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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, March 20, 1956
Ags Swim to Crown,
Smash Five Records
VICTORY SMILE is flashed for the cameraman by A&M’s
Tetsuo Okamoto, who hung up two new Southwest Confer
ence swimming records in the Aggies smashing champion
ship win at Austin last weekend.
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By J. BARRY HART
Assistant Sports Editor
Smashing five records in their
tremendous drive to the title,
A&M’s undefeated s Wi m m e r s
swept to their second Southwest
Conference championship last Sat
urday in Austin.
In crushing their three oppon
ents the Aggies ran up the highest
total in SWC history, 142 points,
50'/z more than the closest conten
der, Texas. SMU took third, a
point behind Texas, with 90'/z and
hapless Rice trailed with a meagre
12.
ISOO-tneier Freestyle: 1- Okamoto, A&M;
2, Merino, A&M; 3. Holder, Texas; 4. John
son, Texas; 5. Woodard, A&M; 6. Smith,
Texas. Time: 19.21.6 (New conference rec
ord; old record of 19:48.7 by Charlton Had
den. Texas, in 1954).
50-yard Freestyle: 1. Hunkier, A&M; 2.
Neal Texas; 3. Snoots, A&M; 4. Kemble,
SMU; 5. Bell, Texas; 6. Mount, . A&M.
rp 1• 23 5
200-vard Backstroke: 1- Ufer, A&M; 2.
Woodard, A&M; 3, Medenilla, Texas; 4.
Scofield, SMU; 5. Snelling. SMU; 6. Cook,
A&M. Time; 2:23.
220-yard Freestyle: 1. Galvao, SMU; 2.
Okamoto, A&M; 3. Holder, Texas; 4.
Neal, Texas; 5. Merino, A&M; 6. Rose,
SMU. Time: 2:09.5 (New conference rec
ord; old record of 2:13.2 set by Kddle
Gilbert of Texas in 1951).
200-yard Butterfly: 1. Weiek, A&M; 2.
Klipple. A&M; 3. Mount. A&M; 4. Patter
son, Texas; 5. Prichard, SMU; 6. Wol-
dridge, SMU. Time: 2:26.5.
One Meter Diving: 1. Lawler, Texas; 2.
Million,
es , SMU; 4
vtu; 6- Pai'i
Smith, SMU; 3. Grov
Texas; 5. Tompson, SM
400-yard Freestyle Relay:
Elhaney, McComb, Rose, Kei
1.
rr, A&M.
SMU (Mc-
; 5
Q | | Mb 3. Texas
(Wilson, Nolan, Huber, Smith); 4. Rice
(Dupont, Craven, Sick. Bell). Time 3:44.2,
100-yard Backstroke: !• Galvoa, SMU;
2. Ufer, A&M; 3. Snelling, SMU; 4. Snoots,
A&M; 5. Medenilla, Texas; 6. Scofield,
SMU. Time: 1:02.2 (Galvoa set new con
ference record of 58.9 in prelims; old, rec
ord, 1:01,9, by George McMillion of SMU
in 1954).
200-yard Breaststroke: 1- Weick, A&M;
2. Barlow, A&M; 3. Nolan, Texas; 4. Bell.
Texas; 5. Bedford, A&M; 6- Goff, A&M.
Time: 2:36. (Weick set new conference
record of 2:34,6 in prelims; old record,
2:37.4, by Weick in 1955).
100-yard Freestyle: 1. Hunkier, A&M; 2.
Neal, Texas; 3. Mount, A&M; 4. McComb,
SMU; 5. Barden, Texas; 6. Kemble, SMU.
Time; 53,1,
440-yard Freestyle: 1. Okamoto, A&M;
2. Merino, A&M; 3. Holder, Texas; 4.
Smith. Texas; 5. Johnson, Texas; 6 Rose,
SMU. Time: 4:51.6 (New conference rec-
ord; old record, 4:53.8, by Charlton Had
den of Texas in 1954).
200-yard Individual Medley: 1. Galvao,
SMU; 2. Woodard, A&M; 3, Weiek, A&M;
4. Patterson, Texas; 5. Bell, Texas; 6.
Klipple. A&M. Time: 2:12.6 (New con
ference record; old record, 2:18.8, by Gal
vao in prelims).
Three Meter Diving: 1. Smith, SMU; 2.
Lawler, Texas; 3. Groves, SMU; 4. Million,
Texas; 5. Tompson, SMU; 6. Parr, A&M.
300-yard Medley Relay: 1. A&M (Ufer,
Klipple, Hunkier) ; 2. SMU (Snelling,
Prichard, McComb) ; 3. Tfexfis (Medenilla,
Wilson, Barden); "4. Rice (Mellhenny,
Wardlow, Bell). Time: 2:55.9 (New con
ference record; old record, 3:02.9, by A&M
in 1955).
A&M Pistol Team
In Austin Tourney
The A&M pistol team plans to
send six of its top members to the
Austin Rifle Club’s annual spring
tournament in Austin Saturday
and Sunday, according to Col.
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108 N. MAIN N. BRYAN
Tetsuo Okamoto led A&M’s as
sault on the record book, placing
new marks in the 1,500-meters and
the 440-yard freestyle races. The
brilliant sophomore from Brazil
splashed to an amazing 19:21.6 in
the 1,500-meters Thursday eclips
ing the old record by 27.1 seconds.
Okamoto bettered the old 440 re
cord of 4:53.8 by 2.2 seconds with
his 4:51.6 on Saturday and also
placed second in the 220-yard free
style behind SMU’s Pedro Galvao,
who set three records himself.
A&M’s Dick Weick broke his
own year-old record in the 200-
yard breaststroke with a 2:34.6,
2.8 seconds faster than the one he
set in 1955.
The Aggie medley relay team of
Norman Ufer, Gayle Klipple and
Dick Hunkier surpassed their 1955
record by seven seconds s racing to
a first with a 2:55.9 clocking.
SMU’s Galvao broke thi'ee re
cords in the three events he enter
ed, the 220-yard freestyle, the 100-
yard brackstroke and the 200-yard
individual medley.
Hunkier, besides anchoring the
A&M’s record-breaking medley re
lay’ team, swam to first in both the
50 and 100-yard freestyle races, to
repeat his 1955 victories.
The Aggies ran away with the
200-yard butterfly with Weick,
Klipple and Jerry Mount captur
ing the first three places.
A&M gained a place in each
of the fourteen events with Jose
Merino and Rip Woodard placing
second and fifth respectively be
hind Okamoto in the 1,500-meters.
Woodard also took second in the
200 backstroke and the 200 indiv
idual medley.
Unbeaten Cadet Wrestlers
Will Enter NCAA Finals
Coach Jim Griffith’s unbeaten
varsity and freshmen wrestlers
swept all but one event here last
weekend to capture the Southwest
Collegiate Wrestling Tourney and
earn the right to compete in the
NCAA finals at Oklahoma A&M
Friday and Saturday.
The Aggie varsity won the
championship easily, piling up 46
points, while the Cadet freshmen
came in second with 14 points. The
University of Texas entry placed
third with 12 and Houston fourth
with 8. Rice and Baylor, the other
two entrants in the meet held in
DeWare Field House failed to
gain a point.
Copping first places for the vic
torious Aggies were A1 Clachar,
Don Burchard, Don Schoenfeld, Ken
Jones, John Watson, Carlton Hazel
wood and Zaoh Hill.
Coach Griffith plans to take sev
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weekend, including Marvin Ansley,
Hazelwood, Clachai-, Burchard,
Watson, Schoenfeld, and Hill.
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