Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Tankers win SMA championship, take Sth in state During his second year as swim mentor at Seaholm, Coach Heick guided the tankers through a successful season. The Maple swim- ming team finished the season with an outstand- ing dual meet record of eleven wins and only one loss. They also won their third straight SMA league meet championship and finished fifth in the state. The Maples started the 1966-67 season with a victory at the Royal Oak Relays. They fol- lowed this win with eleven straight dual meet victories and received their only loss from Kim- ball in the last dual meet of the season. The Maples came out on top in their first encounter with Kimball and lost the second by only five points, 55-50. Tobin Rote, a junior, was a great help to the swimmers in the crawl. ln the league meet he tied the SMA record in Seaholm also came out on top in the league meet as they set two new SMA records and tied another. The 200 yard Medley relay team fi- nished with a time of 1:45.8, a new pool and SMA record. Next Tobin Rote tied the mark set by Bob Kircher in 1966 in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 50.1. Then Dave Crosby set a new pool, school, and SMA record by finishing with a time of 1:O4.7 in the 100 yard breast stroke. At the end of the meet Seaholm had a total of 341 points and was 56 points ahead of their closest opponent, Kimball. Next came the state meet and a fifth place finish for the Maple Tankers. First the 200 yard Medley relay team of Rik Thistle, Dave Crosby, Don Parrish, and Bill Hagelstein finished eleventh. the 100 yard freestyle, and at State Meet he took a fourth in the 50 free and a fifth in the 100. l Junior John Kent and Dave Crosby dive at the start of the Dave and John finished 1-2 in the event with times of 1:05.5 100 yard breast stroke event in the second Kimball meet. and 1:08.5, respectively. ' - , f-4.63. 'YWNQM ' ii -- I X s 2 S , 34 s vw Valerie Smith s ,. , 5, Malcolm Smuts Ron Snyder . r -. K... -4 'stan siaskav 51? rj Xi' ,R 4. . as Q x Madelene Sommers . ffsJ z1,g52: ' Y We K -2:32 QS - it ie. xi! .M be Christine Sparks John Spaulding .,.., . i . s 4, .. W L

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Senior Skip Sherwood cuts through the water easily, showing the style which won him the Goldsmith Award. Skip was a great asset to the Maples in the freestyle. Dave Crosby comes up for a breath during his victory in the 100 yard breast stroke against Kimball. Dave's best time of the season was l:03.8l in the State preliminaries. Junior Tobin Rote, senior Keith Rodney, and co-captain Bill Hagelstein prepare to dive in the freestyle, The Maples swamped the Vikings, 6316-MM. A Coach Heick and assistant manager Marshall Merm confer with Mr. Zimmer during the Hazel Park me Andy Myers and Curt Finney are congratulated l teammates Dan Schwcirb, Tobin Rote,and Lee Harri W 3 aaa eases- do .asa - aaa. a a. E

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Senior co-captain Jeff Fitzgerald and iunior Rik Thistle strain in the 100 yard backstroke against Kimball. They finished 2,3. Sophomore Don Parrish swam in the two relays for the Maples. He swam the fly leg of th'e 200 medley relay at State Meet. Ron Gorga and John Zimmer, both juniors, were the two divers for the Maples. Here Ron demonstrates a front dive, layout position. Senior freestyler Doug Brooks took a twelfth in the 'IOO free at State swam on the 400 freestyle relay team which finished tenth. freestyler for Seaholm, swimming in both relays at the State Meet. Co-captain Bill Hagelstein tenses to dive against Hazel Park. Bill was a Y if 2 ur.