Sewickley Academy - Panther Yearbook (Sewickley, PA)

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Swlmrrung Q il Mr Murphy descended from the helghts of the a1r force to the depths of the Y pool and 1n h1s capable hands was the Sew1ckley Academy Sw1mm1ng Team We took part 111 seven meets two w1th Shady Slde M1ddle School two w1th Valley School of L1gon1er two w1th Coraopohs YMCA and one w1th the Sewlckley YMCA Jlmmy Ollver, I-Iarton Semple, Tom McChesney and Bud Horner were the ma1nstays of the team The boys swam free style, back stroke, and butterfly The sw1mm1ng was very successful and enjoyable m Q T f , -

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G1rls' Sw1mm1ng At ten rnlnutes to three every Monday and Tuesday of the w1nter season group of g1rls hurry out across the f1eld to the bus wa1t1ng to take them to the Y M C A for the1r afternoon of swrrnmlng When the bus deposlts them at the1r destmatron the gn-ls go down to the locker room sadly bypassmg the candy counter w1th the thought I must dlet When they fmally do get dressed the lnltlal shock of gett1ng rn 1S observed The water naturally seems cold at f1rst but then 18 comfortable Many strokes are taught by Mrs N1chols an excellent teacher Some of the ones the sw1mmers work on are the crawl, backstroke and the breast stroke Every so often the gn-ls were t1med ln these strokes and they all showed conslder able 1rnprovement After much compet1t1on several stars emerged, but the whole team was 1n general an excellent one, and gave the best performance rn many years After several weeks of hard work, Mrs N1chols announced that there would be several meets w1th r1val schools One of the most enjoyable of these proved to be w1th Wrnchester Thurston These meets were the hlghllghts of an mterestlng season The g1rls galned 1n stature under the expert guldance of Mrs N1chols and looked back on a happy wlnter season ,8. sane n I ' ' 'll , 0 , n , o 1 g o y n - ! , n o Q ' a a Q a