Headline: Bauernfiends make big splash -- Peoria Journal Star meet coverage

PAWW Prints, coach published this newsletter

PAWW Prints

July 1985

- Published by Coach Mark instead of the PAWW Parents

Mrs. Karen Lamb and family are in transition to new home in the Chicago area. The PAWW Team will miss them and it will be hard to replace the volunteer support with the board, newsletter, swim and many other duties.

We need parental support to make this program a success. Can you help. We need it!

PAWW FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN THE JOURNAL STAR MEET 

Come to the picnic after the Journal Star meet at the Lake View Complex. The park board wants to "thank you" -- all PAWW parents and families for their many volunteer hours graciously given to the swimming program.

Ice skating, roller skating, and the pool will be available for all adults and children at no cost from 6-9 p.m. Passes will be available at the picnic. The regular fee will apply at Rainbow Bend.

Bring your own eating utensils, sandwiches, chicken, McDonalds, or whatever your own family desides to eat. Ice tea and lemonade will be furnished. Also bring lawn chairs and/or blankets.

ZONE MEET

On August 9-10-11, the 1985 Central Zone Championships will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas. Qualifying time for this meet is AAA for each event. Swimmers who have achieved the short course AAA standard but not the long course time may enter at the qualifying time. There will be standard events for the following age groups: 10 & under, 11 & 12, 13 & 14, 15 & 16, 17 & 18, (see attached). The age of the swimmer on the first day of the meet, August 9th, will govern the entire meet. This is a prelim and finals meet, with the top eight fastest times swimming in finals at night.

 The Zone Meet -

The Zone Meet is a fantastic experience and one of a swimmers highlights in a career. Mark wants as many swimmers as possible attending this meet. Become an Illinois All-Star - shoot for AAA times. Attend these important meets even the first time you have qualified so you will be further motivated to keep improving. Too often swimmers qualify and do not attend- so they never have the drive to qualify the next season, then they fizzle-out and burn-out. Swimmers who go to big important meets do not burnout as the have challenges and new dreams to work toward. And, most PAWW swimmers who are toughly prepared will go to meets at the season's conclusion and score points.

Nationals

Mark will encourage most swimmers to attend zones instead of nationals this summer season. Swimmers of this ability level and with these types of goals should be meeting regularly with the coach to make future plans. 

State Fair Spectacular

SUSA-SAC-PAWW will hold a two day long course meet at the beautiful pool next to the state fair. The meet will be smaller than the big ones and much better than the little ones. Cost is only $1.00 per swimmer in all events with medals/ribbons too. we want to offer this meet on our schedule as an alternative to not swimming. If you go to only one long-course meet this summer, this should be the one. Any swimmer who would like to go is welcome. It will be a great relaxing morning meet. The information is posted on the team bulletin board. Sign-up with Coach Mark. 

PASS Championships- August 6-8, 1985 Central Park Pool

Peoria Area Summer Swimming Championships is a new meet for summer swim teams. The Peoria Park District is hosting the meet with the help of the PAWW parents and all the swim teams that enter. Get your summer swim team involved in this fun exciting new meet. Call Mark for details. PAWW WILL NOT BE ENTERING AS A TEAM. PAWW swimmers should swim with their local clubs. However, Logan and Central Park Pool will be fielding teams.

Zone meet cont... 

Illinois Swimming requires that all Illinois entries be sent through one source. The source in Illinois is:

James Buresh xxxxxx Oak Brook, Il 60521

Mr. Buresh will accept applications for the Zone entries up through August 4th. There will be a booth at the Senior Championships at Chicago Circle Campus and at the Illinois. Junior Olympics Meet at Rock Island to answer your questions and accept your entries. Enclosed is a form to make application. All information must be filled in, in order, for the application to be accepted.

Entry fees for the meet will be $2.50 per individual event, $5.00 per relay team, and $1.00 per individual swimmer.

