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Duke Falls To
Swimming Team

Competing against Duke
in Durham used to mean big
trouble for travelling Cavaliers, but
not any more. If the Wahoos'
gridiron victory were not evidence
enough, Coach Law's swimming
team dumped the Blue Devils 66-38
Monday night.

The mermen took command of
the meet from the start, winning
five of the first six events, and
coasted to their seventh victory in
eight meets. Only a close loss to
Washington and Lee tarnishes
Coach Ralph Law's near perfect
slate.

Distance swimmer Alex Shaw
climaxed the prosperous trip into
Carolina by shattering two Cavalier
records. Shaw, only a first-year
man, navigated the prescribed
1,000 yards in a time of 11.14.3,
bettering his old mark by some 20
seconds. Later on in the afternoon,
Shaw broke his own 500 yard
freestyle record, swimming the 20
laps in 5:22.8, 16 seconds faster
than the previous time of 5:38.8.
The procedure and strategy of a
distance swimmer is not
complicated; Shaw explained that
he paced himself for about the first
200 yards, and then just tried to
pull ahead.

But Alex Shaw was not the only
Cavalier swimmer to challenge the
books. Nelson Workman flashed
down 50 yards in 23.2 seconds to
tie the standing Virginia school
record in that event.

The swimmers appear next in
Lexington on Friday night. The
Cavaliers take on the VMI Keydets
in quest of victory number eight.
Maryland's swimming powerhouse
graces the aquarium in the
basement of Memorial Gymnasium
on Monday afternoon.

Results

400 Yard Medley Relay -
Guild, Chewning Fuller, Workman
(V). 3:58.5.

1,000 Yard Freestyle - Shaw
(V), Flesh (D), Pritard (D).
11:14.3, new school record.

200 Yard Freestyle - Schmidt
(D), Morgan (D), Schrum (V).
1:55.2.

50 Yard Freestyle - Workman
(V), Crowder (D), Curtis (V). 23.2,
ties school record.

200 Yard Individual Medley -
Farmer (V), Sinnott (V), Dale (D).
2:16.9.

1Meter Diving - Wainright (V),
Remine (V), Watkins (D). 192.25
points.

Yard Butterfly - Chewning
(V), Dailey (V), Williams (D).
2:13.9.

100 Yard Freestyle - Schmidt
(D), Curtis (V), Nichols(V). 51.2.

200 Yard Backstroke - Morgan
(D), Benson (D), Guild (V). 2:14.2.

500 Yard Freestyle - Shaw (V),
Flesh (D), Dailey (V), 5:22.8, new
school record.

200 Yard Breaststroke - Fuller
(V), Powers (D), Duncan (D).
2:31.0.