New York Military Academy - Shrapnel Yearbook (Cornwall on Hudson, NY)

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I I 5 SWIMMING Coach .....,. ..................... ...............,. ..,.... M r . Yeager Captain ................. .,..... M inervini Manager Assistant Manager .... Assistant Manager .... Allen, A. Allen, Anning Bennett Busto N.Y.M.A N.Y.M.A N.Y.M.A N.Y.M.A N.Y.M.A Carter, D. Costabile Daly, F. Daly, O. Day, V. N.Y.M.A. ..... . ........Sanborne .......Grafron THE TEAM Downes Greenlee, W. Minervini Royce Ehrhardt Hebert Nolin Scotti Ellsworth Islieb Noyes, li. Shauer Field Lenfest Renton Vanderbilt Greenlee, R. Marks Richters. W. Wicinski Young, K. T H E R E C O R D Manhattan College Freshmen ..,....33 West Point Plebes New Rochelle High School Far Rockaway High School .,.....40 .,.....27 .......-42 .......27 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute .,...... 24 Albany Academy ..,............,.,............,. 39 Page One hundred seventy

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BN i . i I if f'- wl SWIMMING ECAUSE THIS SEASON found few of last year's letter men back, the ability of the swimming team was un- known. A new year always brings fresh hopes along with its new men-and this year the new men were no disap- pointment. Around the small nucleus of last year's letter men has been built a well-balanced team-a team that has shown what practice and good coaching can produce. The Manhattan College Freshmen were the Hrst op- ponents who succumbed to the efforts of our mermen this season. Though it was the first meet, the team was ready, eager, and perfectly able to grab the larger part of the score. Allen, A., started off with a bang and won the so-yard free style event. Capt. Minervini also made a fine begin- ning by winning the 100-yard breast stroke. The 200-yard free style went to Manhattan, with Royce placing second. The visitors also took the 100-yard free style, leaving sec- ond place for Allen, Islieb was able only to give us third place in the 100-yard backstroke, but we made up for that by running off with first and second places in the diving: Day, V., first, and Hebert second. Islieb, Miner- vini, and Day, V., won the 150-yard medley for N.Y.M.A., and Allen, A., Allen, J., Marks and Scotti took the 200- yard free style relay. January 25th is a day that the 1939 swimming team will long remember, for it was on this day that they tied the West Point Plebes. The Plebes gave good competition, but in the initial event Scotti won the 50-yard free style swim. In the 100-yard breast stroke, Minervini managed only to grab second place, and Daly, F., finished third in the 200-yard free style race. However, Islieb won the 100- yard back stroke, and Allen, J., finished in front in the 100-yard free style swim. The Plebes placed first and sec- ond in the diving, and Islieb, Minervini, and Marks won the 150-yard medley. Allen, A., Allen, J., Richters, W., and Scotti had to swim the 200-yard free style relay in record time in order to beat the Plebes and tie the meet. After the New Rochelle meet, the team was still unde- feated. The cadets took first and second places in the ini- tial race, Scotti and Allen, A., placing first and second in the 50-yard free style swim. Minervini fought gamely, but was able only to come in third in the 100-yard breast stroke. The 220-yard free style gave Royce second place, and the 100-yard back stroke found Islieb placing second, too. Allen, J., and Marks took first and second places in the 100-yard free style swim. We placed second and third in the diving, with Downes and Day, V., coming very close to beating the New Rochelle divers. In the relay races, the cadets turned in their best performances of the season, establishing two new school records. Swimming some of the best races of the year, the mem- bers of the maroon team found themselves conquered by a superior squad, Far Rockaway. Scotti took second place in the 50-yard free style. Capt. Minervini flashed his best performance of the season by setting up a new school rec- ord in the 100-yard breast stroke, with Greenlee, R., plac- ing second. N.Y.M.A. found only third place in the 220- yard free style, swum by Royce, and Islieb took second place in the backstroke. We lost the 100-yard free style, with Allen, J., placing second. However, Downes and Day, V., took first and second places in the diving. Both our relay teams suffered defeat for the first time in the season. Our hats go off to the Far Rockaway team, which really proved to be superior. Stepping back into the winning column, the team scored its next victory over the R.P.I. Freshmen. Allen, A., came in second, and Scotti third, in the 50-yard free style, and Minervini lowered his record to 1:14.4, taking first place in the breast stroke. In the 200-yard free style, Royce and Ehrhardt took second and third places, while again we placed second and third in the 100-yard back stroke, with Islieb and Day, V., doing the honors. Allen, J., came in first in the 100-yard freestyle. In the diving, Downes and Day, V., performed in their usual manner, taking first and second places. The medley team came back into the win- ning streak with Islieb, Minervini, and Richters, W., vic- tors. The relay team, composed of Allen, A., Allen, J., Scotti and Downes, was victorious, too. The score of this meet was no indication of the fine competition offered by the R.P.I. team. The cadets made a valiant effort to stop the two year winning streak of Albany Academy, and came very close to doing it. The outcome of the meet depended on the last event-but the anchor man of the Albany relay team touched the wall a fraction of a second before ours. We were off to a poor start in the 50-yard free style, Scotti placing only third. However, Minervini made up for this by taking first place in the breast stroke. Marks, swim- ming the 200-yard free style, came in third, and Islieb gained the same position in the backstroke. Day, V., and Downes threw a ray of hope into the N.Y.M.A. team when they placed first and second in the diving event, and when Allen, J., came in first in the 100-yard free style swim, it put us back into the running. Islieb, Minervini, and Downes took first honors swimming the 150-yard medley in close to record time. With their photo-finish, the Al- bany boys won the 200-yard relay. The team went far beyond the predictions of the more conservative members, and it is hoped that next year's team will continue with the traditional spirit and sportsman- ship that exemplified the team of 1959. Page One hundred seventy-one