James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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tion. In the State Meet, the Dukes had nine team records broken and finished higher than ever before — third place behind the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech. Mike Clark set records in the 100 and 200 yard breastroke while finishing fourth in both events. Vahle broke two records, taking the only first place finish for the Dukes and turning in the best time in the state for the 200-yard back- stroke. His time in the 100-yard backstroke was good enough for a record place. Other record breakers for JMU included Freshman Bill Casazza in the 200-yard and 500- yard freestyle events, Junior Chris Laiti in the 400-yard Individual Medley, and Jeff Dzoba in the 100-yard butterfly. Two relay records also fell in the State meet when Vahle, Clark, Dzoba and Burdette teamed up in the 400-yard medley relay, while Ken Browne, Mike Burt, Gary Thom- as and Bill Casazza swam the 800-yard free- style relay. ••• •••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••• Kenneth Beule Mark Blackwell Kenneth Browne Stuart Burdette Michael Burt William Casazza Michael Clark Nicholas DiMeglio Jeffrey Dzoba Michael Eastham David Evans Thomas Gittins John Graney Reynold Henderson David Kennedy Carl Klingenberg John Kress Christopher Laiti John Smith Barry Strohl Kenneth Sullivan Thomas Gary Stephen Vahle Coach Charles Arnold Men ' s Swimming and Diving 161

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MOQQOOOOQOOQ JMU COMPETITION Lost 62-51 East Carolina University Won 64 9 Duke University Won 63-50 William and Mary Won 69-44 Virginia Commonwealth University Lost 65-48 Clarion State 3rd out of 8 Virginia Intercollegiate Championships Won 64 0 Washington and Lee Won 66-44 Virginia Military Institute Won 85-28 Kutztown State Won 64A3 Appalachian Stale University Won 69-44 George Washington University Lost 75-38 Navy Won 67-46 Old Dominion University Won 60-50 Shippensburg State Lost 71-42 Towson State Won 66-38 University of Richmond woooooooooc A Strong Showing BY VH HE ' ' fll iiH |jd| A Ml 3 W i Mm ™ Could the Men ' s Swimming Diving team, facing a tougher schedule and lacking the depth of last year ' s team, even come close to matching last year ' s team record of 12-3? You bet they could! A strong showing by returners Stuart Burdette, Mike Clark, JeffDzoba, and Steve Vahle, and the steadily improving swimming of Carl Klingen- berg and Bill Casazza proved the Dukes capable and led them to an 11-4 season record and a third place finish in the state meet. The Dukes ' only losses on a schedule that in- cluded 10 Division I opponents came against East Carolina State, Clarion State, the U.S. Naval Academy, and Towson State. JMU received consistently strong efforts from it ' s returners, and saw several freshmen turn in key performances. Steve Vahle and Senior Cap- tain Nick DiMeglio provided strength in the back- stroke, while sophomores Dzoba and Stuart Bur- dette handled the butterfly and the sprint freestyle events. JMU record holder Mike Clark returned to man the breastroke events. Freshmen Bill Casazza provided much needed help in the dis- tance freestyle events and was a strong performer for the Dukes in several meets. Diver Carl Kling- enberg, improved throughout the season to ease the loss of Mark Smith and Mike West to gradua- Offto another start in 1000 yard freestyle is Gary Thomas (top). On the starting blocks, swimmers psyche themselves up for another race (left). Kevin Smith (right) opens up in preparation to entering the water. Freshman Bill Casazza (far bottom) and his opponent check their times to find out the results of the race just run. Mike Clark (far top) turns it on in the 200 yard individual medley. 160 Men ' s Swimming and Diving

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Rebuilding Year . ••••••••••••••••• Janet Buyer Stephanie O ' Connor Michelle Callahan Stephanie Pearch Lori F ochtman Leslie Piercy Lauren Grimes Kim Russell Gretchen Hally Nancy Rutsch Karen Harper Lynn Ryan Lisa Laiti Sue Ry ' bak Sue Leach Stephanie Smith Jacqueline Lewis Glori Stifler Chris Lubiak Julia Whelan Carol Markwardl Coach Rose Ann Benson •• ••••••• •••••••••• The Duchesses ' swimming and diving team had a slight letdown from last year ' s record of 11-2. Despite the loss of Ail-American Marie Grose to graduation, the Duchesses posted a 7-5 record and claimed second place in afield of seven at the Richmond Invitational. The season included wins against Old Dominion, Richmond, Virginia Com- monwealth, and William and Mary. The Duches- ses also journeyed to Florida to take on the Uni- versity of Tampa and the University of South Florida. Both meets were very close losses de- cided on the final relay event. The key to the team ' s effort was a blend of the veteran performers with some very talented fresh- men performers. The Duchesses qualified 8 swim- mers, 2 divers, and all five relay teams to compete in 18 events at the AIAW National Cham- pionships. The Diving Squad proved very strong with the addition of freshmen Gretchen Hally and Stepha- nie Smith. Both girls shattered school records on the one and three meter boards and both qualified for the AIAW championships. Meanwhile, Lisa Laiti qualified in both the 200 yard and 500 yard Freestyle events and Nancy Rutsch qualified in the 200 yard Individual Medley and set a new school record in the 200 yard Breastroke. All- American transfer Lynn Ryan broke the record in the 100 yard Individual Medley and qualified with Stephanie Pearch, Chris Lubiak, and Lisa Laiti in the 400 yard Freestyle Relay. Coach Rose Ann Benson can look forward to next year with optimism since there will be only one member, Kim Russell, who will graduate. v Jl W M 9% .3 B ■8 R9B v 1 H ■ 162 Women ' s Swimming and Diving