Sandia High School - Crest Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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Squad places eighth in State this page, top: Grant Savage, team captain, starts his event with a perfect racing dive. bot- tom, left: Jim Coleman, iunior, pushes oft the poolside for another lap. bottom, right: Team members are John Gorman, Roy Griffin, Tom Mortenson, Chuck Collins, Terry Papem, James McNeelyg second row: Dana Weakley, Peter Grymkoski, Bill Doak, James Blank, Ernie Baca, Kurt Koger, Donald Fitchhorny third row: Russell Payne, Mark Savage, Grant Savage, Brad Peter- son, Rick Reese, Mark Foster, Pat Hall, Mike Wernig, Coach Bennyy fourth row: Tony Evanko, Kurt Williams, James Coleman, Al Reed, Brian Collins, Chris Foster. SANBIA Swimming to an eighth place in the State Meet, Matador mermen lifted their position from the ninth place held the two previous years. Highland's Hornets swept the state team title for the third consecutive year, scoring 92 points. Placing second with 44 points was Farmington and in third was Santa Fe with 34 points. Pacing the splashers to their opening victories were Grant Savage, Pat Brown, James Blank, Chuck Collins and Mark Savage. In the State Meet Mark Savage, iunior, was high point man, scoring 5 of the 6 points Sandians earned. Savage swam in the 'IOO yard breast stroke and the 200 yard individual medley. Brian Collins, also a junior, came up with the Matadors' sixth point. Big Blue swimmers were coached by .lohn Benny for the tenth year. Athletics 215

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Sandia mermen end with lO 5 mark, Wrapping up the season, the Big Blue swimmers finished with a 'IO-5 dual meet season record. Qualifying nine individuals in l3 events for the State meet at Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, only two individuals and the medley relay team placed in the finals. Sophomore Chip Collins splashed to fifth place in the 400-yard freestyle. Team captain Mark Savage captured sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke. Pat Brown, Jim Coleman, Chuck Col- lins and Mark Savage also pulled a sixth place in the medley relay. Albuquerque's Highland High repeated as state champions with a 78 point per- formance, while Los Alamos copped sec- ond with 70.5. Matador mermen placed tenth with five points. Swimming in two invitational meets, the mermen finished fifth in the Academy Invitational at the Albuquerque Boys Academy, while managing third place in the NMMI Relays at Roswell. Coaching the varsity splashers for the eleventh season was John Benny. 2l6