SWIMMING

There's no substitute for winning. It makes coaches smile, it makes athletes work harder, it keeps the fans happy.

Ron Keenhold is a happy man these days. His Dartmouth swimmers have built a 7-1 record as they head toward their date with Yale (a team Dartmouth has never beaten in the water sport) and his problems of 1971, when the Indians were lambasted with injuries and illness, are behind him.

A year makes a big difference. The lone blemish thus far is a 60-53 loss at Princeton and the Tigers appear to be the Eastern League's best team this winter. Considering that Princeton whipped Penn (the defending EISL champ), 75-38, a week earlier, Dartmouth looks to be headed toward a most successful season.

The reasons are people like Chris Carstensen, Craig Colberg, Jim Gottschalk, Jim Bayles, Brad Gilman plus a couple of freshmen—John LeMoal and Eddie Bell.

Paced by these men, Dartmouth has cruised through Harvard, Navy, Spring-field, Colgate, and Army since Christmas, all with little trouble.

Keenhold's team has displayed much-improved depth and, with rare exception, has won when it was supposed to and taken the important 2-3 points when it had to.

Colberg and Carstensen rank with the East's best freestyle sprinters. Gilman and Bayles, both sophomores, are solid distance freestylers and Bayles is about to take over Gottschalk's title as "Mr. Versatility."

The New Canaan, Conn., ace has produced best times for the Indians in the 1000 freestyle, 200 medley, and 200 backstroke.

Bell and LeMoal are the best of the frosh who are competing with the varsity this winter. Both are very capable freestylers.

It's a season that's been building toward the Yale meet and the performances thus far indicate that the Indians should again be among the top four when the Eastern championships roll around.

Two distance freestylers, Jim Bayles (left) and John LeMoal, both from NewCanaan, Conn., flank Coach Ron Keenhold, whose team has had only one defeat.