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Show TANKSTERS POOL WESTERN DIVISION,CONFERENCE TITLES"The best swimming team I have ever had at Utah. We had three losses, but each of these were very close and with a little luck we could have been undefeated." This statement was made by Coach Reddish at the close of the dual meet season. Considering balanced over-ail team strength, this was one of Utah's strongest swimming teams. Two of the losses against the Ute paddlers were decided in the last event of the matches.Utah had improved greatly as the season progressed and held onto the Western Division championship for the fourth straight year. A loss to Wyoming, the predicted champs, prompted the Utes to come back strong in conference play to over-ride the Cowboys and bring home the conference title. The mainstay of the team was Alan Peterson, the team captain. After placing first in his event in the conference, Alan went on to the NCAA tournament.Main strength of aquatic force was drawn from Dick Lewis, Roger Baer, Pete Reed, Larry Tracey, Vance Mellan, Ross MacKinnon, and Dale Perrin.Team captain Alan Peterson was selected to participate in the NCAA swim tourney.Dick Lewis, Pete Reed, Roger Baer, and Alan Peterson comprised sustaining force of Ute paddlers. |
