1966 Top Results and Team Scores

In 1966, the 400 Freestyle Relay replaced the 200 Freestyle Relay.  

The top 6 places for each event have been preserved, but only the first place times have been saved.  


Feb 19, 1966 – at Newark Academy

Boys

200 Medley Relay – 1. Newark Academy (Ben Clark, Howard Dimond, Dave Bedell, Chet Fischer), 1:49.2 2. Weequahic 3. Columbia  4. Seton Hall  5. Montclair 6. Vailsburg.       

200 Freestyle – 1. Dan Connors, Newark Academy, 1:56.6 2. Stetson, Columbia 3. Lemke, Newark Academy  4. Marek, Newark Academy  5. Wagner, Columbia  6. Farrell, St. Benedict’s.

50 Freestyle – 1. John Renz, Columbia, 23.5  2. McDonough, Seton Hall  3. Sanderson, Newark Academy 4. Keogh, Seton Hall  5. Weller, West Orange  6. Hartman, Columbia. 

200 IM – 1. Dave Pearl, Columbia, 2:14.9  2. McCoubrey, Newark Academy 3. Balchunas, Newark Academy 4. Eilbacher, St. Benedict’s 5. Baillie, Newark Academy 6. Smith, Seton Hall. 

Diving – 1. Don Orlovsky, Newark Academy, 296.80  2. Alvarez, Newark Academy 3. Leone, Newark Academy 4. Fitzgerald, Seton Hall 5. Feins, Columbia  6. Caren, Columbia.      

100 Butterfly – 1. Dave Pearl, Columbia, 58.2  2. Bedell, Newark Academy  3. Battaglia, Seton Hall  4. Ward, Vailsburg  5. Kass, Columbia  6. Rhodes, Seton Hall.    

100 Freestyle – 1. Bart Smith, Newark Academy, 52.2  2. Renz, Columbia  3. Messina, Seton Hall 4. Fischer, Newark Acadmey 5. Manses, Montclair 6. Wilson, Montclair Academy.    

100 Backstroke – 1. Ben Clark, Newark Academy, 58.3  2. Switzler, Montclair Academy 3. Pearlmutter, Columbia 4. McAniff, Essex Catholic  5. Baillie, Newark Academy  6. Davis, West Orange. 

400 Freestyle – 1. Butch Lemke, Newark Academy, 4:23.7  2.  Battaglia, Seton Hall  3.  Marek, Newark Academy 4. Stetson, Columbia 5. Wagner, Columbia  6. Hauke, Weequahic. 

100 Breaststroke – 1. Dan Connors, Newark Academy, 1:06.7  2. Balchunas, Newark Academy  3. Dorn, Seton Hall  4. Dimond, Newark Academy 5. Phillipi, Seton Hall  6. Hershenson, Weequahic. 

400 Freestyle Relay – 1. Newark Academy (Chase Sanderson, John McCoubrey, John Barrett, Bart Smith), 3:35.6  2. Seton Hall  3. Montclair Academy 4. Montclair 5. Weequahic  6. Columbia.          


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