The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-28
|NTER-CLASS
SWIMMING MEET.
FIRST MEET OF THE SCHOOL
HELD FRIDAY EVENING
BIG CROWD.
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The ucSC tnlng on the program
in the afternoon was the girls
swimming meet which was a success
IN every way, ana when taken into
consideration the short time Cne
girls have been practicing, some OF
me results are remarkably good.
Girls who are rapidly coming to
the front and whose names soon
VIII be topping the list among the
girl swimmers on the Range and
elsewhere, are Esther Porthan IN
the crawl; she is in a class by her
self and when given a little more
time to get the finer points, will
soon start in breaking records
Others who made a good showing in
the crawl are Olga Nappa and Mild
red GOard, who came in End and
3rd in both the twenty yards and
forty yards free style events.
Among the breast strokers are Inez
Lampi, Marjorie James and Violet
Maxi, the leading ones, and finished
in order mentioned in the forty
yards breast stroke. Marjorie James
had it over the rest of the the field
in form but lacked somewhat in
speed. She will be going good if
given a little more time. In the
back stroke, Kathleen King seemed
to be the outstanding one, although
she was hard pressed by Marjorie
James who finished second with 3-5
of a second separating them. Inez
Lampi came in third.
In the plunge for distance, the
competition was strong and the re-
suit obtained was very good. Ella
Klemola was first, Marjorie James,
second, and Esther P rthan, third.
In this event the girls can give the
boys a run for their money as the
girls finished better than the boys
did later in the evening. Probably
the most exciting event on the pro-
gram was the relay. Everybody
seemed to be up in the air in the
excitement. All four teams got
away on a good start; the Seniors
and Juniors had a good lead on the
Sophomore when Esther Porthan
entered the water as anchor girl for
the SOphs, and the excitement was
tremendous as she kept crawling up
on the others, only to be nosed out
by a few feet by the Junior team,
Mildred Goard being the anchor for
the Juniors and Olga Napoa was
anchor for the Seniors who finished
third.
The results of the meet :--i6 so
yards Relay won by Junio-s; second,
Sophomores; third, Seniors and
fourth, Freshmen. Time LA 1-5.
Juniors-Sylvia Koski, Esther
Maxi, Ella Klemola, Mildred Goard.
Marjorie JAIME S,
Corinne Ullakko, Esther Porthan,
Ann Merriam.
Seniors-Christine Somrock, Inez
Lampi, Lillian Erickson, Olga Nap
pa.
Freshmen-Irene Smith, Mabel
Edwards, Kathleen King, Ida Por-
than.
40 Yards Breast Stroke-1st,
Inez Lampi, Senior; End, Marjorie
James, Sophomore; 3rd, Violet
Maxi, Junior. Time-47 2-5.
20 Yards Free Style-1st, Esther
Porthan, Sophomore; End, Olga
Nappa, Senior; 3rd, Mildred Goard,
Junior. Time-13 3-5
20 Yards Back Stroke-Kathleen
King, Freshman; End, Marjorie
James, Sophomore; 3rd Inez Lampi,
Senior. Time-20 seconds fiat
Plunge for Distance-1st, Ella
Klemola, Junior; End, Marjorie
James, Sophomore; Bird, Esther Por-
than, Sophomore Distance-43 feet.
40 Yards Free Style-1st, Esther
Porthan, Sophomore; End, Olga
Nappa, Senior; 3rd, Mildred Goard,
Junior. Time-32 seconds fat.
Final Scor e-Sophomores IS
points. Juniors, 16 points. Seniors,
16 points. Freshmen, points.
The Boys Swimming Meet in the
evening was the main event on the
program and drew more interest
than anything else. Several humid
red, not to say thousand, had to go
home without seeing it. The bal
cony was packed to the last space
and the seats provided for around
the pool were filled with several
people standing. The only draw
hack with the swimming meet was
the extreme heat. The heating
plant in the pool was turned off al
together. but with the cold air fans
in the fan room standing still and