From the Archives

Suzanne Zimmerman poses with her trophy in Multnomah Stadium after returning from the Southern Pacific AAU indoor swimming championship meet, held in Los Angeles, California, in midFebruary 1948.

MAC took home third-place team honors and Zimmerman was the winner in four events: individual medley (setting a new California record with her time; distance not specified in the records), backstroke (distance not specified in the records), 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke. She went on to win a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and is honored on MAC’s Wall of Fame for her swimming accomplishments.

—Luke Sprunger, archivist

Zimmerman was featured in the April 1948 Winged M, which features a recap of a different swimming event: the state indoor swimming championships, won by MAC and held at MAC’s pool on Feb. 29, 1948.