Word: aceing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's ace held a slight lead throughout the five-dive competition, but it was his superb last dive that gave him the points he needed to win. "After I finished my fifth, I knew I had won because Brown needed all nines on his last one to beat men," Murphy said...
...dealt a crucial blow to the Big Green's hopes. Dartmouth captain and All-American Terry Robinson was matched against Powlison and Krause. Powlison took an early lead, followed by Robinson and then Krause. At the 300-yard point, Krause passed Robinson. Robinson never rallied, and Harvard's two ace sophomores scored a decisive victory, with Powlison first...
...diver Mike Brown. Robinson, sixth in the NCAA 200-yard freestyle with a blazing 1:43.5, holds the Dartmouth records in the 200, 500, and 1000-yard freestyle events. He also swims in the butterfly. It will be interesting to see if coach Michaels pits Robinson against Crimson ace Steve Krause, who has yet to lose, in either the 500-free or the 1000-free. Harvard's Dave Powlison could also prove a problem for Robinson...
Shorter and teammate Steve Bittner hung back in the early stages of the mile as Harvard's Royce Shaw set the pace. But both unleashed strong finishing kicks to outdistance the Crimson ace in the last quarter-mile. Shorter edged Bittner at the wire, clocking...
Enscoe and Spengler had a hand in Harvard's most profitable event, the mile. After allowing Penn's Jerry Williams to set the pace for seven laps. Crimson ace Royce Shaw took the lead and moved away from the field for the victory in 4:12.6. Enscoe and Spengler followed Shaw at five-yard intervals, with Enscoe's final kick just falling short of catching Shaw. The one-two-three sweep harvested a big 13 points for Coach Bill McCurdy. Gillis placed fifth...