• t t • t • f • t • • oriented and played on the football team my freshman year. I wasn't really good enough for the football team, but still wanted. to participate, so 1 just came and tried out for the diving team and found out I really liked it." The water just naturally attracts Rusty, whether he uses a forward, backward, reverse, half-gainer or inward cut-away dive, or whether he half-twists his way into it. - Beth Parker ~) I I t • • • • t I I t , second I I • , I • , f 1979-80 AIC SWIMMING RESULTS Hendrix College HARDING UNIVERSITY Southern Arkansas University Arkansas Tech University Henderson State University Ouachita Baptist University 639 272 246 165 123 123 Finishing fifth in the Ale last year. the Harding Waterbuffaloes returned to what has become their traditional standing of second in the Ale championships, February 22-23 in Arkadelphia. Second YE,:ar Waterbuffalo Coach Jack Boustead fulfilled his early-season predictions with the second place finish behind perennial champion Hendrix College. Boustead had replaced Arnold Pylkas last year and found himself with an inexperienced team which had been deserted by most would-be returning lettermen, Taking the young squad through workouts designed to give a base to build on, Boustead turned the group into a team of experienced swimmers. During the season, which began in November, the Waterbuffaloes racked up an impressive string of victories. But the AIC championships were what really counted. Without taking a single first in the conference meet, Harding gathered 272 points on the combination of four second, two third, one fourth, four fifth and three sixth place finishes. First place Hendrix swam away with 639 points and third place Southern Arkansas University had 246. The four second place finishes came in two relay events and two breast stroke events. The team of Scott Smith, Steve Froelich, Eric Frederickson and Carl Waites was the runner-up in the 400 medley relay. In the 400 free relay in second was the team of Waites , Greg Norton, John S. Smith and Frederickson. Frederickson was the second place finisher in the 100 and 200 breast stroke events. The two third and the single fourth places taken in the meet came in diving as Perry Fraley took the third spot in the three meter event with Rusty Anderson claiming fourth. Off the one meter board Anderson earned third. ~ ~wlimmli1Th~ ~wlimmli1Th~ 133 Swimming
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