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Eagles Win 2nd Team Relay TitleBy JIM STADTERSandburg swimmers finished first or second in seven of the nine events, but still had to hat tie down to the wire before annexing their second straight team championship at the Thornridge relays Friday night.This was Thornridge's third invitational swim meet, thesecond under a relays format, but already the tradition has been set The meet goes down to the final event for a decision.Sandburg didn’t really have to win the final event P'riday night, but the Eagles did need at least a third place finish to wrap up the team title A year ago, Sandburg edged out Thornridge by one point for the team trophy in another down to the wire decisionTHIS YEAR’S invitational saw six teams battle it out on fairly even terms from start tofinish.Sandburg set the pace with three blue ribbon efforts, but Thornridge, Tinley Park and Oak Forest all hung in there with two winning performances each The big difference wasthe four second places the Eagles added to their three wins Tinley had two seconds, nobody else more than one.After seven events in this nine-race all-relay showdown, Sandburg and Tinley Park shared the lead with 28 points apiece, while Thornridge waswithin striking distance with its total of 20Then, came the 400-yard breaststroke relay, an event in which half of the six teams entered were disqualified. Tinley was included in the scratches,an especially harmful blow to the Titans title hopes4THE HOST Falcons flew right into the thick of the battle by winning that infractions-plagued race. With one event, the 400 freestyle relay, remaining the scoreboard showed Sandburg in front with 32 points, followed closely by Thornridge with 29 and Tinley Park with 26Sandburg needed just a third piace to shut out the rest of the field, but did even better than that with a winning effort of4 06.7 fashioned by Cindy Vos,Brody, Eagles Drown Three OpponentsAfter an opening loss toHomewood-Flossmoor, Sandburg’s rapidly improving and talented girls swimming team has piled up three straight wins, including Tuesday's 110-42 rout of Bremen at MidlothianFreshman sensation Carrie Brody was an individual standout for Sandburg, winning the 200 and 500 yard freestyleraces. In all. Sandburg captured 10 of 11 events, the lone Bremen victory coming from senior Judy Surdel in the 100 yard butterfly.Surdel was also second in the backstroke to Sandburg's Carol Palmer Palmer was on the front end of both winning Sandburg relay teams, joining Sally Crewe, Kathy Brennan and Valerie Schmidt for a 2:13 clocking in the 200 medley. She teamed with Brennan, Cindy Peters and Cindy Vos in the freestyle relay.OTHER SANDBURG firsts were accomplished by Kim Lynch in the 200 yard individual medley. Schmidt in the 50 freestyle lt;28 2), diver Mary Byars, Vos in the 100 freestyle and Crewe in the breaststroke (1:22).Eagle seconds went to Judy Fitschen in the 200 and 500 freestyles, Vos in the IM, Peters in the 50, Lynch in the butterfly, Brennan in the 100 and Inger Nelson in the breaststroke Bremen’s Karen Welch-ko placed second in divingCoach Pam Pinahs team de feated Richards, 49-33, last Saturday in Orland Park Lynchgained a pair of firsts, taking the IM and 100 butterfly.Byars and Schmidt went 1-2 in diving and Vos took the 100 freestyle Both relays won Palmer, Brody. L ynch and Brennan in the 200. while Brennan, Vos. Peters and Heidi Samuelson were in the 40oSeconds were earned by Samuelson in the 200 Vos in the IM. Peters in the 50, Brody in the 500, Nelson in the breasts troke and Kim Marousek in thebackstrokeBremen dropped its Neason opener last Friday to Kankakee W'estview, 107-65 Surdel wonthe 50 in 29 6, while Welchko was runnerup in diving, as was Carrie Diddens in the butterfly Karen Gregg in the 5»o and Surdel in the backstrokeKathy Brennan, Heidi Samuel son and Cindy PetersThe win gave Sandburg ar overall total of 38, more thar enough to hold off Thornridge with 29 and Tinley Park wilt 28 Oak Forest wound up fourth with 22. while Hillcrest had K and Evergreen Park 11In addition to the victory clinching 400 freestyle, Sand burg also won the 400 individu