PRE-ZONE SWIM FESTIVITIES

On august 7th and 8th Illinois Swimming will conduct Pre-Zone Festivities in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Director of Pre-Zone Festivities will be Fred Evans, Head Coach, Chicago State. Because of the distance to Little Rock, Arkansas, Illinois Swimming has arranged for a bus to transport swimmers and parents (first come, first served basis). The bus will leave Hinsdale on August 6, 1985 at 3:30 P.M. A second stop will be made in Springfield at 7:30 P.M. for downstate swimmers. Arrival in little Rock will be at approximately 12:00 noon the following day. Arrangements have been made with the Little Rock Hilton to provide rooms as well as breakfast and dinner for the swimmers. Swimmers will be housed 4 to a room. Swimmer's cost for the bus trip, meals, rooming and the zone festivities will be $200 per person*. A non-refundable deposit of $50 per swimmer, must be made by July 12, 1985. The check should be made payable to Illinois Swimming, Inc. and sent to:

James Buresh xxxxxx Oak Brook, IL 60521 

The balance of $150 must be paid in full by August 2, 1985. Only in th event sufficient swimmers do not sign up for the bus will your $50 deposit be refunded. Swimmers will need money for lunch. Parents. can reserve rooms at the Little Rock Hilton by sending a deposit of $45 to the above address. (check made payable to Illinois Swimming, Inc.) If parents are interested in riding the bus, please contact Mr: Buresh by July 12th. 

*Illinois Swimming Incorporated is partially underwriting the cost of transportation, lodging, and food.

The Illinois U.S.S. swim meets this summer have filled within one week of their opining. The PAWW team sign-up procedure is established on a two week turn around time. We have taken one week to notify swimmers/parents with posters and details. Then the next week we hold the sign-up, compile the totals, money, and send it to the meet directors. Our system has worked for 3 seasons untill this demand for entries into meets has reached the one week close time. We will now have to turbo-charge the entry process at PAWW to beat the one week close-outs. This winter's schedule looks just as intense as there are few meets and plenty of swimmers. With a team of our size, we will need everyone's cooperation and full support for the teams system. More news later. Please volunteer.

For the remainder of the summer meets, Coach Mark will handle the entries. Coaches always handle championship meet entries anyway. Below are the details for:

1) Illinois State Senior Championships

2) Illinois Junior Olympics 

3) Zone Meet 

4) Nationals

5. (The SUSA-SAC-PAWW) Long Course State Fair Spectacular 

6) PASS Championships

Seniors - July 26, 27, 28, 1985 Univ. of Illinois Chicago campus

The cuts and order of events for Seniors are enclosed. A meeting with swimmers and parents will be held on Thursday July 11, 1985 at 5:00 p.m. at Central Pool bleachers. Every

one must attend or call Mark both before and after the meeting. 

J.O.'s - August 2, 3, 4, 1985 at Rock Island

The cuts and order of events are enclosed. A meeting with swimmers and parents will be held on Monday July 15 at 5:00 p.m. at Central's bleachers. Please attend even if you don't have meter cuts but do have yard times - or would participate in relays. If you can not attend, call Coach Mark (685-6207) before and after the meeting.

Triathlon-Biathlon

September 14, 1985 at Lake Camelot sponsored by Peoria Park District, Vitesse Cycle shop, Methodist Hospital, and PAWW. We will need racers and helpers for this special event. Triathlon: 1 mile swim, 20 mile bike, 5 mile run. Biathlon (10under, 11-12, 13-14, high school and high school graduates) Swim 1,000 yards (1Km) Run 3.1 miles (5Km). Start running.

Pick up an application available soon at the pool. 

National Sports Festival

ESPN will have live swimming coverage from the National Sports Fest on Fri. July 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1985 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm every night. Watch the swimming! Swimmers qualified for this meet while at the National Junior Olympics in New York. Perhaps PAWW will have more swimmers in more events at Nationals and one day have our swimmers at the Sports Festival. It could be next year if they work and work, and work some more to make it.

Senate Bill no. 42

The I.H.S.A. has a set of rules and bylaws which cause plenty of problems to athletes including the fastest U.S.S. in our backyards. A bill in the state house is progressing through proper channels to amend some of the overbearing restrictions and interpretations which damage such things as particpating in National Junior Olympics, All-Star Meets and all sorts of practice problems. It is a new trend in the swim world in Illinois and we thought you might be interested in being slightly informed.

