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...swooping swimmer in churning blue water, a nearly invisible running horse latticed with bands of light, a jagged greenish swirl, a diver poised before takeoff. These photographs, ranging from impressionism to clear abstraction, are the work of Joel Walker, a gifted amateur cameraman, who took them for his amusement and then was pleased enough with the results to hang them on the walls of his Toronto office as decoration...
...Walker's pictures at exhibitions in Toronto, Mexico City and New York, and in a U.S. high school student magazine. He has correlated thousands of comments in order to gauge just how evocative each picture is and how strong the response to it. Of the prints, the blue swimmer stirred the most emphatic responses and the largest number of positive reactions: "lightness and freedom," "a loving, warm companion." But one woman felt frighteningly "submerged." Viewers found the greenish abstraction disturbing or threatening, calling it "demonic" or "evil." One even described it as "death reflected in a pool...
...stepson Bernal Johnson, 21, was found in a Philippine river on April 24, two days after he escaped from a CCU at the Subic Bay Naval Base. An autopsy showed "possible marks of violence" around the neck. Mercer suspects naval foul play: "My son was a good swimmer, unless he was pushed into the water unconscious...
...Bernal has enjoyed an enormous amount of success in recruiting. He has attracted a large number of exceptional athletes who are also blessed with strong academic credentials. While there have been one or two warnings issued by the Administrative Board, not once in the past four years has a swimmer had his right to compete revoked for a sub par academic performance...
Andy Lockman and Jeff Mule were presented with the William J. Brooks Trophies for the swimmer and diver contributing the most to the overall success of the team...