Seahawks
Soar To
New Honors
Coach
Harry Hauck's Seahawks have long ago ceased to amaze. Winning, like
swimming,
is just second nature to the highly trained Patton Squad. Last Sunday,
Hauck took his squad of 70 swimmers to the 7th Annual Glass City Relays
in Toledo. Strong teams from throughout the midwest, as far away as
Kansas,
had converged on Toledo to vie for honors. But, as usual, it was
Hauck's
squad that captured most of the ribbons. The Seahawks took team honors
for boys 10 and under, and boys in the 15-17 class. Three meet records
were extablished. In the 200-yd freestyle relay, Rick Skarbo, Ron Boyd,
Pete Adams and George Saldana Scored 1:37.2. In the 200-yd medley
relay,
Skarbo, Boyd, Adams and Craig Dwyer recorded a time of 1:48.2. In a
novelty
500-yd cresendo relay, which calls for 50, 100, 200, 100 and 50 yards,
Skarbo, Boyd, Adams, Saldana, joined by Larry Dalton came through with
4:36.2. In the boys 10 and under class, for the 200-yd medley relay,
John
Allred, Bryan Dennis, John Szuba, and Tom Koch were clocked at 2:22.5.
The week-end saw further honors come to one of Hauck's swimmers. At the
meeting of the National A.A.U. convention, held here, George Saldana
was
selected as Senior National All American. It is the first such honor to
come to a Detroit swimmer in 50 years, and the first ever presented to
a member of Dept. of Parks and Recreation team. The A.A.U. also picked
Sue Spilsky of Hauck's water polo sqad, as an All American in Women's
Water
Polo. There have been many great weeks for Hauck's squad, but this past
one, has proved the greatest.
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