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• Patton Dance c.1962
• Monty Blashill c.1997
• Carol Blashill c.1997
• Patton Team Photo: (Bottom row L to R: Harry Hauck Jr., Laura Frost, Mark Manrique, Linda Foster, Unknown, Barbara Foster; Top row L to R: John Savinsky, LaJune Rodgers, Ed Picard, Lee Davis, Tom Sullivan, Carl Boyd, Harry Hauck, Dennis Manrique, Monty Blashill, Rick Skarbo, Scott Blashill, Ron Boyd, Jim McNairy) c.1962
• Wyoga Winners: (Doug Webster, George Saldana, Monty Blashill) c.1963
• A 1959 Model Monty: (Monty Blashill) c.1959
• Wake up Ron!: (Jim McNairy, Ron Boyd, Monty Blashill, Dennis Manrique) c.1962
• Wyoga Wizards: (Alan McDaid, Monty  Blashill, George Saldana, Eddie Glick, Ed Naber, Doug Webster) c.1962
• We Ain't Got All Day!: (Mike Horner, Monty Blashill, Tim Height) c.1960
• Play Ball!: (Tom Sullivan, Dennis Manrique, Rick Skarbo, Carl Boyd, Ed Picard, Jim McNairy, Monty Blashill, John Savinsky, Ron Boyd) c.1961
• Pride Cometh Before A Belly Smacker: (Monty Blashill) c.1962
• Comrades In Arms: (Monty Blashill, George Saldana) c.1962
• Wyoga Wonders: (Monty Blashill, George Saldana, Doug Wegster) c.1962
• St. Clair Team: (Tim Height, Ron Boyd, Mike Horner, Monty Blashill, Jim Horner, Emmet Muckles, Richard Evans, Pete Adams, Ted Zenda, Fred Savinsky, Carl Boyd, Gary Libby, Scott Blashill, John Savinsky, Harry Hauck) c.1960
• Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?: (Mary Beth Ceresko, Carol Danboise, Monty Blashill, Harry Hauck, Richard Szuba, Greg Golin, Doug Webster, Mark Manrique, Marcy Snyder, Tom Sullivan) c.1963
• Workin' Hard At St. Clair: (Ron Boyd, Fred Savinsky, John Savinsky, Carl Boyd, Emmet Muckles, Monty Blashill, Pete Adams) c.1959
• Reach For The Moon: (John Savinsky, Monty Blashill, Emmet Muckles, Ron Boyd, Harry Hauck) c.1960

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A memory by Mark Manrique

I haven't done any competitive swimming since Patton although I do enjoy scuba diving. My wife Carol and I have two daughters (both married), one here in Yuma and the other in Temecula, California, about 3 hours away. I'm self-employed and do air conditioning here in Yuma and have had the privilege of doing the air conditioning on 5 of the Kingdom Halls around Arizona and California. (11/97)

Most of my memories have to do with being COLD. I guess that's why I'm here in Yuma. When it gets below 75, I'm ready for long-johns and mittens. The coldest I remember was getting ready for the 4-mile Invitational, doing laps between the docks at Belle Isle, and Hauck with a steaming cup of coffee, sweatsuit and hood on, screaming encouragement at us as we turned blue. And at the same time seeing Vivian Carrozo doing laps in that cold water, oblivious to it. (11/97)

I think it has to do with tolerance to pain. After surviving all the rat races, 4 mile IMs backwards, and everything else, there just aren't a lot of things in this world that can break one's spirit. A survivor survives. (11/97)