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FACES IN THE CROWD
March 27, 1961
Bill Chase of North Haven, Conn., Yale senior, won 1,500-meter, 440-yard and 220-yard freestyle races in 18:02.1, 4:25.7 and 2:04.6 respectively in the Eastern Intercollegiate swim championships in Princeton, N.J., captured events for second year in row.
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March 27, 1961

Faces In The Crowd

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Bill Chase of North Haven, Conn., Yale senior, won 1,500-meter, 440-yard and 220-yard freestyle races in 18:02.1, 4:25.7 and 2:04.6 respectively in the Eastern Intercollegiate swim championships in Princeton, N.J., captured events for second year in row.

Carol Smith, senior at the McLane High School, Fresno, Calif., ran 50-yard dash on clay track in meet against other girls in her school in 6.2 (as compared to the girls' American outdoor record of 5.8), ran 75-yard dash in 8.7 (compared to record 8.3).

Jerry Varnam, 17, Augusta, Me. high school sophomore who took up competitive skiing this year to improve his stamina for track, captured National Junior Nordic Cross-Country ski championship in Lake Placid, N.Y., covered the 5.5 miles in 33:24.

Kathy Huller, 14, of Independence, Mo., won women's indoor National Junior AAU swim title in 50-yard freestyle in Kansas City with time of 27.4, equaled record set by Vickie Hazelett of Phoenix, Ariz. in similar event in El Paso, Texas last year.

Thad Turner of Philipsburg, Pa., Lehigh University wrestler undefeated in dual meets two consecutive years, won in 167-pound division as Lehigh won Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling title in Bethlehem, Pa., received Outstanding Wrestler Award.

Charles Moir, basketball coach at Mount Airy (N.C.) High School, succeeded his brother Sam as coach after the latter had achieved an undefeated season, subsequently equaled Sam's 1959-60 record: 25 wins, 0 losses, the Class 3-A State Championship.

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