THE MICHIGAN DAILY "inmn Team Repea ts as NCAA Champh 4 DICK MINTZ traditionally one of- 's. outstanding swim. assed all previous rec- lances last year, with a power-laden varsity that swept to its second consecutive NCAA- swim championship. The NCAA victory climaxed an undefeated season that included a two year skein of 16 dual-meet vic- tories and its first Big Ten title' since 1948.. Wolverine coach Gus Stager, a! former great Michigan swim star himself, stated, "this team was r certainly the greatest I've ever; coached and the greatest-I've ever I seen." - h ~~lSeWeek thethe f By' CARL RISEMAN .nn's Successors r MANN STEPPED down in 1954. He had begun as swimming ach at Michigan in 1926 and had guided the Wolverines to 16 n 'Championships and six National Collegiate crowns. It was n outstanding record. He was recognized as the greatest coach sport and had produced many champion swimmers and ho could replace Mann? Two youthfulhcoaches were selected. wing coach- Gus Stager and diving coach Bruce Harlan.,Stager en a great swimmer for Mann in the 1940's and later a high coach. Harlan had been tutored by Mann's rival, Mike Peppe o State, and became an Olympic diver. He had' also coached' i schools. ie coaches had rough going at first. They had to settle for, a n the 1955 Big Ten meet. The following year the Wardrop Jack and Bert, were removed from the team in midseason be- they wouldn't cooperate with their mentors. This. was the low or Stager and Harlan. A great deal of grumbling was heard on chigan campus for the removal of the Scottish stars from the This was supposed to have been Michigan's year in swimming w all hope was lost. ager and Harlan climbed out of the hole, which they had dug mselves with the Wardrop incident and began a climb which em at the top of the swimming world by the, endof the 1958 - proving themselves capable of filling the shoes of their' predecessor. mehow in that dismal 1956 season, the Wolverines were able sh second in the Big T'en meet right behind powerful Ohio Sophomore Team .. )RE THE SEASON began in 1957, the team was of questionable ential. It was mainly made up of untried sophomores and a few eterans like Fritz Myers, Don Adamski and John Narcy. The urned out to be good as sophomores Cy Hopkins and Dick r blossomed out into championship swimmers and Dick Kimball e a ranking diyer in his first season. The team, mowed over its Dion in its dual meets but failed to take the Big Ten title as the ns of Michigan State emerged as, victors because of their tre- us depth. .chigan was keyed up for the NCAA meet which was held that 1 Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Michigan's cfhances were sup- V slim against favored Yale spearheaded by its sophomore im Jecko. The Wolverines couldn't stop Jecko, he was a triple but they were able.to stop Yale and thus gain the first NCAA r Michigan since 1948. It was a great victory but still more were In line for the '58 season. ie '58 squad was even stronger than the '57 one. The Wolverines >olstered by sophomore swimmers Tony Tashnick and John the addition of diver Alvaro Gaxiola; eligibility reinstatement satile Carl Woolley. The team quickly won its early contests th Stager and Harlan were wondering how powerful the squad y was. The test came in a dual meet with Michigan State. was swamped 67-30. and Michigan had one of its greatest Al Agree After the three day NCAA swim spectacular held at Michigan's Varsity Pool, contending swim- mers, coaches, and the thousands of gathered fans were in full agreement. Michigan, producing a 72-point total, decisively defeated Yale, the perennial Eastern champion who totaled 63 pts. and Big Ten runner- up, Michigan State. The other 6 teams represented by 244 of the. nation's foremost collegiate swimmers followed far behind in the point score. Great Depth. The key to Michigan's over- whelming victory lay in the tre- mendous depth and versatility fOund in their line-up. Picking up valuable points in every one of the 14 events they entered, the Wol- verines forged a chain that had no weak links. Tony Tashnick, the brilliant Wolverine sophomore, rose to peak performance in his Young career, cracking two NCAA records in the 100 and 200 yd butterfly events and produced the only individual Wolverine victory. Tashnick easily outdistanced Yale's heralded Tim Jecko in the meet's featured con- test, the 200-yd. butterfly. Divers Great In the opening day of competi- tion Dick Kimball and Alvaro Gax- iola agilely twisted off the one- meter board to place second and third' respectively behind Ohio State's infallible Olympic star, Dan Harper. Michigan's unexpect- ed strong showing, in the diving which Ohio State perenially domi- nates, enabled' them to tie for the meet lead at the end of the first night's competition. Kimball went on to-take another second to Har- per on the three-meter board, while Gaxiola later placed fifth. Michigan stalwarts, Dick Hanley;. Cy Hopkins, John Smith and Carl Woolley were' able to add to the point total as they finished close behind the winners in their respec- tive events. Hanley Upset - Hanley, defending NCAA, 220- yd. freestyle titlist, was upset by Yale's Roger Anderson. Anderson caught Hanley on the last lap of the race with a strong finishing kick and won the title only by a touch. Hanley in the hotly contest- ed 100-yd. freestyle finished fifth. Hopkins, the Wolverine jack-of- all-strokes; finished a strong sec- ond in the 200-yd. individual med- ley. Overtaking Yale's tiring Tim Jecko, who was favored in the event, Hopkins placedrsecond be hind Illinois' Joe Hunsaker who pulled a stunning upset victory. Smith Third John Smith, the powerfully built Hawaiian trained backstroker who joined