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UNSUNG HERO OF THE DAY at the big swimathon held at 0 on Saturday was 14 year-old student David Sweet of Newmarket. Originally slated to swim 36 laps, he was moved up to the senior group and completed 72 laps of the pool-a full mile-despite a broken finger on his left hand. David points to his accomplishment with the bandaged finger after swimming the mile distance andhelping to raise $158.40 of the total $2,550 the sponsors expect. More photos of the big swim in next week's Champion-(Staff Photo)Sponsored for anywhere from S2 to $7.94 per lap, IS students from Ontario School for the Deaf completed a fund-raising swimathon in record time on Saturday and helped raise at lease $2,550 for a worthy cause.Swimming distances between one-third of a mile and a full mile in the school’s indoor pool, the students had financial backers who pledged a minimum of $2,550 and perhaps more-to help send Canada’s deaf athletes to the World Olumpics of the Deaf in Belgrade, Yugoslavia this summer.Saturday’s swimfest was sponsored by the Malton and Peel Association for the Hearing Handicapped. The same group two weeks ago sponsored a successful walkathon in which around 400 young walkers from O.S.D., Acton and Milton high schools trudged a 32-mile route to bring in $5,500 to aid the same cause.The two events put the Halton and Peel parents’ association away out in front in the fund-raising end of the Olympic trip. Officials estimate it may take $100,000 to send the Canadian contingent of 43 people to Yugoslavia-34 athletes, four coaches, three officials and two lady chaperones. Twenty-one of these are from Ontario, four of them students at O.S.D. Milton and six enrolled at O.S.D. Belleville.Linda Russell, 15, of Brampton, is one of O.S.D. Milton’s entrants in the 100 and 800 metre relay of the Olympics. The spunky athlete participated in the swimathon, raising $158.40 by completing 72 laps across the pool.Swimmers were divided into three groups. The “A” group included six senior students, Bruce hllis, Gerald Wideman, Trevor Carter, Linda Russell, DennisKozack and David Sweet. They raised $1,217.40 when five of the six completed the scheduled 72 laps. Dennis Kozack lasted 50 laps before a serious leg cramp forced him to quit.Most were sponsored for between $2 and $2.20 but Wideman supporters had $6.45 riding on each lap he completed.Swimmers in the “B” group, all of whom completed 36 laps or half a mile, were Greg McDonald, Peter Voss, Connie Harrison, Nancy Stott, Connie Dignan and Joanne Durham. Their sponsors paid from a total of S2 to $3.65 per lap and thegroup brought in $514 in pledges.“C” group went for 28 laps (one-third of a mile) each and again, all completed the distance with no trouble. They included Steven Swan, Cathy Sullivan, Ron Coulton, Allan I lartridge. Dana McCarthy and SteveFluelling, and sponsorship ranged from$2.10 to $2.75 for five of them Coulton’s backers raised $7.94 per lap. The group brought in pledges totalling $560.At the last minute Steve Fluelling took sick and was unable to swim. Carolyn Bromilow, an O.S.D. pool instructor, jumped in in his place and easily completed the distance.Another “substitute” was the unsung hero of the day-although all 18 swimmers were loudly applauded and cheered by a large poolside audience throughout theday.David Sweet, a 14-year-old student from Newmarket, was scheduled to swim half a mile with the “B” group swimmers but a drop-out in the A” division saw him moved up to go the mile distance w :h the older students. It didn’t bother David.Neither did a broken finger slow him(Continued on Page 7)
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Milton Canadian Champion
Milton, Ontario, CA
Wed, May 28, 1969
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