By Agnes Eaton

Contributing Writer

Reporting on the 1974 NYSPHSAA Intersectional Swimming and Diving Championships, the following news article appeared in The Evening Sun, March 11, 1974, and was written by correspondent, Randy Harner:

The Norwich team had to wait until the fourth event to see their teammate Paul Eaton in action again. When the time came Paul was ready. “Let’s really go for it, huh? Ok?,” the coach told of Eaton just as he was leaving for the starting platforms. “Let’s really burn it Paul.” And “burn it” Eaton did, as he outstroked the field to capture the crown with a time of 22.18. The race was the closest of the day as the second- and third-place swimmers touched with times of 22.43 and 22.49 respectively. “It must be my time (to win),” beamed an ecstatic Eaton. “It was my time,” he kept repeating and Section 4 has its first state champion.