With no Aworis or Abramsons to dominate the limelight, balance and depth highlighted the 1962 freshman winter sports season.

Balance was most evident on the powerful freshman swimming squad where there were nine men who Coach Benn Merritt said "will definitely be point getters for the varsity next year." Merritt named four swimmers in particular Eric Klaussman in the sprints. Bruce Fowler in the 100-yard breaststroke, John Quinn in the sprints and butterfly, and Henry Whelchel in the 200-yard backstroke who he said will be a big help to the varsity.

Klaussmann Leader

Although the squad had many outstanding swimmers, Merritt singled out team captain Klaussmann for special praise. "He was not only an inspirational leader, but he competed in the freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, and sprints-virtually any event where points were needed." Klaussmann sand his teammates finished the season with a 9-1 record, losing only to Deerfield. In the final meet the Yardlings decisively downed a strong Yale team 54-41.

Freshman track coach Ed Stowell calls this year's squad "the 'deepest' we've ever had." During the indoor season, the team had a 0-1 record, and narrowly missed a perfect season. The only defeat came in an early-season encounter with West Point. The Plebes had to come from behind in the final relay to win the meet, 49-46.

Pardee Standout

Stowell noted that the team does not have the individual standouts that it had last year. Instead he characterizes the present squad as having "quite a few real good men." High jump and broad jump specialist Chris Pardee, hurdler Tony Lynch, and miler Walt Hewlett were all consistent winners during the indoor season. Pardee currently holds the University high jump record at 6 ft. 51/2 in.

Stowell predicts that team captain Lynch should be "right behind Awori in the hurdles next year." Hewlett's best time in the mile was 4:24, but Stowell feels he should cut this time by 10 or 15 seconds within the next three years.

In squash, for the first time in three years, the freshman team did not go undefeated. The Yardlings lost to Princeton and Deerfield, and tied Andover and Exeter, for a 10-2-2 record for the season. Squash was also the only freshman sport where one player dominated the limelight. Dinny Adams, captain and number one man, won ten matches and lost four, climaxing the season by upsetting Yale's John West, the present national junior champ, 3-0.

Yardlings Beat Yale

Coach Corey Wynn said that Adam's "quick disposal of West in the Yale match spurred the team on to a resounding 8-1 victory." Adams will probably be the only member of the freshman squad to move into the varsity lineup next year.

David Benjamin, although only number five player for the freshmen this year, may develop into one of the Crimson's top players before he graduates. Benjamin who had never played squash before this year, is currently the number one man on the freshman tennis team.

Ed.note: A survey of freshman wrestling, hockey, and basketball will appear in the near future.