Fund Raiser was held at the pool with the PAWW swimmers, and in one weeks time we were able to generate $200. for spending on special equipment. Thanks to those who helped. We were far under our goal, however it is better than nothing. In the future we need active, intense fund generating schemes and organizers to get the type of materials to keep our swimmers competing at the top levels. There is plenty of truth, sad to say, that you can buy a good swimmer. You need special tools, devices and motivations to get that little extra work and fantastic results. It is a great benefit to have the funds available.

Potential

Our swimmers this summer are not -as a group- performing up to their utmost capabilities. In the summers there are too many things which pull us all away in every which direction. As a result, our performances suffer. United States Swimming is top notch, high quality, fast swimming. We hope our team can come back for a strong finish at J.0.'s, Seniors and Zones. Let's all work hard and always remember, "Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice does."

Times

Swimmers who compete at meets which are not team meets must write down their times, name, date, etc. and submit them to Mark for the team record keeping system. All times, all meets are needed so we can properly track the performances. 

New State Record Holder -- PAWW SWIMMER -- Kara Bauernfeind 

At the Rock Island meet Kara set a new Illinois Swimming State Age Group Record in the 50 meter free. Her time was 30.48 which was faster than the previous record held by the now famous and superstar herself. Bridget Bowman. Bowman's time set in 1980 was a 30.93. With a little more streamline dive, higher head and exciting setting, Mark feels Kara can get even faster. Last year there were only two girls in the whole nation to go under :30. Kara's time ranks her as the seventh fastest from last year's results. The national record is 28.68. 

Moreover, in the 100 Free, the state record is 1:06.64 and Kara's time was 1:07.81. Her time ranks as 15th in the nation for 1984's results, Then in the 50 Breast Kara swam a blistering :40.34 and the state record is 39.21 held by Christine Interone. The national record is 38.13 and Kara's time ranks at 11th. Keep up the fantastic swimming Kara. Way to go!

Journal Star Meet 

The Masters entries were expected to be plentiful, and they are not." Come on parents, lets put in the laps and get swimming in the meets. Then, you will be abel to have an experience to share with the young swimmers. Besides, it is all for fun and experiences anyway.

The swimmers in the meet will be shooting for a record breaking hammer while at the pool for the meet. Plenty of records are sure to fall. In fact, many swimmers are seeded below the record now. For instance, Beth Veerman is making her first appearance in the 13-14 girls age group and comes into the meet with a time that is 12 seconds faster than the existing record. The records are fast. It just so happens that the Peoria Area Swimmers are improving every year and the record books are being re-written at every meet. Go for it swimmers!

August 

A few swimmers have expressed a desire to continue to keep up the conditioning for the month of August. At this time we are looking into the ideas for a practice one time a day throughout the week. Keep this in mind, and let the coaches know of your intensions.

Winning Swimming Rookie Camp 

Applications will soon be available for the Winning Swimming Rookie Camp which will start in August. The camp cost $35. and there is instruction in all strokes, turns, conditioning and a T-shirt to the finishers. We are looking for an advertiser to donate $150. to help pay for the cost of the shirts. We will put a message on the back of each of the T-shirts. 

Free Clinic 

The one week free stroke clinic, held for the second year the first week of July, was a huge success. Thanks for everyone's help in getting the new faces to the practices. Hopefully they learned a thing or two and will join us in the future on the Spirited Wizard Team.

News of the Peoria Journal Star Swim Meet

News clippings and older records too.

SWIMMING

Expect broken swim records Central Illinois meet opens

By DAVE REYNOLDS of the Journal Star

This year, more than any year of the recent history of the 42nd annual Central Illinois Swim Meet, may seem like a broken record.

Fourteen records have been broken in each of the past two meets, but Peoria Area Water Wizards coach Mark Rauterkus envisions many more than that in this weekend's meet, co-sponsored by the Park District and the Journal Star.

