Columbus North High School - Log Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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Bullfrogs splash way to fifth in state meet Splashing their way through the season. Coach Marty AAennen ' s Bull Frogs finished with a 7-2 dual meet record. The medley relay team, made up of Kevin Hill, Craig Edwards, Rick Ell, and Steve Streit was disqualified in the sectional meet because of an il- legal turn, but the Frogs still acquired enough points to place second in sec- tional competition. Craig Edwards delivered the only first place win at the state meet by beating the defending state titlist, Walt McCreery of Southport, in the 100-yard breaststroke event with a time of 1:04.1. Earlier in the season, Edwards set a new school record by breaking Chick Newell ' s old mark of 1:04.0 with a time of 1:03.8. The Frogs finished their season by taking fifth place in the state meet. Demonstrating a back-flip lay-out dive is sophomore Rick Barnhill during a dual meet with Warren Central. Taking time out between events, coaches Marty Mennen and Robert Sprague contemplate the outcome of the sectional meet at Bloom- ington. Gasping for air, Craig Edwards thrusts for- ward, breaking the Columbus record for the 100-yard breaststroke event at the sectional meet. 112

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VARSITY GYMNASTICS — Front Row: Doug Doty, Nick Woolls. Second Row: Assistant coach Robert Georgely, Curt Hill, Steve Malutich, Fred Harms, Mark Northrop, John Miles, Steve Leslie, Greg Sellors, Jim David, Coach John Hinds. Back Row: Merrill Henderson, manager, Mark Spurgeon, Ric Perkinson, Gary Mize, John Crippen, Rob Fitzpatrick, John Kalenback, Doug Bolenbaugh, Kim Good, manager. Stopping in a cross in still rings. senior Steve Malu tich shows part of his rout ne he used in the state meet. Demonstrating the L-cross position on the still rings is senior Greg Sellars. Sellers, who was the 1969 still rings state champ, finished fifth behind teammates Woolls and Malutich. In this year ' s sectional, Sellars captured first place. Ill

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SWIMMING — |in water|: John Weaver, Rick Mann and Dan Fox. Sitting; Kevin Hill, Mike Page, Keith Romine and Rick Barnhill. Standing: Tim Davis, Tom Linnweber, Mike Volez, Kerry Vandersteeg, Greg Hunter, Max Henry, Rick Ell, Jim Carpenter, Pete King, Paul Collings- v orth and Rick Cody. Coaches are Marty Men- nen and Robert Sprague. SWIMMING Opponent CHS Lawrence Central ... .52 43 Bloonnington University 76 16 Greensburg 77 18 Warren Central 59 37 New Albany 61 34 Ben Davis 57 37 Southport 50 45 Bloonnington High . . . .39 56 St. Xavier (Cin.) 27 67 St. Xavier (Cin.) Relays — 3rd Columbus Relays — 2nd sec— 2nd Sectional — 2nd State — 5th p j: . til «» ■J i »« r. SL jnaaiik... . . Finishing the last lap of the 100-yard back- stroke is sophomore Pete King who finished sixth in the sectional. Wailing for the gun, Tom Linnweber prepares for the 1 00-yard butterfly during a dual meet at Northside pool. 113