Word: abramsons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...powerful Yale swimming team set six pool records and swept eight of the 11 meet events to win an expected 67-27 victory at the IAB Pool Saturday, but the top performance of the day came from a Harvard man, freestyler Dave Abramson...
...what coach Bill Brooks called "the greatest swimming race I've ever seen." Abramson cut a phenomental 8.5 seconds off his best time in the 500-yard freestyle to beat Eli favorite Lyn Straw. Abramson jumped to an early lead, and held it for half the race before Straw made his bid. The Yale star pulled slightly ahead, but Abramson refused to fall more than half a body-length behind. With 75 yards left to swim, Abramson pulled even, but his turn was slow at the start of the final 50 yards and Straw regained the lead. Abramson...
...good men; the Bruins' Bob Martin set a New England Intercollegiate swimming Association record of 1:41.2 in the 160-yard medley against Springfield last Saturday, and Dick Paul lowered the Brown varsity record in the 100-yard freestyle to 50.5. This is as fast as Dave Abramson winning time against Princeton last weekend...
With a fantastic effort, Abramson overtook and passed Thomas, while Engelberg moved up to take third. It was only the second time that Abramson had swum the race in college and his time of 50.5 was the fastest of his career...
Though the Crimson was behind at that point, Abramson and Stephen Seagren swept the 500-yard freestyle in 5:28.3 and put the varsity ahead to stay. The only other Harvard sweep came in the 50-yard freestyle, in which Elliot Miller and Dennis Hunter beat Thomas and Green...