Reprint with Swimming World's Permission NCAA Division I Tennessee rolled up the carpet on USC's skein of four consecutive NCAA 1978 Division I championships last March by first stirring a vial of Volunteer Orange water into the Belmont Plaza pool, and All-Americans then drawing 305 points from this mix- ture by the tail of a coonskin cap. In win- ning their first collegiate championship under Ray Bussard, the Volunteers also dominated the 1978 All-American rating top honors in the NCAA's list of 13 Northridge was paced by Jerry Welsh, list compiled by Don Reddish, chairman swimming events. who recorded four top 12 finishes, the of the All-American selection committee. Ohio State dominated the list of 24 standard for All-American mention. Paced by Andy Coan, three Tennessee All-American divers by filling seven of Twelve Matadors accounted for swimmers were named All-Americans in the top positions. Steve Eberle, Kent Northridge's 26 individual titles in the 13 three events, as the Volunteers comman- Volser and Frank D'Amico each received events, while all three Northridge relay ded 25 spots on the A-A hit-list. Coan double awards. teams were also honored, including a top was a double winner in the NCAA meet, Three-meter champion Christopher finish by the 400 medley team. while Marc Foreman and Bob Sells also Snode of Florida was a double All- The season's gold star award, however, finished among the top 12 in each of their American diver, as were Michigan must be granted to Chico's David Tittle, three events. State's Jesse Griffin, Southern the only swimmer to achieve All- The University of California at Methodist's Steve Jenkins, and American rankings in five individual Berkeley, which finished third in the Michigan's Matt Chelich. events. collegiate championships, edged Auburn Tittle topped the 50 and 200 free fields, for the All-American runner-up position NCAA Division II and finished second in the 100 in the with a 14-13 edge in All-American rank- The battle between Division II powers March 16-18 Division II finals. He also ings. Both teams also placed three relays Cal State Northridge and Chico State scored in both butterfly races and swam among the 12 quickest. carried over from their red-hot battle legs on three All-American relay teams, The University of Southern California throughout the season to the count of including the championship 400 medley finished with 12 top times, and Alabama, swimmers named as All-Americans. And and 400 free relay teams. Florida and UCLA each recorded 11 All- just as Northridge won the Division II Northridge swimmers Mike Hamm, American listings. Each of the top seven Championships, 304 to 282, the Curt Kravitz and Craig Dinkle were teams fielded three All-American relay Matadors maintained a slim 29-28 edge named All-Americans in three events, teams. in the All-American count. three of 15 swimmers to complete the tri- Brian Goodell entered UCLA as a freshman last fall with Olympic gold medals, world records -- and quite a reputation as a powerful distance freestyler. He began building on that reputation in his inaugural NCAA Championship meet by soloing the 500 and 1650 frees, the 400 IM, and an ad- ditional two legs on Bruin relay teams. In outdueling Harvard freshman Bobby Hackett, Goodell set American records in both the 1650 and the 1,000 enroute. Andy, Coan's honors included in- dividual firsts in.the 50 and 100 frees, a fourth in the 200 free and legs on three Tennessee relays. Auburn's Scott Spann was also a double-champ, three-way All- American for 1978 as he won the I00 breast, 200 IM, and finished third in the 200 breast. Bruce Furniss of USC won the 200 free, Cal's Peter Rocca won the 200 back, and Rocca's Cal teammate Graham Smith captured the 200 breast. This trio also finished with the maximum of three All-American listings, Greg Jagenburg doubled the butterfly crowns for his two All-American certificates. Thirteen swimmers finished with three Tennessee's Andy Coan swept the sprint freestyles and paced the Vols to the NCAA All-American rankings title. Reprint with Swimming World's Permission pie. Hamm was the top swimmer in both Athletics takes many forms. Last year, Jesse Vassallo and Ed Ryder set the the 100 and 200 backstrokes. for instance, Simon Fraser ran off with pace for Mission as each recorded one Clarion was a distant third on the All- the NAIA championship by 175 points. national-best and totalled seven rankings American term list with 11 individual This year, the margin was 247 points between them. Vassallo, the American swimmers, three relay teams and five over runner-up University Of Wisconsin- record holder in the 400 IM, led the na- divers receiving honorsl Clarion's 19 Eau Claire.' Simon Fraser's 461 point tion's high schoolers in the 