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...year ago the Harvard men's water polo team believed that the end of its rebuilding period was drawing near. After suffering through a seemingly endless string of sub-.500 seasons, Coach Don Benson '88 finally began to see daylight with the dawn of the 1997 campaign...
...first time in his three years at the Crimson helm, Benson began preseason workouts not only in the wake of a respectable season (15-8), but with a full roster. Looking out into the pool, he couldn't help but smile as he watched junior All-American Mike Zimmerman whip a warm-up blast into the upper corner of the net, or senior goalie Ed Chen knock a shot to the wayside...
Coach: Don Benson...
...Benson laughed easily back then and even joked about the prospect of bringing his newborn child--who was due in less than a month--to Blodgett Pool for a few of the games...
...months later, after a 10-18 season which included an unprecedented loss to club-team equivalent MIT, however, the laughter has left the Harvard waters and Benson is gone...