mage is now retired. Her best performance came in the 1964 Indoor Nationals when she swept the one- and three-meter titles as well as first place in the platform.iiBarbara McAlister was an excellent diver and had fine quality when she came to me,” Smith said. “She had been Coached by her father and the husband of two-time Olympic gold medalist PatMcCormick.“When she came to me she found herself in a new era ofdiving. Her biggest change had to be in her attitude and diving personality.iiShe goes down in my knowledge of diving that I had to prove myself to Barbara more than to any other diver I’ve known. I had to do this so that Barbara would have trust and confidence in my teaching. She and I both made adjustments and learned to gether.work very well to-r'She goes down in mymemories as one of the trulygreat women divers in theU.S.1*• BERNIE WRIGHTSON-Wrightson is the only male diver ever to sweep a nationalchamoionshin diving nro-BARBARA TALMAGE