Wilson High School - Nova Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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MEL WICK FRED BROCKHOFF JOHN JEWELL MIKE STAUFFER GARY DYER RON E-NGEU-AND The Aberdeen meet started a winning streak for the watermen. On the fol- lowing week Olympia, Aberdeen, and Mt. Vernon were trounced by the varsity swimmers. ln the Pacific Northwest meet January 31, many Wilson swimmers exhibited outstanding skill. Byron Stauffer took first place in the T00 yard free style with a time of :54.3 and finished second in the boys' 200 yard free style. Following the A.A.U. meet Wilson, Stadium, and Lincoln met in the Wilson pool for the second city swim meet. The Rams set four of the six city.records to win the City championship. East and West Bremerton then fell to the mighty Wilson Rams in another tri-school meet, and Aberdeen was given a second defeat on the following week. On Saturday, February 21, seven Capital League schools met at the Wilson pool for the league swim meet. Wilson and Olympia were tied for first place in league standings. At the end of the meet the Rams had broken the tie by beating the Olympia Bears. Thus ended the Capital League race with Wilson holding the Capital League championship. Several state records were broken including the 200 yard free style broken by Byron Stauffer in 2:0-4.0, and the 200 yard free style relay broken by John Jewell, Gary Dyer, Byron Stauffer, and Mike Stauffer with a time of 'l:39.l. Competing in the state meet, Wilson was led to second place by Captain Jack Paul. The Rams made an excellent showing but the defending state champions, the Everett Eagles, captured the title for a second year. Three state meet records were made by Wilson swimmers. Byron Stauffer broke the 50 yard free style with a :23.5 time and the lOO yard free style in :52.8. A new 200 yard free style relay record was broken by Dave Finholm, John Galbraith, John Jewell, and Ron England with a time of l:4l.4. Judges and timers ready - swimmers take your marks and the gun goes off as Mike Waters, third from left, and Pat Waters, fifth from left, leave the starting blocks in the lOO-yard Butterfly event. . . 'f l . WWW fX.-fs . 'WY' N27-

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BYRON STAUFFER NOEL WEST MIKE WATERS BOB TEITGE JOHN GALBRAITH DAVE FINHOLM State and city swimming records were broken, set, and rebroken as the Wilson Varsity Swim Team, coached by Mr. Richard Hannula, captured the City and Capital League Championships and finished second in the state swim meet at the University of Washington. At the opening of the swimming season the Ramsl Relay, inviational swim mee, brought the leading swim teams of Western Washington to our pool for an ekciting meet that ended with Wilson scoring 55 points, just 3 points behind the winning Everett team. The watermen captured supremacy of Tacoma waters in their first official meet, when they took first place over Lincoln and Stadium. At their next meet the varsity navi- gated themselves past the East and West Bremerton teams but were stopped the following week by the more ex- perienced University of Washington Frosh Swim Club. On January I6 the Wilson Rams defeated the Everett Eagles, defending state champions, in one of the closest swim meets of the year. At the end of the ninth. event the score was announced as 40-39 in favor of Everett. It took I:44.7 seconds for our 200-yard freestyle relay team, including Noel West, John Galbraith, Mel Wick, and John Jewell to add seven points, making the final score 46-40 in favor of Wilson. WILSON Stadium Lincoln WILSON East Bremerton West Bremerton WILSON U. of W. WILSON Everett WILSON Olympia WILSON Aberdeen , WILSON Mt. Vernon WILSON 82 Stadium Lincoln WILSON 89 East Bremerton 9 West Bremerton WILSON 57 Aberdeen WILSON 34 W. S. C. WILSON 39 Olympia 49 I 76 Wilson placed second in the Rams' Relay, first in the Capital League Meet, and second in the State Meet.

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Boys aiming at a possible future position on the varsity squad set an excellent four- win one-loss season for the reserve swim team. The iayvee squad scored victories over Stadium, Lincoln, and the strong YMCA team, suffering their only defeat to the West Shield Boys' Club. The reserve swim team practiced after school under the direction of Mr. Dick Hannula. The entire reserve squad proved themselves good prospects for the future varsity team. Richard Hitch, Woody Davis, Roy Mesler, Bill Streeter, and Pat Waters displayed great skill in the many different swimming events. Larry Huff gained recog- nition for his diving by winning the honor of exhibition diving in several of the varsity meets. ROW la D. Rasmussen, D. Swenson, K. Petroka, R. Mesler, L. Johnson, L. Huff, R. Hopkins, G. Teats, B. Streeter, W. David- son, M. Pergande, D.'Puz, M. Neudorfer, P. Waters, L. Angelel, R. Hitch. lnt e a a outt irty oys an gir the instruction of Mr. Richard Hannula, be- gan learning the fundamentals of water life-saving. The time spent in instruction was an hour per day for two weeks. After passing a final test, the students were awarded Senior Life Saving certificates. ln the spring another opportunity for in- struction was given to those who had missed the first session. Students who received their life saving certificates were qualified to guard the pool during the many swim- Artificial respiration administered by a Life Saving class member. ffff .f M My J M.. lllllllll Sllfllllflllll Practicing one of the skills of life saving students save a drowning swimmer