Word: baughman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After a Princeton win in the medley relay the records began to fall in the 1000 yd, free. Freshman Dick Baughman, pacing himself beautifully, upset Princeton's Curt Haydon edging him out with a spectacular winning time of 9:49.2, a new schools and pool record and the fourth fastest time in the nation this year...
...Haydon, who had been trailing Baughman for most of the later stages of the race, pulled ahead, but Baughman hung on and came back in the final lap to touch Haydon out amidst some atypical top-of-the-lungs screaming from the Harvard crowd. "Hell, I wasn't going to let him get me after I had been leading the whole race," Baughman said afterwards...
...events should be the highlight of the afternoon. Both teams have nationally ranked freestylers in Harvard's Fred Mitchell and Princeton's Curt Haydon, and a possible matchup between the two in the 500-yd. free could result in a few changes in the pool record book. Freshman Dick Baughman, who held the Harvard record in the 1000-yd. free until Mitchell broke it against Springfield, will probably face Haydon in that distance, and either could break Michell's mark of 9:53.5, but there is no telling what events the Tiger star will swim...
...quite have the overall strength to take the meet, or to force it down to the final relay. In several instances, though, Crimson swimmers were beaten by small fractions of a second. In the 200 yd. back, Paul Scott was touched out by .4 of a second, and Dick Baughman came within a "fingernail", as Gambril termed it, of second place in the 500 yd. free...
...route to their win, Harvard swimmers set two Navy pool records. Dick Baughman took the 1000-free in 10:03.4, while teammate Fred Mitchell broke the 500-free record with a time...