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Show Bdoiiio OiicmnionOiilpo By DAVE WIGHAM If past performances and times are any indication of what is to come then the Region One swimming championships cham-pionships will come down to a four team battle. Even at that one of those teams will be heavy favorites. BOUNTIFUL, Viewmont, Bonneville and Clearfield are all considered in the race for the top spot. Bountiful would have to be considered odds on favorites to win the title. After all the Braves have the top performers in seven of the nine swimming events. That doesn't include the diving portion of the meet, an event that Bountiful has three strong performers. In swimming the times are kept and each week those times are sent to the coaches of the schools. This way a coach, and a swimmer has an idea where he stands in the region. THE DIVING competition comes down to a six man race for the individual title. Boun-tiful's Boun-tiful's hopes rest on the shoulders of three divers, Eric Pope, Doug Thatcher and Mark Giatras. The three other divers given even odds at winning are Viewmont's Eric McBride, Clearfield's Steve Allred and Jay Hamilton Hamil-ton from Sky View. Six people are also given a shot at the 200 yard freestyle race with Bountiful's Mitch" Eiting having the best time. The next five top times are Brad Baugh of Clearfield, then Bountiful's Robert Reeder and Mike Quinn, Bonneville's Allan Holopter and Viewmont High's John Rork. A FOUR man race shapes up in the 200 yard individual medley relay, each swimmer . swims all four strokes, breast, back, fly and free. Best time goes to Bountiful's Dave Balling, close behind Viewmont's Mike Fisher, Clearfield's Mike Nelson and Viking Chuck Fisher. Bryson Smith leads three Bountiful swimmers in the 50 yard freestyle event. The sprint of swimming is dominated by the Braves who, along with Smith, have Mike Eiting and Todd Adair in the top six. Other top times belong to Clearfield's Jeff Morley and Mitch Drake and Blake Olsen of Sky View. ONE OF the best races of the meet could take place in the butterfly competition where only sixth-tenths of a second separates the top two. Bountiful's Dave Balling and Bonneville's Don Cook are as close as you can get. Following Follow-ing these two are Bill Huber of the Braves, Kevin Nelson of Bonneville and Thor Dyson of Sky View. The best event will proba bly be the 100 yard freestyle event where the top three racers are within three-tenths of a second of each other. Bountiful has Mitch Eiting and Tim Quin while Clearfield's Clear-field's Mitch Morley looks for the upset. THE SM yard freestyle event shapes up to be a battle between Kevin Nelson of Bonneville and Mike Nelson of Clearfield. Others with a chance of getting points are Bountiful's Rob Reeder, Viewmont's Evan Fisher and Scott Miller and Clearfield's Brad Baugh and Walter Jurch. Bryson Smith of Bountiful and Don Cook of Bonneville will stage a one-two battle In the backstroke with David Johns (Bonn.), Bill Huber (Bountiful), Curtis Rampton (Clear.) and Greg Evans (Viewmont). IN THE breaststroke race Viewmont's Mike Fisher and Bountiful's Tim Quinn should place in the top two. Others with good times include Kent Freeman (Bonn.), Chuck Fisher (View.), and Mike Eiting and Tomm Call (Bount.). Bountiful and Clearfield have identical times in the freestyle relay event so a great finish is expected with Bonneville and Viewmont right behind them. |