al medley relay and the 2lt;Kfreestyle relay.THE MEDLEY quartet ineluded Kim Lynch, Kathy Dur kin, Kim Marousek and Cindy Vos, The freestyle sprint team numbered Val Schmidt, Sally Crewe, Kathy Brennan andCindy Peters. »But, the real difference in this meet was Sandburg’s ability to ring up the second place points.There was the 800 freestyle unit of Peters. Samuelson. Carol Palmer and Carrie Brody. And. the 400 butterfly team of Kim Lynch, Durkin, Brody and Brennan.The big point-getter though, was in the breaststroke, where three teams got disqualified behind Sandburg’s second place finish Diane Durkin, Linda McGuire, Sandy Nelson and Crewe brought that one in. Meanwhile, the diving trio of Beth Tannehill, Mary Byars and Schmidt also grabbed a second place. The Eagles add ed a third place in the 200 medley relay behind JoAnna Carney, Crewe, Schmidt and MarousekResultsTHORNRIDGE RELAYSTeam StandingsSandburg 3€Thornridge 29Tinley Park 28Oak Forest 22Evergreen Par* 13HillcreSt 11Results200-yard medley relay: 1 Tinley Park (Dawn Muys. Lon Sager, Julie Milam Vicki Shaw), 2 Thornridge 3 Sandburg. 4. Oak Forest. 5 Hillcrest Winning time 2 05 2 800-yard freestyle relay: 1 Oak Forest(Karen Walsh, Maureen Clancy Diane Van Wie, Julie Graham). 2 Sandburg 3 Tinley Park 4 Thornridge, 5 Evergreen Park Winning time 9 03 ?400- yard individual medley relay. 1 Sand bu»g (Kirn Lynch. Kathy Durkin, Kim Marousek, Cindy Vos), 2 Tinley Park, 3 Ever green Park. 4 Thornridge, 5 Hillcrest. Winning lime 4 57 4,200-yard freestyle relay: 1 Sandburg (Vat Schmidt Sally Crewe Kathy Brennan, Cindy Peters) 2.Tinley Park 3 Thornridge 4 Oak Forest, 5 Hillcrest Winning time 1 52 4 iDiving 1 Thornridge (Maxine Mastey. Martha Kross Janet Gunkel) 2 Sandburg 3 Tinley Park; 4 Evergreen Park 5 Oak Forest Winning point total 85 65 400-yard butterfly relay: 1 Tinley Park (Carol O Connell Karen Giammt,?, Julie Milant Vicki Shaw), 2 Sandburg, 3 Evergreen Park 4 Hillcrest. 5 Oak Forest Winning time 4 45 0 400-yard backstrofca relay 1 Oak Forest(Karen Walsh, Debbie Sopko, Bngid Klock-owski, Julie Graham) 2 Hillcrest: 3 Thornridge 4 Tinley Park 5 Sandburg Winning time 4 53 7.400-yard breaststroka relay. 1 Thornridge (Chris Holleman. Gwen Enksen, Brenda Enksen Jill Isaacson). 2 Sandburg, 3 Evergreen Park. 4 none Winning time 5 31 5 400-yard freestyle relay: 1 Sandburg (Cindy Vos, Kathy Brennan. Heidi Samuelson, Cindy Peters). 2 Oak Forest 3 Thornridge 4 Hillcrest 5 Evergreen Park Winning time 4 06 7Stagg On ReEvery time Stagg's girls swimming team has a home dual meet in Palos Hills, it seems as though a new varsity record or pool mark is established.In victories over Bremen (97-77) and Kankakee West-view lt;94-78) this week, the Chargers sel seven new standardsAs usual, sophomore Pam Schackle was in the middle of the flurry During Friday afternoon’s win over Bremen,Schackle broke her own pool mark set two days earlier against W’estview, soaring to a 2:08.5 time in the 200 yardfreestyle Later, Pam anchored the winning 400 yard freestyle relay squad of Karen Graham, Judy Diericks and Audrey Palekas netting a new pool and team mark of 4:121PALEKAS swam to a 26 9 second effort in taking the 50 yard freestyle, which set a pool and varsity mark Palekas and Schackle also had wins in the too freestyle and butterfly, respectively Other Stagg first* came from diver Karen Schutz (141 points), Graham in the 500 yard freestyle lt;6:27 3) and Peggy Deadman in the breaststroke For Bremen, the medley relay won in 2 :20 3, as did Karen Adrian in the 200 yard individual medley and Judy Surdel in the backstroke.Charger seconds went to Graham in the 200. Tina Nuck-ols in the IM, Judy Diericks in the 50 and backstroke, while Bremen’s Karen Welchko was runnerup in diving. Carrie Diddens in the butterfly, Adrian in the 100 and Karen Gregg in the 500Stagg's medley team of Palekas. Deadman, Schackle. and Diericks timed 2:09.8 against W'estview for a new pool and varsity mark Schutz’ 151 point total set a team mark in diving and Paiekas 59 7 in the 100 free
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Sun, Sep 26, 1976
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