“There could be 20 or 30 records broken," said Rauterkus. "Beth Veerman is seeded over 12 seconds faster than the record in the 13-14 girls 200 individual medley. And Kara Bauernfeind has a chance for three state records in the meet.

"To my knowledge, there's never been a state record set in this meet."

Bauernfeind, a 10-year-old from Pekin, recently established a state best in the 10-and-under age group for the 50-meter freestyle with a clocking of :30.48, beating a 5-yearold mark held by Bridgett Bowman of Joliet. It was only the second 10-and-under state record broken in the past five years.

Bauernfeind is seeded at better than two seconds faster than the meet record in three events the 50-yard freestyle, the 50-yard breastroke and the 100-yard individual medley. Her seed time is also withing a second of the state mark in each event.

Photo:

Kara Bauernfeind. 10, is gearing up for this weekend's Central Illinois Swim Meet at Central Park Pool. Bauernfeind, from Pekin, set a state record last week in the girls 10-and-under freestyle in a time of 30:48. She has a shot at three more state records this weekend.

Veerman, a 13-year-old from Pekin, already owns seven meet records and, by moving into a new age group, has a chance to add to that record total.

The meet's oldest record, Bob Markowski's 20-year-old :26.8 in the boys 11-12 50 freestyle, will be threatened by two swimmers -- Derek Amerman and Curt Herrin.

Approximately 450 swimmers, about the same as last year, will compete in the meet Saturday and Sunday at Central Park Pool. Two new age groups, six and under and seven and under, will break up the always huge 8-and-under classification.

"In the past we've had as many as 40 kids fighting for eight spots in the eight and unders," Rauterkus said. "this will give everyone a better chance and should be really cute."

One other difference from past years is that novice swimmers will only compete in the 9-10 bracket, thus causing the novice / consolation records to be retired.

The meet begins at 9 am Saturday. The morning session consists of preliminaries for all age groups 10 and under. Preliminaries fro the older swimmers continue Saturday afternoon.

Open and Masters swimmers compete Sunday morning, beginning at 9 am with the age group finals beginning Sunday at 1 pm. To qualify for Sunday's finals, swimmers must finish in the top eight of their event. Warm ups begin an hour earlier than each session.

This 8 panel brochure and entry form for the meet was printed in-house with Peoria Park District in blue ink.

Junior Olympic Short Course - EAST - Swimming Campionships, Syracuse, New York

Went to the McDonald's / USS National J.O.'s Swimming Championships, east, short corse, in Syracuse, New York, from April 9 to 13, 1985.

PAWW swam a girls 400-free relay in the meet.

Meet was hosted by the Syracuse Chargers in a high school swim pool.

Went there via Peoples Airways from Peoria to NJ to Syracuse.

Junior Nationals, four PAWW swimmers compete in relay

SWIMMING

Young Wizards ahead of time

By DAVE REYNOLDS of the Journal Star

Even if the Peoria Area Water Wizards (PAWW) girls 400-meter freestyle relay team finishes last at the National Junior Olympics next month in Syracuse, N.Y., it might set a record anyway.

The four girls - Kate Durbin. 13. of Peoria Heights: Erica Wisniewski. 12, of Morton; Jenny Bauernfeind, 15,of Pekin and Beth Veerman, 13, of Pekin – may be the youngest group to compete in the meet, which has no age group classification. Swimmers 18 and under are eligible to qualify for the meet, which will be held April 9-13.

The PAWW foursome qualified by swimming a 3:40.34 at the Illinois Senior Championships in Rockford earlier this month, finishing second to the Deerfeld High School state championship team. To put the PAWW girls accomplishment in perspective, their time would have placed them eighth in this year's state high school meet, a remarkable achievement considering all but Bauernfeind, a freshman, are in grade school.

"All season I've talked about Junior Nationals as a point of reference to give the kids something to shoot for in the next year or two," said PAWW coach Mark Rauterkus. "I try to set standards high, but getting there wasn't really a goal, it was more like a dream."

But at least one of the girls thought it was a possible dream.

"I was adding up our best splits before the race," said Bauernfeind, "and I knew we had a chance at getting the qualifying) time."

