Ken Wiebeck can swim anything that's wet enough, but
he swims the 50-yard
freestyle best.
That's the decision of selectors of the Detroit News
All-State high
school swimming team, chosen for the first time this year as a climax
to
the finest season in the Water Wonderland's swimming history.
KEN WIEBECK
50-Yard Freestyle
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MIKE ROYSTER
100-Yard Freestlye
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Prep Honor Roll
200-YARD FREESTYLE
Pete Adams, of Pershing, 1:52.6 (state
record).
50-YARD FREESTYLE
Ken Wiebeck, of Thurston, 22.1 (state
record).
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Rick Skarbo, of Western, 2:06.7 (state
record).
100-YARD BUTTERFLY
Bill Jennison, of Cooley, 52.6 (state
record and pending
U.S. record).
100-YARD FREESTYLE
Mike Royster, of Ann Arbor, 49.7
100-YARD BACKSTROKE
Bob Wolf, of Birmingham Seaholm, 56.9
400-YARD FREESTYLE
George Saldana, of Western, 4:05.5
100-YARD BREASTSTROKE
Jerry Gorski, of Visitation, 1:05.0
(Class B record).
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
Birmingham Seaholm-Bob Wolf, Dave
Zimmer, Don Spencer,
Jim Henderson, 1:42.7 (state record).
200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
Saginaw Arthur Hill-Dave Gibson, John
Anderson,
Rick Day, Bob Stewart, 1:31.5.
DIVING
Mike Reynolds, Fitzgerald
COACH
Corey VanFleet, Seaholm.
On the All-State honor roll, no one is chosen for more
than one individual
event. But Wiebeck, a Thurston High junior, won two state championships
last weekend for the second year in a row, setting records in both, and
had the state's fastest time in still another race and the third-best
time
in a fourth event.
He was given the 50-yard freestyle spot on the team
that also includes
Mike Royster, of Ann Arbor High; Pete Adams, of Pershing; George
Saldana,
of Western; Bob Wolf, of Birmingham Seaholm; Rick Skarbo, of Western;
Jerry
Gorski, of Visitation; Bill Jennison, of Cooley, and diver Mike
Reynolds,
of Fitzgerald.
A medley relay team from Seaholm - Wolf, Dave Zimmer,
Don Spencer and
Jim Henderson - and Saginaw Arthur Hill's freestyle relay of Dave
Gibson,
John Anderson, Rick Day and Bob Stewart also gained the All-State.
Seaholm's youthful Corey VanFleet was chosen coach of
the year for his
team's perfect season, which included the Class A title.
Each of the All-State swimmers will be presented with
a suitable award
by The News. The awards have been approved by the Michigan High School
Athletic Association.
The decision to list the versatile Wiebeck in the
50-yard freestyle
was prompted largely by his record performance of last weekend in the
state
Class A meet at East Lansing. Timers caught him in 22.1 seconds.
Royster, who pushed Wiebeck to a record :49.3 in the
100 freestyle with
a time of :49.7, was given the berth in that event. They are the first
Michigan schoolboys to break the 50-second "barrier."
Adams, a Pershing junior; was another double winner at
East Lansing.
He broke the 200-yard freestyle record with a time of 1:52.6 and is
listed
for that event.
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Skarbo, the meet's third double winner and a team-
mate of Saldana at
Western, is the All-State's individual medley man. Skarbo clipped the
Class
A record with a 2:06.7 clocking and won the backstroke at :58.8, also a
record. Western's hard working Saldana (4:05.5) gets the 400-yard
freestyle
spot.
 PETE ADAMS
200-Yard Freestyle
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 RICK SKARBO
Individual Medley
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 BILL JENNISON
100-Yard Butterfly
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 GEORGE SALDANA
400-Yard Freestyle
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