Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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centrated on freestyle sprinting and currently holds the School 50 and 100 yard freestyle records. David Stuart and Johnathan Morgan, with David Hawley and John Wright, are the current holders of the I.S.A.A. Freestyle Relay record having smashed the previous seven year-old record by over three seconds. School Colours were re-awarded to Wright, Bloemen, Stuart and Morgan. One of the remarkable aspects of the season has been the con- tribution of the younger team members. David Burke, Grade 9E, has had an outstanding season - winning for the Oakville Aquatic Club, he has broken five Ontario Provincial records in breastroke at his age level. Swimming for the Appleby Club, he is personally undefeated and now holds two I.S.A.A. records. 100 yard breaststroke and 100 yards individual medley. David Hawley has swum steadily all season, but illness and a late start to the season have meant that he has not been fully fit. Desmond Burke started slowly, but soon improved his per- formance and has turned in a fine consistent effort. He is a good all-rounder and works very hard - much will depend on his performance next season. Chris Wood, having worked hard and swum both 2nd and 1st team, has eventually found his sport: after several promising attempts in butterfly, suddenly, he turned in a sparkling performance to take the School Record while swimming against Ridley College. Maarten Bloemen has dived con- sistently well and has made real headway with his backstroke swimming. Although not exactly one of the youngest members of the team, Ian Cameron has struggled gamely with illness and lack of fitness to come through finally with an outstanding performance in Toronto to take 4th place in the 100 yard breaststroke. School Colours were awarded to: David Burke, Desmond Burke, David Hawley, and Maarten Bloemen. We are fortunate to have so many excellent young swimmers to depend upon for the following season. In conclusion, I would single out the highlights of the season as the wL.ning of the Kiwanis Trophy and the I.S.A.A. Cham- pionship and above all, the really great spirit and comradeship shown throughout the long and arduous training sessions. Well done, all of you. J.B. I.S.A.A. RECORD HOLDERS: NAME EVENT TIME John Wright 200 yard David Stuart Freestyle 1:37:3 Johnathan Morgan Relay David Hawley 100 yard David Burke Breaststroke 1:06:1 David Burke Individual Medley 1:01:9 SCHOOL Record Holders: NAME Maarten Bloemen David Burke Peter Bloemen David Hawley Johnathan Morgan David Stuart David Burke EVENT 200 yard Medley Relay 200 yard Freestyle 50 yard Freestyle Breastroke TIME 1:53:3 2:01:1 23:7 1:06:1 YEAR 1976 1976 1976 YEAR 1976 1976 1976 1976

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s w ■ I m m ■ I n 9 Firsts I.S.A.A. Champions Kiwanis Champions V FRONT ROW: Stuart I, Wright I, Bloemen I, Morgan I. CENTRE ROW: Mr. Berriman, Bloemen II, Burke II, Burke I, Cameron, Mr. Larsen. BACK ROW: Wood I, Hawley, Thompson I, Manbert. The 1975-76 season has been a remarkable one, and one in which a great deal has been achieved. The Appleby swim club in only its third full season was unbeaten in regular meets and finally won the coveted Don Maskell trophy at the cham- pionship meet in Toronto. However, our success must be seen in perspective. For the first time in three years we will lose at least four of our strongest swim- mers. Team Captain - John Wright - holder of the school backstroke records in fifty and one hundred yards has led the team literally by example. Often finding him- self against the strongest com- petition in the opposing teams, he has always turned in a strong performance. Assistant Captain - Peter Bloemen - has also been com- pletely dedicated to the success of the team and has worked tirelessly at his butterfly event. The real measure of his con- tribution is only seen in light of the competition he has had to face both from his own team- mates and the opposition. Johnathan Morgan has been our best all-rounder for two seasons, and has persevered with the longest and hardest events in the programme - 200 yards freestyle and 100 yards in- dividual medley. Johnathan takes with him the School 200 yard free-style record. David Stuart, with John Wright, is one of the founding members of the Appleby Swim Team, who first competed individually in the I.S.A.A. championships in 1972. Since that time, David has con- -

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David Burke Individual Medley 1:01:9 1976 REGULAR MEETS o n Wrigm 0» 2l David Stuart ll f ' Freestyle Chris Wood 50 yard Butterfly John Wright 200 yard David Stuart Freestyle Johnathan Morgan Relay David Hawley vs. UCC WON 57-20 1 :05:0 1976 vs. SAC WON Not recorded vs. Ridley WON 53-33 vs. TCS WON 68-18 53:1 1976 vs. SAC WON Not recorded vs. UCC WON 61-24 vs. TCS WON 59-26 26:8 1976 vs. Ridley WON 58-28 1:37:3 1976 I.S.A.A. Finals: Appleby 81.5 UCC 75.5 Ridley 58.0 TCS 29.0 Seconds FRONT ROW: Thompson II, Cook, McLaughlin, Surphlis, Beatson. CENTRE ROW: Grimm, Walton, Baines, Thomson I, Mr. Berriman. BACK ROW: Sell, Bethune, Bundschuh, Stoneham, Jackson III. The second team has enjoyed another highly successful season. None of our opponents was really able to match the strength and depth of Appleby ' s swimming, although Ridley managed to beat us in one meet when our team was without the services of McLaughlin and Sur- phlis. The prospect of these boys taking their place in the first team is indeed an inviting one and will ensure several seasons of excellent competition in this sport. Special mention - Stuart McLaughlin, individually un- beaten in two years of com- petitive swimming: an out- standing performance. Well done, all of you! J.B.