But it took best efforts by all four to do it. Bauernfeind had the biggest drop, from:56.3 to :53.5. Veerman went from :54.9 to :54.7, Durbin from :56.5 to 55.8 and Wisniewski from :58.5 to  :57.0.

Because of their age difference, it was the first time the four had swum together. "We should do better at nationals because we've been practicing our starts and working together," said Veerman.

But first the three youngest girls are competing in the Illinois Junior Olympics this weekend at Evanston along with 28 other PAWW teammates aged 14 and under.

"That is still our biggest meet of the year," said Rauterkus. "Nationals is just one race. We finished 10th in the state last year and our goal this year is to finish in the top five."

Extra Note:

The PAWW team would go on to finish in 2nd place in the Illinois JOs and eventually get 2nd place as a team at the Illinois State Senior Championships too.

The following season, the girls had both the medley relay and free relays in the meet. A year after that, with Coach Mike Smithers at the coach, PAWW had both A and B girl relays at the National Junior Olympic Meet.

Rauterkus named All Star Coach for Illinois Swimming

Newspaper clipping. Meet was in the short course season at IUPUI. 

Rejection letter from Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Spring, professional football -- Pittsburgh Maulers

The Pittsburgh Maulers were a one hit wonder in the USFL only playing for the inaugural '84 season. The team had a number of well known players including first pick and Heisman running back Mike Rozier. Their home opener saw a sold-out crowd at Three Rivers Stadium, and although the team was competitive in on-field play, they only managed to win 3 games throughout the season. The following year when the league decided to switch to a fall schedule, league management knew that they would not be able to compete for fans with the Steelers and did not return for the '85 season.

Photo of Mark

Date, unsure. 

Team jumped to capacity with word of mouth buzz, by September 22 -- upon arrival at the end of August

The prior year, the PAWW team had less than 30 swimmers. In summers, none swam with PAWW. We had a fun "Meet the Coach Night" and things zoomed forward. 

Joining the Peoria Area Water Wizards was the talk of the town. Coaches were hired. Expansion was through the roof. We had to pump the brakes. 

Letter of reference for Mark Rauterkus from City of Waco, Texas

College Courses - Summary -- Undergrad and Graduate Levels

Classified Ad -- seeking employment placed in Swimming World

Cal Davis - no go

Florida State Swimming - Coach Bill Shults

I didn't know Coach Shults, but FSU was a powerhouse back in the day. And, I hear he was a top coach.

Baylor University HPERD letter from Norm Gilchrest

Pat Hogan, Dynamo Swim Club

Some serious irony here as Pat's hiring judgement would come under fire later.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/news/story?id=5319202

Hogan’s resignation letter, like Woessner’s, is published — see https://cdn.swimswam.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dadacfa4-5f68-4bd1-bd0d-2a45b904144f-resignation-statement.pdf. But unlike Woessner, Hogan offers few words and not even a parsed explanation.

There are figures in swimming who are accused of abuse and there are those who are accused of cover-up of same. Pat Hogan was a dual threat.

Washington Huskies, rejection letter from Earl Ellis

Peoria Park District rejection -- first time

This is an interesting letter from June 7, 1983 from PPD. They advertised in Swimming World magazine and I applied. They hired a guy from Indiana. But, he didn't even show up for the job. Then some weeks later they went back to the applications and did an additional round of interviews. That second wave is when I was hired. 

Here is the rejection letter.

Creative Conditioning - offered in Waco, Texas

Saturdays for 2-hours for 10-weeks. Program I launched in Waco, Texas. 

Waco Parks and Recreation at Lions Pool

8 to 10:00 am on Saturdays

Creative Conditioning

Aqua Athletes

*An Ultra-Strenuous, 2 hour workout for athletes of high-school age and older meeting each Saturday morning for 10 weeks this summer!

A perfect summer conditioner for any athlete stressing cardiovascular system, muscle endurance, flexibility, power, speed & agility.

