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CALIFORNIA AGAIN FIRST IN HIGH SCHOOL ALL AMERICA SCHOLLANDER RANKED FIRST IN FOUR EVENTS Detroit, Michigan-California again led he nation with placings in 63 individual events and 10 relays in the 1964 National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association High School All America. The listings, compiled by Ralph Deetz, All America Com- mittee Chairman, show that Illinois with a placing in 29 individual events and 10 relays was a strong second followed by Michigan 18 and 8; Penn. 19-3; Florida 11-4; Ohio 12-1; Minn. 5-3; New Jersey 6-2; Conn. 4-1; Wash. 4-0; Kansas 3-0; Iowa 3-0; Missouri 2-0; Texas 2-0; N.Y. 2-0; Colo., Wise., Okla., New Mex., and Virginia, 1 apiece. California's. dominant strength moved to the Northern part of the state, as swimmers from the Northern CIF made 41 individual listings (plus 1 in diving) and 6 relays. The Southern California CIF picture wasn't too rosey, as their swimmers, limited to high school competitions only during the high school swimming season, dropped to 15 individual and 2 relay (both from the same school) placings. Central California, with only a fraction of the number of athletes that competed in the Southern District, won 6 in- dividual and 2 relay listings. Dividing the huge state of California into North and South RICHARD ROTH sections for equitable comparison with the other states plac- ing in the All Amerca, the Northern District continues to Frank Freeman, Dearborn Fordson, Mich., grabbed the hold it's premiere spot as the hottest area in the nation. top spot in the 100 yd. breaststroke, 1:01.7 followed by Southern California, for many years equally fertile, now ranks Azusa's Bill Powers, 1:01.8 and David Perhowski, Westfield, no better than fifth-maybe a notch above Florida, but trail- New Jersey, 1:02.6. ing Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Ranked behind Schollander in the 200 yd. freestyle was In 1965, this ruling will go into effect in the Southern Evanston's outstanding junior, Bill Swisher, 1:46.8 and Mike California section of the CIF. "Organized school practice in Wall, Blackford, Calif., 1:47.7. swimming shall not hegin prior to the first day of school in Brad Lindeblad trailed Schollander in the 1O0 yd. freestyle February." Previously, after school practice started on the 48.5 followed by 3 men at 48.6-Phil Chase, New Trier; first day of school in January. There is a report that the Edward Mossotti, Mehlville, Mo., and Roben Waples, Palo swimming coaches from the Southern Section of the CIF Alto. will appeal for recision of this rule at the fall council meeting. This new ruling can't help improve the Southern California In the 400 yd. freestyle, Swisher 3:52.0 and John Nelson, CIF swimming picture. a junior from Pompano Beach, Florida, 3:54.3, trailed the Three records were set in this year's competition: 200 yd. Santa Clara champion's time. freestyle 1:44.6 (Schollander); 400 yd. freestyle 3:42.2 (Schol- The divers are listed alphabetically, but among those making lander); and 200 yd. individual medley 1:595((Roth). the All America selections were: James Askins, Wichita South, Kansas; Fred Brown, Seton Hall, New Jersey; Steve Fancher, High Line, Wash.; Julian Krug, Blackford, Calif.; Chuck Stenback, Ferndale, lVlich.; Douglas Todd, New Trier. Dave Robertson's New Trier high school climbed back to the top of the high school heap as their relay teams placed first in both the freestyle and medley. New Trier's 200 yd. medley quartet (Chuck Goettsche, Steve Shapiro, Bob Howell, Bill Volckens) clocked 1:41.7, followed by Evanston, Fenwick and Palo Alto, all at 1:42.2. The 200 yd. freestyle foursome of Phil Chase, Tom Peck, ]eft Raft and Bill Volckens placed first in the All America listing with a 1:28.5 clocking followed by Hinsdale, Ill., and Westfield, N.J. Complete All America Page 35 DON SCHOLLANDER Santa Clara High School's Don Schollander was a one-man gang, as he placed in every individual swxmming event ex- cept the breaststroke. The blonde schoolboy placed first in the 100 yd. freestyle (47.9), 200 yd. freestyle (1:44.6), 400 yd. freestyle (3:42.2), 100 yd. butterfly (53.0), third in the 200 yd. individual medley (2:02.7) and 100 yd. backstroke "(55.4) and 7th in the 50 yd. freestyle (22.2). Tom Call, Upper Arlington, Ohio, ranked first in the 50 yd. freestyle, 21.8, as David Gibson, Arthur Hill, Saginaw, Mich., Zae Zorn, Buena Park, Calif., and Brad Lindeblad, South Broward, Fla., each clocked 22.0. Dick Roth, a junior at Menlo Atherton, Calif., placed first in the 200 yd. individual medley, 1:59.7 followed by Palo Alto's Mike Siebert, 2:02.4. Roth also made mention in the 200 yd. freestyle (5th-1:48.6); 100 yd. butterfly (tied for 8th-54.2); 1O0 yd. freestyle (11th-49.2); 400 yd. freestyle (tied for 4th-3:56.0) and 100 yd breaststroke (tied for 9th -1:03.6). Richard Grants, Moline, Ill., and Pat MacLean, John Marshall, Minn., tied for first place ranking in the 100 yd. backstroke, 55.2. DICK GRANTS ROSS WALES Pago 6 JULIAN KRUG PALO ALTO H.S.