
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, November 21, 1995                   TAG: 9511210089
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

AREA SWIMMERS FARE WELL IN SWAT TOURNEY

Several area swimmers placed in certain events at the SWAT Thanksgiving Invitational held at the Dedmon Center Natatorium at Radford University.

Tommy Rappold came away with three first-place finishes in the 11-12 boys' age division. Rappold won the 100 individual medley, 100 butterfly and 100 breast stroke. Bryan Palmer won the 50 backstroke in the 9-10 division and finished second in the 100 freestyle and 100 breast stroke. Jake Bova won the 200 IM in the 9-10 division and finished third in the 50 backstroke. Harry Kessler won the 200 backstroke in the 13-14 division.

On the girls' side, Jamie Truett won both the 100 IM and the 50 freestyle in the 11-12 division. Laura Dichtel placed in a couple events, winning the 200 backstroke and finishing third in the 50 freestyle. Blair Huffman placed in three events, winning the 400 IM and finishing third in the 100 butterfly and 200 breast stroke.

In other sports news:

Doug Doughty, an assistant sports editor of The Roanoke Times, was a fourth-place winner in the United States Basketball Writers Association Best Writing Contest.

Doughty was recognized for ``A Hero's Fall From Grace,'' an article on former University of Virginia basketball captain Garland Jefferson and his battle to overcome cocaine addiction.

by CNB