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Show Swimmers Edged by One As final re-lays ended and anxious competitors eagerly awaited the final score, American Fork was declared the victor in a dual meet held June 29th at the pool in Am. Fork. Several events turned out to be controversial or at lease debatable. An error was corrected on the scoring sheet before a final score was recorded. recor-ded. The finish of the girls 13-14 breastroke had been credited to their Home team, and was actually won by GayLynn Taylor of Pleasant Grove. With this correction the tally showed American Fork 298 and P.G. 297. As is always the case when these two teams compete, the rivalry and urgency to win provided momentum for both teams. One race which appeared ap-peared to be a dead heat between Tom Carter and A.F.'s Hutchinson jwas decided by the place judge in American Fork's favor, and it wasn't until Jason Allred had out touched A.F.'s Dalian Allridge in 13-14 breast stroke, finishing first, that officials declared exhibition entry. In the boys 9-10 freestyle Pleasant Grove scored all points possible 9 as Robert Welcher came in first with Ronald Simmons 2nd and Merritt Norton third. Other first place winners were: Freestyle: Robert Welcher, Natalie Birchall, Lynn Judd and John Gardner. Gar-dner. Butterfly: Jenny Beagley, Scott Beagley, Scott Jones, Lynn Judd, Jason Allred. Backstroke: Jenny Beagley, Scott Beagley, Brock Bennett, Gaylynn Taylor and David Young. Individual Medley: Korey Johan-nsen, Johan-nsen, Scott Jones. Breast stroke: Natalie Birchall, David Case, Malinda Merrill, Korey Johannsen, GayLynn Taylor, Jeff Merrill. Pleasant Grove split the freestyle re-lays and won 5 out of 10 and won six medley re-lays. The P.G. Team returned to American Fork last week to join other County swimmers in the Steel Days Invitations and were successful in bringing home a trophy for third place, in spite of vacationing team members who were gone for the Holiday. Orem won the first place trophy and American Fork 2nd. Names of individual winners were not availabe at press time. Pleasant Grove will travel to Spanish Fork Thursday morning. |