Men's Swimming Natators Swim to 6-5 Mark Plagued by injuries, sparse numbers and the loss of captain Doug Gray, the Trinity Men's Swimming team rebounded under the leadership of Coach Chet McPhee to post a 6-5 season record. Sophomore co-captains Rex Dyer and Tim Raftis and junior Chip Lake were the mainstays of the young natators. All three qualified for the New Englands. Dyer specialized in the backstroke and sprint freestyle events. He established a new school record in the I00 yard backstroke (54.96) which qualified him to compete in the Division lll National Championships in Canton, Ohio. Raftis, a multi- talented freestyler, swam sprints and distance for Coach McPhee while Lake concentrated on the sprint events. The Bants were bolstered by sophomore Bob Anderson in the butterfly, breaststrokers, John Harrington and Dave Mugford, freestylers Greg Accetta (distance) and Greg Carter along with divers Scott Keilty and Mike Bronzino. Coach MS>hee was able to place his swimmers in key events to engineer consecutive upset victories over Bridgewater State and WPI. Chet's strategies paid off in a one point win against Union despite that the Bants had injured swimmers. Losing only three members to graduation, Keilty, Ed Kaplan, and John Peabody, the "McPheemen" hope for a strong incoming class and a chance to improve upon their 6-5 mark.
Front Row: Dave Mugford, Scott Keilty: co-captain Rex Dyer; co-captain Tim Raftis; Chip Lake. and Ed Kaplan. Second Row: Mike Bronzino, Bob Anderson, Andy Lavallee, Bob Hemmes, and Greg Carter. Third Row: John Harrington, John Peabody, and Luc Helson. Back Row: Asst Coach Robin Sheppard, Head Coach Chet McPhee. Missing Captain Doug Gray and Greg Accetta.
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