swam two of Patton's
winning
relays.
High point winner of the meet was Doug Webster, 16, of
Patton. He took
six firsts and broke four records in the two-day meet and swam on two
winning
relays. Yesterday he won the 400 medley in 4:35.9 for a new mark, came
within a tenth of Rick Skarbo's 2:06.2 in the 200 backstroke and
touched
out Mike O'Connor, of Osborn Swim Club, in the 100 butterfly in 57
seconds.
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