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SWIMMING 1:05 It took the American continent team exactly 5 hours and 35 minutes to swim 15 miles yesterday at the North-haven YMCA in Dallas. 40 youngsters, divided into four teams named after the continents participated in the marathon swim to ballyhoo the North-t1aven YMCA's annual membership drive, which carries the theme, "The Olympics." BLACKBOARD For the statiscally-minded out there in TV-land, the length of the pool is 75 feet. Thu*, a swimmer would have to swim 1-thousand-56 lengths to complete the 15 miles. Now, dividing the lenghts into laps, the swimmer would have to swim 528 laps to measure out the distance. Beginn- ing at noon, the teams splashed into the water and started the boring drudgery. 1'ive hours and thrIty-five minutes later, the American bontinent