Sandia High School - Crest Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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nine splashers qualify for Portales finale far, above, left: Ray Luna, shows off his ability to swim the crawl. above: Swim team members are Ray Lunap second row: Don Fitchorn, Chip Collins, third row: Kurt Koger, Ray Rodey, James Blank, Robert McKee, fourth row: Bill Henslee, Bill Atwell, Tom Pond, Jim Coleman, Pat Brown, not pictured: Coach John Benny, David Bregar, mgr., Mark Savage. far, left: Chuck Collins performs a pike in diving competition. left: Swimming the breast- stroke, Pat Brown puts in his part of the 200 medley relay. Season Record Date Opponent Score Jan. 10 Santa Fe High 23-64 V ' f Del Norte High 54-37 Valley High 60-34 i6 Albuquerque High 27-65 Santa Fe High 30-60 17 Academy invitational 23 Santa Fe High 32-54 30-31 NMMI Relays 7 Valley High 53-45 Roswell Goddard 56-47 Roswell High 73-i8 13 Albuquerque Academy 43754 Rio Grande High 80-10 28 Valley High 52-43 Rio Grande High 73-I7 Del Norte High 50-45 March 6- 7 State Meet Athletics 217 2 ,,-. A '

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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

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