200 IM, total rankings topped Oakland of total included eight of 13 firsts, three recorded the fourth fastest 100 free time, Michigan's 16, which included i1 in- one-two sweeps, and five second place and was All-American in the 200 free and dividual, three relays and two divers. finishes, plus two of three winning relay 100 fly. Clarion's divers finished with five All- teams. Ryder topped the 500 free field, American rankings, including doubles by When the 1978 All-American balloting finished fifth in the 200 free, and swam in Tony Perriello, the three meter champ- was completed, Simon Frazer again for the money in the 200 IM. Ryder and ion, and Michael Zucca, the one meter dominated. The team from Vancouver Vassallo also swam legs on Mission's 400 champ. collected an overwhelming 38 individual free relay team, which clocked the second Cal State Los Angeles and Southern rankings, three relay top 12 finishes and fastest time. Connecticut State each totalled three All- one diving ranking. The University of Twelve swimmers from Mission were American listings and nine divers at- Wisconsin-Eau Claire, far and away in honored in 19 individual events and on tained All-American rankings on both second position, scored 15 individual two relay teams. boards. placings, three relays and seven diving The hottest high school swimmer of ratings for a 26-place total. the yearl however, hailed across the con- tinent. Donald Hornby of Nova High NCAA Division III Of the 100 NAIA swimmers and William Smiddy of Johns Hopkins divers named All-American, 22 earned School, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was the only swimmer to lead the nation in two headed the list of 108 Division III All- honors in the maximum of three events. Eight of those 22 hailed from Simon events. He claimed the title of "fastest American swimmers and divers by earn- high schooler" by chalking the best 50 ing 1978 All-American honors in the 100 Fraser. and 100 free times. Hornby was also breast, the 200 breast and the 200 IM. Victor Batchelor headed the NAIA honored in the 200 free and helped his Smiddy had earlier won the same three list, and paced Simon Fraser by scoring team's 200 medley and 400 free relay events in the Division III national cham- NAIA championship titles in three teams. pionships and guided Johns Hopkins to events, the only swimmer to pull the tri- Lynbrook High School of Cupertino, the national title. ple. Batchelor won the 200 free, the 200 Calif., ran second to Mission in team Smiddy's Johns Hopkins teammate, back and the 200 IM. totals. Lynbrook totalled 14 individual Doug Morgan, also attained All- Kelly Franks and Mark Hahto scored NAIA titles in two events to complement rankings and two All-American relay American honors in three events as finishes, as eight swimmers were listed Hopkins narrowly edged Kenyon for the their triplicate A-A honors. Franks nab- among the All-Americans. total ranking title, 22-20. Johns Hopkins bed titles in the distance frees in the championship meet, and Hahto swept the Concord High in Concord, Calif., accumulated its total with 17 individual finished "chird in the rankings with nine swimming rankings, two from diving, butterfly races. individual All-American selections and and three relay honors, Kenyon totalled James Harmon of the University of two relay awards, and St. Xavier High in 18 individual rankings, but managed just Wisconsin-Eau Claire also collected dual Cincinnati, Ohio, finished fourth with two relay titles. NAIA titles and triple All-American eight individual awards: Kenyon's total is surprising because it honors. Harmon won the sprint Three swimmers led Lynbro0k's 14- finished third with q96 points in the freestyles. Drury finished third in the team total NCAA Division III Championships behind Johns Hopkins, 284, and Mon-. with 17--11 'individual, three relay and mouth, 204. Monmouth totalled 17 All- three diving rankings. Central American rankings, composed of 13 in- Washington and the University of Den- dividual, one diving and three relay/ Ver each totalled 16 from 13 individual awards. and three relay rankings. Eighteen swimmers gained honors in Although the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire was the total ranking leader three events, including Ed Flory of Kutztown, who won NCAA titles in the in the diving competition with seven All- 200 free and 200 IM, the only double American finishes, Clarion's Tony Perriello was the individual champion. NCAA winner. Others who combined a trio of All- Perriello won the one and three meter American honors with a national title: competition in the NAIA championships Frank Christian of Monmouth, 500 free and led his team's one-two-three finish champ, Tim Bridgham, Kenyon, winner from the three meter board.