Word: meters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chris von Saltza, 16, a seasoned, polished veteran and the chief U.S. Olympic hope in the shorter freestyle distances, who first thrashed to a new U.S. record of 1 min. 1.6 sec. in the 100-meter freestyle, returned to crack another in the 400-meter freestyle (4 min. 46.9 sec.), broke a third by swimming the 200-meter freestyle...
...Lynn Burke, 17, a backstroke specialist from Santa Clara Swim Club, who broke two world records on successive days: in the 200-meter backstroke, pushed by Teammate Von Saltza, Lynn hit 2 min. 33.5 sec., a full 3.6 sec. faster than the world mark set by Japan's Satoko Tanaka earlier this year; in the loo-meter backstroke, she clocked an equally astonishing time-1 min. 10.1 sec., knocking nine-tenths of a second from the world mark...
...Warner, 16, another Santa Clara star, pretty and blonde, who won the 200-meter breaststroke by 7.5 sec., set a new U.S. record...
...Donna de Varona, 13, a 102-lb minnow from Berkeley, who turned in the most stunning performance of the meet. Trailing World Record-holder Sylvia Ruuska by two strokes in the last lap of the exacting 400-meter individual medley (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle). Donna summoned a last burst of speed, overtook 18-year-old Sylvia in the final yards, broke the world record by almost...
...girls have won the national indoor and outdoor women's championships for each of the past six years. At the trials, led by willowy Wilma Rudolph-who set a world record of 22.9 sec. in the 200-meter dash earlier this month-the Tiger-belles prompted Temple to the euphoric hope that the U.S. women might surprise the heavily favored Australians, Russians and British at Rome...