7 City Prep
Swimmers
Set Marks
BY HARVEY BARCUS
Public School League swimmers were in a record breaking mood
yesterday.
They smashed seven pool marks.
Three were set in Denby's 100-foot pool, one by a Cooley
swimmer, two
by Eastern contestants and one by a Mackenzie swimmer.
Dave Wendler, of Denby, won the 100-yard butterfly and
200-yard individual
medley, setting a mark of 2:28.6 in the medley, as Denby whipped
Southeeaster
62-24. Monty Blashill, a Denby sophomore, swam the 200-yard freestyle
in
2:08.3 and teammate John Butout negotiated the 50-free style in 25.1
for
the other marks.
Cooley defeated Cody, 62-24, with Roy Burry taking the 100
and 200-yard
freestyle, Russ Leon the butterfly and individual medley. Jim Barstow
captured
the 100-yard breaststroke in a record 1:13.
Fred and Jim MacMillan cracked records while leading Eastern
to a 61-25
victory over Pershing in the losers' pool. Fred won the individual
medley
in a record 2:23 in addition to taking the 100-yard butterfly. Jim swam
the 100-yard freestyle in 55 seconds flat.
Steve Sealander, of Mackenzie, led in the butterfly and
medley as Mackenzie
tied Western 43-43. He set a Western pool record of 2:26.3 in the
medley.
Redford swept 10 firsts while crushing Chadsey, 74-12. Al
Pollock took
the backstroke and medley. Dick Dixon had firsts in the backstroke and
medley as Cass trounced Central, 65-19 for its first triumph after four
losses.
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