University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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■ ■TKr Diving coach Bob Buckley refers lo Jolin Deininyer, Harold Lyons, and Ron Robinson as three of the finest divers in the nation. Torney, Buckley Have Long Careers at Washington Head coach Jack Torney holds the distinction of being the first, and only, swim coach at the University. One of the winningest coaches in the business, his teams have won the Northern Division Swimming title 18 of the 25 years the championships have been held. In the remaining eight seasons, his swimmers have been second, never lower. In 1933 he organized the Huskies ' first varsity swim team, and, except for the war years, has been at the helm since. Not only a builder of cham- pionship teams, he is known nationally for the numerous books he has authored on the art of swimming. He is currently a member of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Committee. HeacJ coach Torney Right hand man to coach Jack Torney since 1938, coach Bob Buckley concentrates on Husky divers. He served as head coach in 1943 when Torney entered the Navy, and piloted the Husky swimmers to the Northern Division title. Buckley first gained diving acclaim while attending Inglewood High School. While a member of the team there, he held the California state high school 3-meter diving championship. Bob worked as an assistant at Washington from 1930 to 1938, also doubling as pool manager, before joining the coaching staff. Now an assistant professor of physi- cal eduaction, he is also a member of the Seattle-King County American Red Cross Water Safety Committee. Diving coach Buckley 231

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The Season continued Breaststroke; and J. D. Brown, Joe Coulter, Ed Cazalet, and Dick Jochums in the 400 Freestyle Relay. Big Five Championships— Washington placed second to USC in this important championship. J. D. Brown set a meet record in the 50 Freestyle. In the 400 Freestyle Relay, Brown, Coulter, Cazalet, and Jochums also set a Big Five record. NCAA Championships— The five-man entry in the tourney experienced some joy and some heartache. John Deininger placed fifth in 1 -meter diving and seventh in the 3-meter event in a field of 40 divers. The 400 Freestyle Relay team, although swimimng in the trial heats in a time which would have placed second in 1961, missed qualifying for the finals by one-tenth of a second. The frosh, beginning as a disorganized group with no out- standing stars, were nursed along very capably by frosh coach Don Martin to complete a highly successful season in which only one meet was lost. According to varsity coach Jack Torney, several swimmers and divers were developed so that they will move right into the varsity in 1963. The top performance of the team was winning the Pacific Northwest AAU championship meet. Shown here (top to bottom) are Varsity swirtj erS Ron Bohlman, Ray Phillips, Ed Cazalet, and S Griffin . ' : i ' ' ' h ■■J K , ' i j i i ' 4 HF ' - ■•4 jfii K P - i-.i t f ' ' ' ' ;. «-r ' - ' ► « r ' - a-- . . , ' ' V • t - vii V-v io.v - : :- •sIH i il

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