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Donations may be made to the Robert M. McDermott Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Mr. Ruuska, Quincy Savings Bank, 1400 Hancock St., Quincy, Mass...
...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...
...make her 400-meter victory even sweeter, Chris beat her great home-state rival, Berkeley's husky, 17-year-old Sylvia Ruuska (TIME, Mar. 9) by a full 7.5 sec., established herself as the most promising U.S. freestyler in years. Even so, Chris is still far from her peak. A leggy 5 ft. 10 in., 141 lbs., she is still filling out, should be faster yet in the Rome Olympics next August against the great Australians. Beyond that, her future seems unlimited to her coach, George Haines. "If Chris can keep interested in swimming, she could hit fantastic marks...
...National A.A.U. women's swimming championships in Redding, Calif., three determined American teen-agers set world records: California's husky Sylvia Ruuska by 11.8 sec. in the 440-yd. individual medley (5:40.2), New Jersey's comely Carin Cone by .6 sec. in the 220-yd. backstroke (2:37.9), and Indianapolis' blonde Becky Collins by .1 sec. in the 110-yd. butterfly...
...specialty. Sylvia polishes off four full meals a day-breakfast, lunch (meat sandwich), after-school snack (steak sandwich) and dinner (a small steak). She has little interest in boys, does not indulge in teen-age phone chatter, explains, "I do not have the time to waste." Admits Mrs. Ruuska: "We are different from the average family, but we like...