Cody High School - Comet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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,...,,. F A watery wake was created by the flailing arms and legs of Joan Steggall as she swam the 25 yard backstroke event and came in second in the Cooley meet. One hundred twenty-four Typical of the form that swamped Mumford was that displayed by Jennie Barton as she made a diflicult swan dive to add points to her winning total. Obstacle races were the order of the day in a Play Day com- petition against Highland Park. The girls attempted to swim with a lighted candle in their mouths in one race. Cody's mermaids experienced both rough and calm waters this season as they swam to a record of two victories and two defeats. Plunging into a whirlpool encounter with Redford, the Comette tankers hit waves of H uskie opposition and sank 80 to 35. Avenging their first failure, the girls then swam past the Mumford squad to a decisive victory 89 to 30. Interrupting scheduled league competition, the swimmers met Highland Park in a Play Day. The girls exercised various swim strokes in competitive games. In the next league meet the girls matched Cooley stroke for stroke until the final event which the Cardinals captured to edge the Comettes 62 to 61. The tankers swam their last scheduled meet against neighboring Mackenzie. Surging forward the girls thrashed their way past the Stags 73 to 50 to successfully climax an in and out season.

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The medley relay was the deciding event in Cody's second encounter with Western. The versatile Cowboys outsprinted Cody's squad to win the meet. After a flight through rough waters, butterfly stroker Tom Reed reaches out for first place, but is forced to take second by a huskier opponent who con- tributed to Redford's 57-28 win. Backstroker Sam Deckard displays the well-trained form which made him Cody's best bet in that event when the Comets dunked Mackenzie. One hundred twenty-three

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A second place was won in the twenty-five yard breaststroke event dur- ing the Mackenzie meet when Kathy McCray frogkicked herself to the runner-up position behind a Stag swimmer. Comette swimmers end season with checkered record I I. x GIRLS' SWIMMING TEAM . . . Front Row: D. Simon M. McBride, C. DeLanoy, S. Stabler, S. Piddington, B Demarais, D. Fifer, C. Smith, J. Higgins. Second Row: J. Barton, C. Masters, R. Cisek, S. Maksym, L. Babcock, S. Pipia, B. Hornbrook fco-captainj, S. Mitchell, C. Malinowski, G. Felker, K. Williams Cco-captainj. Back Row: P. Fisher, J. Symons, C. Utley, L. Messer, D. Williford Cstudent managerj, D. Getchen, K. McCray, B. Meilbeck, T. Tomchuck, B. Addison, M. Rhine, S. Boomer Ccoachj. One hundred twenty-five