Seven Events Draw Large Crowd At Aquatic Center Swim Meet

WET AND WILD — Part of the large crowd that gathered Thursday in the Aquatic Center to watch and cheer TS’s first swim meet. Seven different races were conducted in men’s and women’s categories. Winners will be presented trophies before the Christmas break.

Eighty-five entrants participated in TC’s first swim meet Thursday in the Aquatic Center.

PHOTO FINISH — Danny Edwards, Paul Honnell, and Donnie Wattinger finish almost simultaneously in the 50-yard freestyle race at the Aquatic Center Thursday. Edwards was declared the winner. Another swim meet has been tentatively set for March.

Individual races were in 50-yard freestyle, 50-yard backstroke, 50-yard breaststroke, and 100-yard freestyle.

Team races consisted of the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 100-yard medley relay.

Danny Edwards took first place in the men’s 50-yard freestyle, with Paul Honnell second. Norma Crunsten took first place in the women’s race with a time of 35.0 seconds, with Marjean Dupree second.

The men’s 50 yard breaststroke was won by Tom Hinderhot with a time of 37.5 seconds. Bruce Miles placed second. Becky Boyd took the women’s race with a time of 48.0.

A time of 36.9 seconds in the 50-yard backstroke was good enough for Paul Addington to take first, with Bryan Williams second. Mary Porter won the woman’s backstroke with a time of 54.4.

The men’s 100-yard individual medley, divided into four laps of 25 yards each, in which the entrant swims the back crawl on the first lap, the American crawl in the second, the breaststroke in the third and finishes up with the American crawl in the fourth, was won by Bruce Miles with a time of 1 minute, 27.4 seconds. Norma Crunstein took the women’s race with a time of 1.45.

The 200-yard men’s freestyle relay was won by the team of Danny Edwards, Paul Addington, Paul Honnell and Joe Mullins, with a time of 2 minutes, .06.9 seconds. Becky Boyd, Jerri Moore, Sharon Rainey, and Sandra Allen won the women’s freestyle with a time of 2 minutes, 54.9 seconds.

John Faunt Le Roy, Rafael Perez, Kirk Blair, and Donnie Wattinger won the 100-yard medly relay with a time of 1 minute, .02.5 seconds. 1 minute, 19.9 seconds won the women’s medley for Becky Boyd, Sherry Sessions, Jerri Moore, and Sandra Allen.

Trophies for the winners will be awarded before the Christmas break.

Another meet is planned in March.

50-Yard Freestyle
Men’s
1. Danny Edwards
2. Paul Honnell
3. Donnie Wattinger
Women’s
1. Norma Grunsten
2. Marjean Dupree
3. Sherry Sessions
4. Claudia Snow
50-Yard Breaststroke
Men’s
1. Tom Hendershot
2. Bruce Miles
3. Kirk Blair
4. John Faunt le Roy
Women’s
1. Becky Boyd
2. Sharon Rainey
3. Sandra Allen
50-Yard Backstroke
Men’s
1. Paul Addington
2. Bryan Williams
3. James Brown
Women’s
1. Mary Porter
100-Yard Individual Medley
Men’s
1. Bruce Miles
2. Steve Winner
3. John Bennett
Women’s
1. Norma Grunsten
2. Sherry Sessions
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
Men’s – 1st
Danny Edwards
Paul Addington
Paul Honnell
Joe Mullins
Men’s – 2nd
Bill Wharton
Hatfield
Ricky Smith
Charlie Barlow
Women’s – 1st
Becky Boyd
Jerri Moore
Sharon Rainey
Sandra Allen
Women’s – 2nd
Norma Grunsten
Mary Porter
Claudia Snow
Carol Johnston
100-Yard Team Medley
Men’s – 1st
John Faunt le Roy
Rafael Perez
Kirk Blair
Donnie Wattinger
Men’s – 2nd
Danny Edwards
Paul Addington
David Honnell
Joe Mullins
Women’s – 1st
Becky Boyd
Sherry Sessions
Jerri Moore
Sharon Rainey
Women’s – 2nd
Norma Grunsten
Pat Bryan
Mary Porter
Marjean Dupree