Latter Day Saints Business College - S Book Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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The last swimming meet of the local league wats staged between L. D. S. and Granite. The swimmers representing the former institution easily won by a score of Iiftyefour to twenty. The Farmers placed first in only two events. Plume out-swam Kimball to Win the twoehundred-and- twenty-yard event and Van Dam took the one-hurtdredeyard breaststroke sw1m. T This Victory gave the church institution its tsixth straight Victory and placed it as a strong contender for the state title. On Saturday, March first, the state swimming Eneet took place. Here L. D. S. displayed the same evenIy-balanced strengt T that it had shown in the local league swims. The Saints won more eventq than any other entry, thus earning the state title. In the oneehundred-and-sixty yard event the Saint relay team took flrst place. Holding and Tadner placed second and third in the diving event. Sorenson of the winners was second in the fortyeyard and third in the one-hundred-yard freestyle events. In the one-hundred-yard backstroke swim, Ray Welch of the about-to-be-chamv pions came in second only to Whipprecht of Westm Kimball placed nrst in the two-hundred-and-twenty-yard freestyle event and Engar, second. Nelson and Nielson placed second and third in the one-hundred-yard breaststroke contest. Alkire was nosed into seconti place by Plume of Granite in the one-hundred-yard freestyle event. The Saint medley team T JENSEN ENGAR KIMBALL Breaststroke Freestyle Freestyle .43 1 74 gm-

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record for the one-hundredesixty-yard relay. L. D. 8. met their most formidable rivals for the divisional championship in the Gran- ite squad. The surprising event of this meet was the Kimball-Plume contest in which Kimball of L. D. S. outdistanced the veteran Plume by one stroke. The meet ended iifty- two to twenty-three for the Gold and Blue tanksters. In the second swimming meet with West, L. D. S. was successful in gaining its fourth Victory by a fifty-five to twenty score. In this contest the oneehundred-yard back- stroke was the only event won by the Panthe ers. Whipprecht succeeded in nosing out R. Welch, classy L. D. S. backstroke paddler, for first place. The West-siders gave the Saint tankmen little competition in the diving. The Gold and Blue tanksters won their CAPTAIN SOREVSOV fifth straight Victory by defeating East High Freestylel A a second time. The closest event of the meet was the diving. Guilotte of the losers succeeded in pushing Holding and Tanner of L. D. S. down to second and third places respectively. ALKIRE WISE HOLDING Freestyle Freestyle Diving -953 173 Ea...

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composed of R. Welch, Jensen, and Wise took first place in the three- hundred-yard medley relay race. The Saint paddlers were about twenty points ahead of their nearest competitors, Granite, who were closely fol- lowed by East High. Too much praise cannot be given Coach Charles Welch, who has worked untiringly in coaching the Saint swimmers to the state champion- ship and in making swimming one of the major sports of interest in the athletic curriculum of the L. D. S. Swimming in former years has been a sport, backed by only a few enthusiastic supporters. But now, with the excellent teams produced each year, and with continued success seeming imminent, many have become more interested in the water sport and large crowds have been in attendance at the various meets. Many aspiring stars have also tried out for places on the team because of this added interest. Relays, medley events, and individual races have been hotly contested and some swimming records were broken during the nineteen thirty season. All of the members of the squad received valuable experience from this year's work and many will stand excellent chances of capturing a place on a college swimming team, where more fame and honor will await them. Captain Sorenson has done much to bring about the successful season. Coach Welch has trained several Juniors along with the regulars and the prospects for another championship team for next year are very bright. R. WELCH NIELSON KESLER Backstroke Breaststroke Freestyle Mg 175 pate-