FITNESS PARTICIPATION WITH AN EDUCATION INCLUDES:

physiological testing guest speakers informative notebook relaxation/mental imagery cooperation and competition new games video taped performance nutrition, drug and aging insights stroke techniques variety professional staff

COST:

$20 for 10 Saturdays starting June 4 ending August 6

REQUIREMENTS:

physician's permission, liability waver, and enough water courage to dunk yourself. *Manditory physical exam and blood testing if over age 35. Otherwise, both are strongly encouraged.

REGISTRATION:

at Lions Pool on Saturday morning June 4 or later Saturdays or at morning swimming lessons

For questions and more information call for Mark Rauterkus at Department of Parks and Recreation, 753-0223, or home phone, 757-1576.

Creative Conditioning

Deb Johnson, testing coordinator, has furnished this initial list of some possible physiological tests which we might be interested in doing. The details will be forthcoming.

Cardio Vascular Fitness

Physical Work Capacity 170, fitness level 

Astrand-Ryhming Bicycle Test, fitness level. 

Harvard Step Test, recovery rate 

Field test, 12 min. run or 1.5 mile run

Muscle Strength and Endurance

Isometric strength 

Isotonic Strength 

Margaria Muscle Power Test 

Agility tests 

Coordination Tests 

many other basic strength and Endurance tests

Flexibility Tests

Sit and Reach 

Back and Stomach 

Shoulder rotation 

Mark's Flex Test with tape measure 

Mark's Flex Test with a partner and body parts

Body Composition

Skinfold Determination 

Anthropometric Measurements

Posture Evaluation

Back weakness tests 

Grid Evaluation

Others

Blood Testing 

Height, weight 

ECG (modified) 

Blood lactate 

Blood sugar level

Creative conditioning in vogue

By DAVID PINTO

Tribune-Heràld Sports Writer

Aerobic dancing and Jazzerise have made quite a hit with fitness buffs recently. The idea is to keep physically fit and enjoy it with a musical beat.

However, for those less musically inclined (or perhaps more athletic in nature), Mark Rauterkus has developed a way to make fitness fun and games.

Rauterkus, a Baylor graduate student with an assistantship in physical education, is director of a local "creative conditioning" program. The program is for anyone of high school age and over.

"We're striving to make this program attractive to adults of any age,” says Rauterkus. “While it is open to high school students, it is also geared for the adult who wants to improve himself physically."

Rauterkus, 24, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., graduated from Ohio University in 1982. lle has a strong background in swimming instruction and has taught a variety of aquatic sports, diving, softball and weight training.

"We have an excellent facility at the Lions Pool." Rauterkus says. “We've found that using the water in summer has some natural advantages. You can exercise easily in a cool environment. The buoyancy of the water supports the body, and you can exercise a particular part of the body, strengthening it significantly, without undue stress or injury. This type training has been used extensively on the West Coast, and they've done some pretty interesting things in aquatic training."

The program, now entering its third week, has weekly meetings each Saturday from 8 to 10 a.m. 

Counting this Saturday, there are eight meetings remaining in the original 10-week schedule.

“We try for a variety of things,” says Rauterkus. "We strive for a new theme each week." Because of that, Rauterkus has lined up several specialists in their fields as weekly instructors.

"David Scott, who works with Baylor's intramural program, finished third in the Big 10 in wrestling,” Rauterkus points out. "We will have him for one session. And Dr. Norman Gilchrest of Baylor's Department of Physical Education is a scuba diver and mountain climber. He's climbed something like the 50 tallest mountains in North America and plans to climb Mount Everest later this summer.

Other projected guest instructors include:

• Patrick Yates, who was named the outstanding water polo prospect at last year's Sports Festival; 
• Dr. M. Mahan, Dallas chiropractor and consultant to Olympic teams; 
• Bob Fix, Baylor's strength coach; 
• Larry Newell, Baylor physical education professor whose specialty is golf; and 
• Shirley Early, yoga instructor.

“But we can't schedule any of these outstanding people,” Rauterkus says frankly, "until we build up our classes to ensure a proper forum."

For Rauterkus, sessions with the experts are vitally important to creative conditioning, which he terms "fitness participation with some understanding of why you're doing it" or "working out for a reason.

