SWIMMING First swimming team looms as pleasant surprise 'IOPELLING himself into the water in a long. low, powerful rocing dive, Jim Horner launches out into the pool to begin a practice series of lops. SWIMMING TEAM . Hamilton , Pearce , Horner (Student Coach). Boles , Robertson National interest in swimming as a competitive sport was p:reatly enhanced by the success of the youthful United States swimming team in tJ1C 1964 Olympic games in Tokyo. Swimming "vas added last year as the ninth sport in AIC competition. Participation in all "minor" sports on the part of collcg-csin the conference was greatly stimulated last year when tlle AIC b~gan giving an All -Sports Trophy. Swimming has played an important role in the intramural progratn at ITardinp; since Harding has an indoor.. h ea ted pool; however, it will take time to build an intercollegiate swimming team. In the first AlC swimming meet last year. Hendrix won most of tlw events because of the avid int eres t of the-ir coach in SWlmmingo Dr. Harry Olree and Coach John Prock shared the responsibility thi s year of coaching I-larding's first swimming lcatn. At the time that the yearbook was p:oing to press, the team was preparing for the ATC meet to be held at Hendrix. 205
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