| Dearborn Nears State Swim Title
Szuba's Spectacular
Effort Highlights Meet
By Bill Anderson
News Sports Writer
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Tom Szuba just couldn't wait. The super senior from
Dearborn Hihg started
breaking records in the State Class A High School Championships in the
preliminaries here yesterday afternoon at Matt Mann Pool.
Bucked up by Szuba's fine efforts, Dearborn virtually
wrapped up the
team championship by qualifying an army of competitors for this
afternoon's
finals.
The first record to get the Szuba touch was the one
that he set in last
year's state meet at East Lansing, the 200-yard individual medley.
Szuba cut through the Michigan water in the prelims
for a 1:58.11, five-tenths
better than his old mark.
In possibly one of the most demanding events at the
high school level,
Szuba annexed another record. He won the 400-yard freestyle heat in
3:44.65
which lopped plenty time off Doug Webster's 3:49.77 set in 1966.
In addition Szuba being the fastest qualifier in the
finals in two events,
Dearborn has the capability of scoring in 10 other championship events.
Dearborn even broke Pioneer High's 400-yard freestyle
relay state record
performance of last year. In 1971, the Pioneers were clocked in 3:21.69
while Dearborn splashed to a 3:21.0 time in the prelims.
Following suit, Dearborn swimmer Paul Foster lowered
his own record
even further in the 100-yard backstroke. Last year he had a state
record
time of :54.41 and yesterday he was even faster at :53.97.
Bringing the total of records broken in the
preliminaries to six was
Bruce Wright of Birmingham Seaholm. Wright was the fastest qualifier in
the 200-yard freestyle at 1:46.55. This was just a trifle faster than
Peter
Daly's old record as the Huron High swimmer was timed in 1:46.86 last
year.
Wright eclipsed another state mark in the 100-yard
freestyle with a
:47.50 clocking. The former mark was held by Bill Hall of Grand Blanc
at
48.90 and it was set last year.
Wright eclipsed another state mark in the 100-yard
freestyle with a
:47.50 clocking. The former mark was held by Bill Hall of Grand Blanc
at
48.90 and it was set last year.
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