Rick Skarbo
Nearing Age Limit
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Rick Skarbo splashed to three first places Saturday
in his final appearance
in an age-group swimming meet as his Patton Swim Club team won
high-point
honors in the Detroit Boys Club races.
The versatile Patton pool swimmer will be 18 Friday,
which makes him
too old for age-group competition. He will graduate from Western High
in
January.
The 1962 All-Stater was called the greatest prep
swimmer ever developed
here by Gus Stager, University of Michigan coach.
Skarbo won the 100-yard backstroke in 57 seconds flat,
took the 100-yard
butterfly in an even minute and held off John Skantz, of the Osborn
Swim
Club, in the 100-yard freestyle in 56.8.
Patton, coached by Harry Hauck, finished with 101
points. Osborn with
40 and Golden Lions S.C. with 24 were next.
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