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Show I w 1 ) -M -m I five Redskins Qualify for XCAA Swimming Finals 1 n L-V A A I !M ' V; A ' X J I i il V 1 )t j , ill ' ington State. Browne will stick to his favorite freestyle sprints and is Coach Reddish's choice on the free relay. Michigan State's freestyle relay re-lay team of Darryle Kifer, Jim MacMillan, Ken Walsh and Gary Dilley took the Big Ten title last year in 3:07.7 which was also good enough for second at the nationals. All four lettermen will be back again this year to haunt the rest of the nation's best. OTHER BIG Ten powers are Indiana and cross state rival Michigan both of whom defeated MSU this year. The closest thing in the west to the remarkable 400 free relay time is a 3:14.0 posted earlier this year by the USC quartet. MSU's KEN Walsh has turned in one of the finest 50 free times with a :47.9 against Illinois Illi-nois and Purdue. Only freshman Zac Zorn (47.7) of UCLA might be able to boast of a faster time but young Zorn is only a freshman fresh-man and will wait out this year in order to compete on the Utah champs to appear at NCAA finals are (l.-r.) Mike Garibaldi, Gari-baldi, Al Logan, Tom Browne and Terry Craig. Mel Roberts stands on ladder. varsity level for his last three years. Utah's Kim Bernard must miss the nationals too because of ineligibility. in-eligibility. Bernard competed his freshman year and therefore has used up his three years of varsity service. o! i tii't Olympian Mike Wall will participate in the distance l le races and the relays at the NCAA finals. Washington and Dean Willeford of USC have gone under the 1:48.0 barrier. Jim MacMillian of MSU has one of the top col- ; -A . : I : ' " I r 5 1 I v " -: Ken Walsh . . . fast MSU sprinter I I Bv JANET HEMMING " j Sronicle Sports Editor url He University aquamen will aj their largest continent ever .. . NCAA swim champion-l champion-l March 24-26 at the A.r ;jte Academy. I HEADING THE list of potentate poten-tate are Mike Garibaldi, ' i Logan, Terry Craig, Tom ;.,rae and Mel Roberts. ! ! GARIBALDI'S 4:52.7 in the 1yd, freestyle is second only ',' 3 Michigan State's Ken Walsh 3.3) and these two collegians rj both get a big push from 4 iCs Roy Saari (4:56.5) and f iaford's Mike Wall (4:59.8). ! Hit junior from California J also tackle the long 1650 it freestyle, in which he holds !i third best college time, the :.:'.!rfly and participate as a rier of the medley and free-i free-i relay teams. I Ugan, whose speedy finishes ithe league championships, aal him a trip to Colorado, ,a i battle Mike in the 500 and djj, alenge a crack field of middle isance swimmers in the 200 yd. "iOnce again Saari has posted ifist time in this event with a S'M clocking. In that same ' coast league Tim Roark of I - ; i ' K H$l, ' l 1 lege times in 1:46.5. Logan has turned in a 1:47.6. THE ABSENCE of four-time Olympic gold medal winner Don Schollander will leave most of the freestyle event winners in doubt. Athletic sports at Yale University, Schollander's school, have been banned from NCAA competition because of low academic athletic standards. Backstroker Terry Craig will carry Utah's red and white to the nations in his specialty. He has clocked a strong :56.7 in the 100 yard back but his prime contender will be Michigan State's Gary Dilley who is the defending NCAA swim champ in both the 100 and 200 yd. backstroke. back-stroke. Dilley has blazed to a 1:57.0 this season against Indiana In-diana in the 200 race. On the West coast Dean Willeford Wil-leford has the AAUW's top mark with a 2:03.9. Craig's winning time at Tempe, Ariz, was 2:03.4. ROUNDING OUT the team will be Mel Roberts and Tom Browne. Roberts will tackle the two breastroke events. He faces Bob Momsen (2:15.5) from Stanford Stan-ford and Bob Browning of Wash- Roy Saari . . . versitile Trojan : . ! " i i r eked ; U Jj "1uu backstroke champ |
