Show I J j I 1 tY r tU t ti i I J I I It Itt t d 1 4 J Jy a 4 y r MRS MARY LANDEN J. J SEA QUEEN OF THE l I MA MAY Y- Y Enjoying her reign as Sea I Queen of 1967 is Mary Iary Mrs Wesley Landen W. W 2800 South Val Verda MRS ms LANDEN is a member of the Salt Lake City YWCA performing group under the coaching of Mrs Irs Lois Gregerson and has played an important part in the groups group's successes this month Outstanding was Marys Mary's I grand sweep recently of all events in the 1967 AAU Intermountain Intermountain Intermountain Inter- Inter mountain District Synchronized t 5 Swimming wi m m in g Championships at Bountiful indoor pool HIGH POINT POT IA w winner inner of the day she took first place in the figure execution ex e cut Ion competition with points first place with her exciting solo LasSen as Sen- Sen tidas De Las Mujer Del Matador Matador Matador Mata Mata- dor first place in the duet Graveyard Frolic with partner partner partner part part- ner Ann Lowden and first place as a member of the team Ice entry Fantasy on At the same time her daughter Beth won third place solo title wither Uh h he Jj Brassy Br assy rassy Babe In the Me fleets fleet's ts t.'s under 12 Novice Divi Divi- sion ONLY A FEW days later Mrs Irs Landen starred in the YWCA annual water show in the team and duet numbers and also in a Different Afferent solo Transcendent Love to music fr from m Romeo and Juliet by A month ago Mary established established established her technique superiority in a figure competition held at atthe atthe I the BYU Pool Complex in Provo I with a 5 2 1 point margin over overE I E second place winner Karen Taylor Taylor Taylor Tay Tay- lor of the D BYU YU Dolphins ANOTHER highpoint for Mary was signing a contract to organize or organize organize or- or and teach the swimming instruction program at Rancho Lanes Pool on North Temple in Rose Park this summer Mary Landen's aquatic a ac accomplishments accomplishments ac- ac c- c of this pas past t I month are the culmination of many years' years effort and activity I in the field A L LOS ANGELES Calif native na- na tive Mary learned to swim at atthe atthe I the age of 10 in the surf at Laguna Laguna Lak La- La k guna Beach Her parents en encouraged encouraged en- en I her swimming be because because because be- be cause of doctors doctor's advice to aid aida aidt t a congenital back condi condition Hon Mary qualified for the Pasadena Pasadena Pasa Pasa- dena Jena Athletic Club Speed Team under nationally known coach Bud Lyndon in 1949 age 12 and represented this group in Southern Pacific AAU competition tion for five years SHE WAS NOT OT Introduced to synchronized swimming until f after her when marriage she began begar this new activity at the Glendale YWCA un under d e r June in 1956 She affiliated with the Riverside Riverside Riverside River River- side synchronized team under Dawn Daun Dean Bean hen Bean when the family moved to Pomona with their two o children Mary was the first to represent the now E second place National Championship Championship Cham Cham- team In national com corn competition competition petition in 1959 IN ARIZONA for three years and another baby she organized a group and took the Arizona AAU championship in 1961 The moved to Utah in 1962 where Mary immediately immediately immediately imme imme- affiliated with Mrs Irs Gregerson's Gregerson's Gregerson's Gre Gre- gerson's at the YWCA She has since participated participated participated with the group in five fie fi e o of j the YWCA annual shows and the senior AAU Nationals last year at the Deseret Gym IN THE meantime Mrs Irs Landen Landen Landen Lan Lan- den has been a very successful s swimming w wi i m m i n g instructor Tear Fear ear problems are my specialty for over 10 years with the American Ameri Ameri- can Red Cross She has been an active participant participant participant parti parti- in the Red Cross' Cross 50 mile Swim for Fitness program program program pro pro- gram and has 27 of the 50 mile awards to her credit MRS LANDEN'S advice to young swimmers Is based on her positive thinking Psycho Cybernetics approach to both learning and teaching She says that an attitude of striving for achievement i is s essential for success in any endeavor whether It be sports competition school grades she was an anA A student through the university motherhood four children or professional A PERSON must have an inner inner in inner in- in ner drive that pushes them to todo todo todo do better and better In every way every everyday days S he also spends |