People don't like to work out with pain for no gain," he says simply. “This gives us a chance to be educated as we are doing the exercises."

The weekly two-hour sessions consist of a one-hour group workout, a half-hour of optional activity (tennis, golf, weights, swimming), and a half-hour group discussion or instruction by a specialist in a particular field.

“At Lions Park," Rauterkus says, "we have the use of the swimming pool and tennis courts adjacent to it. There is ample area for jogging on the Heart O’ Texas Coliseum grounds or at Paul Tyson Field or we can go in convoy to the Baylor track.

“But we're not limited to just those activities. For example, if someone can improve a part of his fitness by taking up golf, we can arrange for that. We may turn someone onto golf that never played golf before.

“Essentially, this is a cross-training program, one that stresses variety," Rauterkus says. "We urge our clientele to adapt a game to suit a conditioning need. If that happens to be swimming, we can have more swimming at Lions Pool. It's up to the clientele, as well as the individual."

Originally, the 10-week program was projected to cost $20 for each participant. But that price will be adjusted for those taking part just the last eight weeks only.

"That (the price of the sessions) is not that important,” says Rauterkus, “we can adjust it with the individual. The main thing is to let him know he can improve himself physically and enjoy it and learn something about what he's doing at the same time."

UCLA Bruins - Ron Ballatore

I loved what Coach Ballatore was delivering. I wish I had known him better. 

Sadly, UCLA would close its men's swim program some years later. 

From Dr. Jan Prins - Hawaii Rainbows

Letter from Skip Kenney at Stanford

PSU letter from MacNeill

Dr. Jan Prins, of Hawaii, would have been a great experience too.

I love Dr. Prins work, especially his book, The Illustrated Swimmer. 

ASU Sun Devils - Ron Johnson

Cover letter for job search

This letter to American wasn't sent, as I still had it in my files. But, others like it went out to dozens of possible employers. 

Cover letter to Apply to Don Gambril, Alabama,

I never worked nor even visited Alabama, but I would one day, about 6 years later, publish Don's book, Tide Teamwork. 

Years later, Alabama was good to admit our younger son into the honors program due to test score and grades -- with a fine tuition scholarship. He too would not visit. But, the sense of being accepted at some university, was a joy and big sense of relief for him.

Mark Rauterkus resume

Letter of Reference for Mark Rauterkus from Baylor Univ and Larry Newell

Reference from Larry at Baylor

Fort Stockton Pathers

Never interviewed. 

Waco Tribune-Herald

Once upon a time, as I was ending my graduate program at Baylor in Physical Education, I went for an interview at a newspaper for a plain old reporters job. I had a journalism degree. 

Baylor's requirements to get a Education Certificate were steep

So,  asked about what it would take to get an Education Certificate to teach in Texas -- given I was in a Masters Program in the School of Education for HPERD.

It wasn't good news. 

The To Be Done column was more than was willing to tackle. 

Teaching in the schools wasn't my plan. This cemented the deal. 

PE Proud, softball squad news

P .E . Proud Punishes Opponents

 

P .E . Proud's 9-2 pummeling of the Pie Pledges perpetuated Proud's perfect pennant

performance by providing a playoff position in the second week of Division 17 A softball.

Last week the team managed to mathematically double the sum of their season-long-win streak , two.

But print or prose could not properly describe the psychology or perceptiveness of this presumptuous family of fly-ball wizards. Perhaps, game MVP, Mary Beth Welsh, best personified the peppered play by her 11 put-outs at first base.

P . E , Proud's next game will be at 4:30 on Tuesday, April 5.

P . R. Director , Mark Rauterkus , announced Team Picture Day to precede this upcoming game.

"We thought it would be a good treat for our faithful fans , and we had to take some measures to protect our pitching staff from the gobs of autograph seekers," he said.

Larry Newell, Baylor's swim coach and Pitt's connection

CLEVER COACH searching for a pround organization needing a teacher, manager, friend and full-time leader.

Swimming World magazine would post classified ads for both those needing to hire as well as others searching for positions. 

Teaching assistants are vital to the educational community at Baylor