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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...
...Haines. "In some ways his light weight is an advantage. He has broad shoulders for power, but very thin legs, and he rides high in the water. This means less drag." In his daily training sessions Clark works out with another Haines pupil: Santa Clara's Chris Von Saltza, the U.S.'s finest all-round girl swimmer. A blonde and matured mermaid at 16, Chris can swim longer and harder than Steve, loves to challenge him in a round of four 400s, or eight 200s. "It's embarrassing," Clark admits, "especially at the long distances, when...
...freckled 15-year-old blonde gripped the starting block with her toes, inhaled deeply, and hit the water at the gun with long, smooth strokes. When she flashed home last week in 4:55.9 for the 400 meters, Chris von Saltza of Saratoga, Calif, had broken her U.S. record by 2.2 sec., neatly finished the job of turning Chicago's Pan-American Games into a one-girl swim. In all, Chris carried off five gold medals: she won the 100, 200 and 400 meters, was a member of the winning team in the 400-meter freestyle relay...
...edge in flat trajectory and smacked into the water. By the time they turned at the far end of the 50-meter pool, a tall, 14-year-old blonde held the lead, increased it with each powerful stroke, finished well out in front. Susan Christine ("call me Chris") von Saltza had done it in 1:03.5, set a U.S. record. Less than an hour later she windmilled to a new world's record in the 200-meter backstroke with a 2:37.4 clocking. Still dripping in her black suit, Chris hustled to a telephone, called her mother in Saratoga...
...record for the 100-meter backstroke by .7 sec. with the time of 1:01.5, later led off the Aussies' 440-yd. medley relay team that thrashed home in 4:19.4 to lower the world's record by .6 sec. Meanwhile, sturdy, 14-year-old Chris von Saltza of Saratoga, Calif., swimming in a nearby San Jose pool, set three U.S. records in one astounding afternoon with times of 57.9 sec. for the loo-yd. freestyle, 4:54.8 for the 440-yd. freestyle and 5:37.5 for the 500-yd. freestyle...