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...took time off from his Hollywood acting career to regain the 1,500-meter freestyle record he first held eight years ago. But just about everything else was California's. Or, rather, Santa Clara's. The Santa Clara Swim Club, alma mater of Olympic Queens Chris von Saltza and Lynn Burke, swam away with four of the world records, won 14 of 30 events, and became the first club ever to win both the men's and women's championships...
...triple by winning the 100-meter freestyle and the 100-meter butterfly, then lowered the world 200-meter butterfly record by almost 3 sec. to 2 min. 26.4 sec. Arizona's Marilyn Ramenofsky, 17, thrashed through the 400-meter freestyle in 4 min. 41.7 sec., breaking Chris von Saltza's listed world record...
...until she was twelve. Next year she made the team. Daland worked long hours to strengthen her arm and shoulder muscles, get more power into her kick. In 1960, when she was just 14, Carolyn broke the American 1,500-meter record, placed second to Defending Champion Chris von Saltza in the 400-meter freestyle, and earned a trip to the Rome Olympics...
...meet sensation at last week's women's A.A.U. swimming championships in Philadelphia was ash-blonde Chris von Saltza, 17, who hoped to climax her competitive career by winning six gold medals. But Chris's retirement party was ruined by a willowy, 16-year-old upstart, Carolyn House of Los Angeles, who beat Chris in the 400-meter freestyle, also won the 200-meter and 1,500-meter races to swim off with three gold medals...
...Kathy Ellis won the 100-yd. butterfly; her teammate, Jean Ann Delle-kamp, took the 100-yd. breaststroke; and California's Donna de Varona, youngest member of last year's U.S. Olympic team, was first in the 200-yd. individual medley. Olympic Star Chris Von Saltza, a veteran at 17 and about to retire from competitive swimming, won the 100-yd., 250-yd. and 500-yd. freestyle events, as well as the 200-yd. backstroke...