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/7Puppy Love” Starts Jackie Freer On Impressive Swimming CareerTills is the first of a series of articles on the Women's Varsity Swimming Team*By BETTY CQUMBEEleven years ago a young prospective swimmer developed a case of “puppy love” for the swimming instructor at the Washington Golf and Country Club that served as a stimulus to gain high honors in the aquatic world later on*Jackie Freer* erstwhile mythical swimming champ of William and Mary, brought a long line of tournament victories with her to Williamsburg and has kept in stride with impressive wins in college varsity meets*Bom in Arlington, Va*, Jackie was selected as a likely swimming prospect at the age of seven and her first few years of competition were against the boy members of the Country Club team*Entering her first state championship meet at Richmond when she was 12 as a representative on the Washington squad, she was asked to swim in the breast stroke event, and although she had never swam that type of-race before, she took first place honors, also winning the free style and backstroke divisions which are her specialities*Perhaps Jackie’s greatest success was achieved as a member of the Washington Golf and Country Club's relay team which established a swimming record of 31 1 seconds in the relay at Richmond j and as an entrant in the Eastern Seaboard meet at Tarboro, N. C*, where teams from Tennessee, North Carolina/South Carolina, Georgia, ] and Virginia participated—with j the Capitol team again copping the ■ title*Jackie, a freshman ,at William, and Mary, will be one of the1 bulwarks of Dr. Sinclair’s team in the ■ early spring intercollegiate meets* ]1945 Lettermen iENDSDenver Mills, Bill Klein ■ Dick Vaughan Paul Disharoon ] TACKLES Knox Ramsey Moe KishBen Lum Mel WrightGUARDS Carl Pirkle Jack Hickman Doc Holloway Harry Wenning j Ralph Hendrix CENTERS Frank O’Pella Sonny Davis J Dave Clark BACKSHenry Blanc Adolph Null ^ Tom Korczowski Boh Piefke * Chet Maekiewicz Dixie Walker •* Stan Hagdziak Jack HoeyNick Forkovitch MANAGER !Claiborne Andrew^ * i
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Williamsburg Flat Hat
Williamsburg, Virginia, US
Wed, Dec 19, 1945
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