--Bottom---ROBIN WAPLES, JOHN McCRARY. TOp--MIKE SIEBERT DAVE GIBSON JOHN NELSON FRANK FREEMAN TOM WHEELER BILL POWERS DOUG TODD BILL HTELY PAT MAC LEAN TOM CALL PHIL LONG 11 NATIONAL JC MARKS SET Special Autographed Editions ILMAN AND WEBB PACE FOOTHILL TO TOP JC Olympic Coach In diving, Cerrito's Larry Andreason ALL-AMERICA HONORS led the field, with Alan Kara, LA Valley, MATT MANN'S Walnut, California-Gary Ilman, prac- not far behind. SWIMMING BoOK tically a one man swim team and fresh- Complete listing on page 36 man teammate Ken Webb each received four first place All America selections on file 1964 All America Junior College Team, reported John Stonebraker, Mt; San Antonio College statistician. Ilman, who was runnerup to Steve Clark in the National Indoor Champion- ships in the 100 and 200 yd. freestyle, again proved that JC swimming has a place in the U.S. swimming picture, as his time of 1:44.6 for 200 yd. freestyle, a first place ranking in the 1964 Junior College All America, would have ranked him second in the 1964 NCAA All Am- erica list. This time and his other firsts established new JC national records. Ilman, who leaves Coach Nort Thor- ton's power-packed Owl squad, won first place ranking in the Junior College All America for the 100 yd. freestyle (47.4) and the 100 yd. butterfly, 51.7, both times equal to a 4th place in the NCAA rankings, and also placed first in the 500 yd. freestyle, 4:54.0, good enough for 5th if he had competed in an NCAA 4-year school. Ihnan was nominated for the second ranking in the 50 yd. freestyle, behind Bakersfield Junior College's Bob Boyer, GARY ILMAN,FOOTHILL COLLEGE t yet on 21.8. Ilman had a best of 22.2. For ~entals. Boyer, it was a new JC national mark, Ken Webb, a one time teammate of Olympic Coach Don Schollander, when both competed at Multnomah AC, also set 4 National MIKE PEPPE'S JC records as he too claimed 4 first place rankings on the 1964 Junior Col- lege All America. The Foothill College freshman's new records were: 1650 yd. freestyle, 17:23.1; 200 yd. butterfly, 1:56.5; 200 yd. individual medley, 2:02.0; and 400 yd. individual medley, 4:19.2. Webb's great times in the freestyle, butterfly and 400 yd. medley would have earned him 5th, 4th and 3rd place ranklngs respectively on the NCAA All America, if competing for an NCAA 4- year college, and at the varsity level. Webb is certain to further lower his new standards before he leaves Foot- hill in 1965. The outstanding performances by I1- man and Webb, along with the fine efforts Ken Merten, Valley JC breast- stroke ace, make it almost a certainty that there will be some junior college swimmers on the Olympic team. KEN WEBB,FOOTHILL coLLEGE Merten, as expected, outstroked the field in the 100 yd. and 200 yd. breast- stroke All America selections, with 1:01.5 For the Swim Coach who and 2:16.1 clockings. He finished 2nd must teach diving in the National AAU Indoor 100 yd. breaststroke and 3rd in: the 200 yd. For Special Autographed event. Like Ilman, he also repeated Edition of Either Bookm from 1963 as a JC All America. Pete Maxwell, Santa Monica CC, was Send named first on the JC All American 200 $295 ,o yd. backstroke, 2:05.0 and Terry Craig, SWIM CENTRAL Orange Coast, made his first place rank- ing with a 56.6 clocking for the 100 44 Grand • London, Ontario, Canada yd. dorsal event. Craig's time is the new JC national record. Enclosed find Please Nort Thornton, who has built a power- send prepaid the books checked. house at Foothill in the three short Matt Mann's [] Mike Peppe's [] years that he has been there, saw his 400 yd. medley relay team and 400 yd. Name freestyle team rip the JC national stan- dards with 3:43.2 and 3:16.9 clockings, Address respectively. Thus his mermen took 10 City State of the 15 first place All America rank- ings. KEN MERTEN,VALLEY J.C. Page 10 I 1964 HIGH SCHOOL ALL AHERICA 400 YO FREESTYLE - DON SCHOLLANDER, SANTA CLARA HS, CALIF."3:42.2; BILL SWISHER, EV- RALPH DEEYZ, NISCA CHAIRMAN ANSTON TOWNSHIP HS, ILL.