Maryland Swimming:
as the local organizing committee of USA Swimming, plans and conducts swimming activities in which athletes strive to reach their full potential in the sport of competitive swimming.
Upcoming Officials’ Clinics
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The Evening Sun Meet 1923-1979TWENTIES1923 On July 23 an article on the upcoming (August 25, 1923) first Evening Sun Meet proclaimed, “If you don’t know how to swim, start to learn at once. You have plenty of time to get ready between now and….” So The Evening Sun Swimming Meet began its long journey into Early stars included Ben Mitchell, George Balke, Loretta and Lillian Cannon, Laura Calligan and, of course, Anna McCleary. Makeup of events comprised of weight classes for under 16 males – a 95 lb. and a 115 lb. class. There were also unlimited events for both sexes 1927 456 swimmers were in attendance with girl’s event classes as under 12, under14 and under 16 and unlimited. Octavia Getz, a telephone operator, “practices her strokes every night in the 1928 We see more of the scope of the meet as Super Gold Badge contestants competed in races and water skills. To win a Super Gold Badge swimmers had to: · swim 50 Crawl in 40 seconds · swim 220 Free in 3:30 · swim 25 Back in 30 seconds · do 20 minute swim without stopping or touching anything · do 100 yards for form in 25 Breast, Back, Side and Crawl · tread water for 1 ½ minutes · perform tired swimmers and cross chest carries, do carry tows, surface dive and perform the Shafer Method of Resuscitation · perform fancy diving William Pitman, Public Athletic League Director, said that 4, 247 had taken part in swimming tests that year. “We taught 5,564 people to swim at least 10 yards, conducted 203 training meets in which 3,183 boys and girls participated.” At this time dips in city pools were three cents for children and five cents for adults for a one hour swim which included towel and suit. NOVELTY EVENTS IN THE EVENING SUN MEET Events included such things as the “Rubber Horse Race (with whips) for junior boys in the 115 lb. Class.” Community involvement was high when The Evening Sun Newsboys Band played as athletes marched around the pool and sang the Star Spangled Banner. The meet was run in two 25 yard courses across the pool. Events were classified as A, B, C. Hall from YMCA won the A, 50 in 26 2/5. Teams such as the Police-Postal Special Relay and New Amsterdam Casualty Company entered relays in the competition. WINNING TEAM LIST FOR THE TWENTIES YEAR TEAM VENUE 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 THIRTIES1931 August 31: “Today the big tank is being drained, cleaned and refilled with fresh water.” Nine hundred and forty seven swimmers in meet. Palooka Swim Club of the 1932 Dodgeball in the shallow end and rubber boat races. They are in the shape of a rectangle with a slight point at one end and their chief diversion is taking the paddler to a point contrary to that which he is aiming. “Arthur Hucht, 1933 Honorary Referee: Howard W. Jackson, Mayor of Other famous Judges: Harold S. Callowhill and Ernest B. Marx. Record 3,000 spectators for the meet. 1937 1938 Doris Baugher (30.6 50 Free) competed. WINNING TEAM LIST FOR NINETEEN THIRTIES: YEAR TEAM VENUE 1931 1932 1933 Meadowbrook Druid Hill 1934 Meadowbrook Druid Hill 1935 Tie: 1936 1937 Druid Hill Druid Hill 1938 Druid Hill Druid Hill 1939 Knights of FOURTIES 1940 K of C defeated by National Airport Team from D. C. 1,376 swimmers. 1941 1,659 swimmers, the all time record. “The entire pool was drained, scrubbed and filled with fresh water.” (over a million gallons) 1942 Head Timer: John McCleary. Meet held at private Only 382 swimmers. Special evening and afternoon programs because of split shift work schedules. Special events for members of the Armed Forces. 1943 Adolph Kiefer won 100 Back in 58.8. 1945 Arthur Price coached the Lakewood Team. Stars Henry Steingass, Mickey Pardew and Lieu. Jimmy Russell competed. 1946 Joe Verdeur won 100 Breast in 1:03.4. Irene Brown was The Sun reporter at this time. 1949 687 entrants. Jesse Greenbaum was the star of the Lakewood Team along with Tom Fickensher, Jimmy Thomas and Madeleine Werner. WINNING TEAM LIST FOR THE NINETEEN FOURTIES: YEAR TEAM VENUE 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 FIFTIES 1950 Casey-Lakers, a combined team of K of C and Meet venue now returned to 1951 Jimmy Thomas of 1952 Star swimmer: Lou McComas. 1953 442 entered. 1954 Chapel Hill Swim Club sends four swimmers, Ronnie Peacock of Y-Brook sets a new record. 1955 Robert Sommers writes for The Sun. 1958 Tim Schweizer and Hope Smith are top swimmers for Meadowbrook, Joyce Poirier swam Back for KCO, Jimm Maldeis was shooting for 202 in the 200 Free. WINNING TEAM LIST FOR THE FIFTIES: YEAR TEAM VENUE 1950 Casey-Lakers 1951 Casey-Lakers 1952 Casey-Lakers 1953 K of C 1954 KCO 1955 KCO 1956 KCO 1957 KCO 1958 KCO 1959 KCO SIXTIES 1960 William Costello writes for The Sun. Fred “Dutch” Leidig administrates the meet. 1961 Events are longer reflecting the new crop of stars. “Quite a difference from the meets early years when most of the card consisted of contests like balloon derbies, diving for marbles and reacing across the pool on inflated animals.” 1962 York Y challenges for title. Margo and Marcia Pearce, Leann Seehusen and Debby Hope lead KCO women. 1964 Steve Hildenbrand returns from UNC to swim for KCO. Larry Shane writes for The Sun. Liz McCleary wins three events. 1967 Towson Y fields a strong team with Bob Gavin looking for a Butterfly record while KCO star Buster Yonych is off swimming in Tom Callahan writes for The Sun. Ellen Feldman wins 13-14 100 Back 1:10.2. 1968 Rematch with the Butterflyers Yonych and Gavin. Gavin swims for a new team North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Tom Callahan notes that “ Sue Keats returns with four National Medals for the meet. 1969 Guy Babylon and Frank Sica dominate 11-12 boys for NBAC but KCO wins the meet. Sica joins Roger Weinberg and Don Hubbard on the NBAC relay. WINNING TEAM LIST FOR THE SIXTIES: YEAR TEAM VENUE 1960 KCO 1961 KCO 1962 KCO 1963 KCO 1964 KCO 1965 KCO 1966 KCO 1967 KCO 1968 KCO 1969 KCO SEVENTIES 1972 “ Pam and Kim Shettle continue to star for KCO. Paula Crawford, John NBAC co-Coach, Tim Pearce (sic) was even more emphatic. “The first 50 years belonged to the Orchards, the next 50 are ours,” Pearce exaggerated. 1973 Meet unscored for the first time. Kim Shettle establishes two records. Al Fischer noted that Reds Hucht is a veteran of forty-four Evening Sun Meets. 1975 T. Andrews NAJSC wins 50 Free and 50 Back (31.3). Fifth in 50 Breast (36.50) just ahead of Polly Winds NBAC (36.91). Wendy Weinberg wins 200 Free. 1978 Doug Brown writes for The Evening Sun. 1979 Michelle Griglione wins five events. WINNING TEAM LIST FOR THE SEVENTIES: YEAR TEAM VENUE 1970 KCO 1971 KCO Talbott Springs 1972 North 1973 Unscored Talbott Springs 1974 Unscored Talbott Springs 1975 Unscored Talbott Springs 1976 Unscored Talbott Springs 1977 Unscored Navy 1978 Unscored JHU 1979 Unscored Howard CC |
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