Word: aau
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Gauthier was a seven-year veteran of competitive swimming at the ripe old age of 13, he joined the New England Barracudas, an AAU club which trained in the IAB under Gambril's direction...
...little twerp" grew into a high school All-American by his junior year, although he concentrated mainly on his AAU swimming since the high school competition consisted of "jokers wearing boxer shorts...
Last year's standout, Paul Widerman, is aiming toward another strong year. Light for the 118-lb, class, the sophomore went down to 114 for last year's National AAU meet and came away with a fourth-place finish and gained valuable experience along...
Several of the freshmen are Senior National AAU qualifiers, and Barton, Gildea, and McCloskey plan to use the season to prepare for June's Olympic Trials...
...pleased with Saturday's results, saying, "I was pretty nervous coming into the meet and wasn't sure what to expect. I'm really happy with the way things turned out." He acknowledged that college swimming, because of the team concept, is "based a lot more on psyche" than AAU competition...