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

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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.

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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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ln the 50 yard freestyle, Skip Sherwood took second, followed by Tobin Rote in a fourth place finish. Next came fifth, sixth, and twelfth place finishes by Tobin Rote, Skip Sherwood, and Doug Brooks in the 100 yard freestyle. Curt Finney then placed twelfth in the 400 yard freestyle. Dave Crosby qualified first in the 100 yard breast stroke with a time of 1:03.81 breaking his own school record. He swam to a second place finish in the finals. The last event was the 400 yard freestyle relay. Seaholm's relay team of Keith Rodney, Mark Lennox, Bill Hagelstein, and Doug Brooks finished tenth. Four teams placed ahead of Seaholm at state meet. Seaholm had swum only two of them in duals and had beaten them both. Trenton, who Steve Koeller and sophomore Curt Finney await the starter's gun. Steve swam the 400 and 200 free, and qualified for tied with Battle Creek Lakeview for the state championship, and Fitzgerald, the third place finished were those two teams. Dave Crosby, who holds the school and S.M.A. records in the 100 yard breast stroke, Skip Sherwood, Doug Brooks, Steve Koeller, Mark Dillon, and Keith Rodney along with co-captains Jeff Fitzgerald and Bill Hagelstein and keeper of the tiki Lee Harris are seniors who will be missed next year. Tobin Rote, Rik Thistle, Mark Lennox, Blair Rodney, and John Kent are some of the outstanding iuniors who should do well next year. Ron Gorga and John Zimmer will lead in diving. The outstanding sophomores in- clude Curt Finney, Don Parrish, Tom Connors, and Mark Zimmerman. State. Curt swam the 100 backstroke, 200 individual medley, and 200 and 400 free, taking a 2nd in the league. fs 'f ..1...1- John Spencer Mary Spinning Jon Staff Edward Sta nfel Margaret Stanton William Staples ,VI :f.i.,g,f i