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...American last year, Cooper has begun the season with the kind of fabulous start that characterizes his races--a blazing pool record 21.10 in Saturday's 50-yd. free. Freshman Ron Raikula, who, like Maximoff, capped a brilliant high school All-American career by making the finals at AAU nationals this year, matched Cooper's record with one of his own in the 200-yd. backstroke (1:53.77). Sophomore backstroke Geoff Seelen, and top-notch divers Steve Schramm and Jamie Greacen further highlight this seemingly endless list of talent. Only the loss of a pair of would-be sophomore standouts...
...working on further proof that he is one of the world's premier swimmers. That's something he's been working on since his adolescence when he dominated the national age-group record books. Bobby kicked off his summer by taking two thirds and a fifth at the AAU National Championships, qualifying him for the U.S. team at the World Games in Berlin...
Raikula's eighth-place finish in August's National AAU 400-meter Individual Medley championship earned him the 16th position in the 1978 world rankings and a position on the United States squad which traveled to Montreal for a dual meet with the Canadian national team two weeks later...
...rookie breaststroke school should be led by prep school All-American Tom Royal and Connecticut state champion Pat Jakobsen. Lee Menichella, another prep star, and Mike Barnes, fresh from the Mission Viejo Nadadores, this country's top AAU club, are expected to contribute to Harvard's formidable backstroke crew, "the backpack." Dallas native Drew Carson is a sprint-freestyle specialist...
Sullivan, Newnham, and teammate Johanna Forman all will compete in this weekend's National AAU cross country championships in Memphis, Tennessee...