the team at mid-semester, conditioned himself well enough to take a third in the 200-yd. back- stroke and 100-yd. bockstroke. Carl Woolley, noted primarily as a sprint swimmer during-the regu- lar season showed his freestyle versatility with a sixth in the ex- hausting 1,500 meter event. At the shortr 440 yd. distance Woolley impressed with a third place. Al Maten also contributed to the point total with a sixth in the 200- yd. breaststroke. Just a finishing place in the last event of the chaupionship, CY HOPKINS . . tank captain the 400-yd. medley relay, was needed to insure a Michigan vic- tory. Ohio State had long dropped out of contention after they showed their strength in the dive and only Yale now seriously chal- lenged. But Michigan's third in the event turned back the Eli's final surge. The great team spirit and coop-- eration that brought Michigan the NCAA title contributed as- well to their Big Ten title. No- one individual was respon- sible for the victory at the -rugged Big Ten Championship meet at Iowa City. "It was the most amaz- ing team' performance I've ever seen',' coach Stager exuberantly stated. Stars and Balance Tony Tashnick, Cy Hopkins and Dick Hanley combined for seven rf the Wolverines' eight first places, but in the Big Ten Meet, as was soon to be true in the NCAA, the winning team needed depth; it needed to be able to place several men in every race to win. This Michigan was able to do. Pete, Fries, Ed Pongracz, Carl Woolley, Al Maten, and John Smith were unable to gain first places, but their second, third, fourth and fifth place finishes all bolstered the Michigan point total. Woolley Stars Woolley recorded two seconds and a third. In the gruelling 1,- 500-meter freestyle and also the 440-freestyle he finished second. He also finished behind teammate Hanley who won the 220-yd. free- style. Smith's two second places in the 100 and 200-yd. backstroke secured the Michigan lead. Fries placed in his three events, the 1500 meters, the 440-yd free- style and the 220-yd. freestyle. Stager was pleased, too, with the performance of Maten and Pon- gracz. Both men were on the win- ning 400-yd. medley relay team. Maten also finished fourth in the 100-yd. breaststroke and sixth in the 200-yd. breaststroke. Tashnick Surprises Sophomore Tashnick, who in less than a month would play such a prominent role in leading Michi- gan to the NCAA title wasn't re- garded at the beginning of the season as a title threat. But he was thrust into national promi- nence by his brilliant performance at the Big Ten show. He captured three record-breaking firsts: the 100 and 200-yd. butterfly and the individual medley. Hanley and Hopkins each won two races. "By the second day of the meet, stated Stager, "Hanley and Hopkins had completely de- moralized our opposition." Another Year And what of the 1958-1959 sea- son? Can Michigan again achieve their double victory? The return of the varsity that won the NCAA title and the graduation of a pow- erful freshman squad to varsity ranks indicates that the Wolver- ines will. have an even more pow- erful lineup. Making his debut at Michigan, Sophomore Dave Gillanders, the former All-America high school star, bettered the school record with a 2.11 clocking in the 200- yd. butterfly event. Tough Twosome That mark was recorded back in December at the annual Michigan "Gala" but Gilladers has put a lot. of swimming under his belt since, and is regarded as one of the top young swimmers in the nation. When teamed with Tashnick, Michigan will be represented: by the most formidable butterfly two- some in the country. Frank Legicki, an All-America high school selection from Penn sylvania heads the array of fresh- men freestyle stars moving up to the varsity. Legacki topped the country in the interscholastic 100- yd. sprint. Harry Huffcacker, the Michigan interscholastic champion in the individual medley, will add to the all-around team depth., Move Divers The dioing duo of Tee Francis and John Delninger, the respective high school state champions from Michigan and Ohio, will add their talents to a team that diving coach Bruce Harlan hopes will shortly shoo Ohio State from the throne they have occupied too long. Hairstyling to please! Try us for: * CREW-CUTS * PRINCETONS s PERSONALITY CUTS * 11HAIRCUTTERS The Daseola Barbers near Michigan Theatre III But the other teams across the nation are well prepared to match Michigan in the coming season. Australian world champ Murray Rose will carry the standard for USC, the Pacific Coast's leader, The Pl ei is, your. headquarters for the incom parable GBD. pipe., Ask the man who smokes one. Superb 'in Quality, at a reasonable price. For a Lifetime of Smoking pleasure. 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Sophomore Tony Tashnick put on a spectacular three events; the 200-yd. individual medley, the 100 ittterfly. Stager. and Harlan added another feather in ey claimed Michigan's first Big Ten crown since 1948. aeet of the year was staged by Stager and Harlan in y Exhibition Pool. The meet was the NCAA meet and chigan took the title ringing up 72 points to second . Michigan thus claimed the two major titles in col- ng, - the squad will almost be entirely returning. The addi- great new sophomore swimmers should make the Mich- of the two or three greatest teams in the history of ger is knee-deep in swimmers while Harlan has the 'itting in eight divers for three positions. help of a gleaming new pool which comfortably 'seats, ile and a' reputation for winners, Stager and Harlan to lure in good high school swimmers and divers for and may in time even surpass the record of the old -- Matt Mann., i one . 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