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Maccabi swim team poses after returning to Detroit.

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Maccabi swimmers get to meet
a Jewish American hero.

Steve Stein
Special to The Jewish News

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wimmers at the JCC Maccabi
Games in Houston got an
unexpected treat. They met
a Jewish swimmer whose storied
Olympic record may never be broken.
Mark Spitz, who was at the Maccabi
Games to watch his son Justin play
basketball for Los Angeles, made a
surprise visit to the swimming venue
and talked about his career.
Spitz won a record seven gold
medals in seven events at the 1972
Summer Olympics in Munich before
being whisked away after 11 Israeli
athletes were killed by Palestinian ter-
rorists. Thirteen years later, Spitz and
three children of Israeli athletes killed
in Munich lit the torch at the 1985
Maccabiah Games in Israel.
Now a 57-year-old stockbroker and
financial adviser, Spitz also is a moti-
vational speaker.
He might have picked up some
motivational pointers from the 10
swimmers in the Metropolitan Detroit
Maccabi Club's swimming delegation
in Houston. The Detroiters' poolside
enthusiasm and creative cheers drew
raves from opposing swimmers and
coaches.
"Our kids were definitely the hit
of the pool. They represented Detroit
well," said assistant coach Joel

Elconin. Detroit swimmers earned
medals in 11 events.
Jason Sherbel and Leah
Somerville each won three individual
medals. Sherbel won the 50- and 100-
meter breaststroke and he finished
second in the 200 breaststroke in the
boys ages 13-14 division. Somerville
was third in the 100, 200 and 400 free-
style in girls 15-16.
Ben Duchan and Matt Devore each
won two individual event medals in
boys 15-16. Duchan took third in the
50 free and 100 fly, and Devore was
third in the 200 and 400 free.
Detroit's boys 15-16 200 freestyle
relay team of Jared Unatin, David
Devore, Matt Devore and Duchan
finished second.
Dayna Elconin, Madeline
Mcllhon, Danielle Olgin and Abbie
Schrier also swam for Detroit. Herb
Bernstein once again coached the
Detroit swimmers.

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