University of St Thomas - Aquinas Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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The critical eye of The iudge means liTTle To Bob Doane, The conference diving champ, as he execuTes a backward somersaulf. Tankmen Win Again ' The i954 ST., Thomas swimming Team, under STan lVlarTinka, rolled over all opposiTion To capTure Their sevenTh conference championship in The pasT eighT sea- sons. Gone were such names as Bob Anderson, John BeTlach, Bill STrub, and Coach Don Adee, buT The Team had goTTen inTo a winning ruT and could noT.be wresTed from iT. Led by co-capTains Danny Schneeman and Tom Jones, The Team compiled a record of seven wins and Two losses in dual meeTs, Their only losses being aT The hands ol The UniversiTy oT Illinois and Michigan Tech. ln The sTaTe meeT, in which The Toms emerged The champions, They were led by The incomparable Danny Schneeman, who was The only Triple winner in The evenT, winning The T500 meTers in record Time and The 220 and 440 yard Tree sTyle races. OTher sTandouTs in The sTaTe meeT were Treshman Dan Reaume, who won The T200 yard backsTroke, Tom Jones, who won The 200 yard breasTsTroke and Bobby Doane, who won The diving evenT, The 400 yard Tree sTyle relay Team com- posed oT Dan Reaume, Tom Greene, Mike Wehlan, and Dave Hancock Took The championship in ThaT evenT, ATTer winning The conference meeT, The Team Traveled To The MidwesT lnviTaTional MeeT where They came in Third behind such powers as Loyola of Chicago and BeloiT. Coecapfain Dan Schneeman glides eTTorTlessly Through The warer, always increasing The disTance over his pursuers. Page One H Il7ZdI'EZZ1 Forty-two Al Stearns is Touched off by Dan Reaume as The medley relay Team pours iT on To The already swamped ScoTs in a dual meeT aT Mac.

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RESULTS St. Thomas Opponents A 5 ST. John's O 9 Carleton 3 ' 7 Gusiavus 5 8 ST. Cloud T.C. 2 6 Macalesfer 4 8 , Hamline O 8 Hamline 2 3 Duluih 4 4 Duluih 2 2 Macalesier 3 Denny Monahan waiis for a pass from John McCormick whose dash for a goal is blocked by The Macalester goalie. .--Sf,-, John O'Phalen's 'brilliant sfick work has drawn The Duluih The goalward-bound charge of Dick Rousseau is broughf To a half goalie out of The nel. The resulf is another Tommy goal. when he loses control of The puck in his preparation To shooT. Page One I-lzmdfcd Forty-one

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Back row: Coach Stan Martinka, Tom Green, Dick Miller, John Squeak Scanlan, Dan Schneeman, Tom Jones, and Larry Culligan. Front row: Dan Reaume, Mike Charlie Witte, and Phil Schweitzer. Middle row: AI Stearns, Dave Hancock, Whalen, and Bob Doane, The odd positions of teammates Dave Hancock and Dick Miller on dry land aid in the tast start of Dan Reaume, who gained another victory in his tirst year in MIAC -competition. St. Thomas Opponents 43 Gustavus 41 52 Hamline 32 55 Macalester 29 35 Michigan Tech 49 36 Illinois U. 48 51 Gustavus 32 52 Hamline 31 44 Carleton 40 58 Macalester 26