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1939 Swim Team (Boys)

Name
1939 Swim Team (Boys)
Class
1939
Category
HoF Team
Induction Year
2012

This group of young men managed to do something that no other swim team from R'A' Long has ever been able to duplicate. That is to have an undefeated season that culminated at the state championship meet. This team practiced and competed at the YMCA 20 yard pool because the high school pool wasn't completed until 1940. The mermen as they were called defeated the following teams, Stadium and Lincoln High schools of Tacoma, Aberdeen, Everett, Vancouver and Port Angeles. They earned every cup given as well as to take first place in four events and set two new state records at the state meet.

 

  • Guy Anderson
  • Jack Wilson
  • Walt Dibble
  • Bill Gaudette
  • Cy Bowers
  • Harvey Culbertson
  • Wilard (Wink) Lamb
  • Louie LeMuiex
  • Kozuo Ono
  • Mel Johnson
  • Millard Lamb
  • Ray Wakefield
  • Sulo Si Saari (Coach)
  • John Erickson (Faculty Advisor)