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

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KU Dave Backus performs in warm-ups be- fore the meet. KQQ Seaholm's first place diver Dave Backus in a forward dive, f3Q Rob Zimmerman gracefully soars in a back dive. f4j Doug Howlett comes in for a first place as he did so many times. 152 Dennis Boyd in 100 yard freestyle takes a second place to score points in Kimball meet. K6j Butterflier Tom Zimmer blasts to a victory for the Tank- ers. K71 Individual medley performed by Leigh Rodney is pulling in hot pursuit of Kimball swimmers. K8j Showing his versa- tility, Dennis Boyd also swims the breast stroke for the Maples. f9j Mike Tobin gets the jump on his opponent in the 100 yard backstroke. rsh

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ill Swimmers Rule League Swimming is a major sport at Seaholm High School and the success the teams have had over the years attests to the interest and ability displayed by the boys. For the eighth straight time, the Maples dom- inated the Southeastern Michigan Association by win- ning all its dual meet clashes and also the league meet. The Maples showed their strength and depth as they amassed 9 of 11 first places in the league meet and outscored their nearest opponent by over 100 points. Before the SMA, the Maples had dominated the East- ern Michigan League for years under the combined tuterage of J. Jay Myers, now a history teacher, Corey Van Fleet, now swimming coach at Oakland Univer- sityg and Mike Heick, present coach. Participating in the state meet, the Maples placed seventh with 51 points. Junior Bruce Wright led the team as he won two third places. The team had a fine dual meet season, winning ten and losing only two. The meet with cross town rival Groves was the most disappointing as the Maples were crushed 77-245 the other loss was to the Edsel Ford by a slim one point margin.

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fll unior ls Uutstanding Perhaps the outstanding swimmer on the Maple team this year is junior Bruce Wright. Undefeated in dual meet competition the swam both the sprints and the distance free- style racesl Bruce went to state meet in March qualified to swim in both the 50 and 100 yard events. This was his second year of statewide competition and he led the Maples by taking third in both the events he entered. Other Seaholmites who starred throughout the season and who culminated their swim- ming year by competing at state included Dick Crabb and Doug Howlett who placed tenth and twelfth in the 200 yard freestyle and 100 yard breast stroke. Both relays also placed high in the state - the medley team of Kirk O'Green, Doug Howlett, Doug Smith and John Weeks placed eighth while the free- style quartet of Skip Pierce, Leigh Rodney, Ralph Wagner and Dick Crabb got tenth. Diver Dave Backus was defeated only once in dual meet competition this yearg the de- feat came at the hands of Dick Quint of Groves. He also was the SMA champion as were several of his teammates: Chris Fitz- gerald, Doug Howlett, Bruce Wright, and Dick Crabb. 88