Word: berkoffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Submariner David Berkoff, the U.S. backstroker who swims the first third of his 100-meter races underwater, broke his own record in the prelims and predicted with no excessive bashfulness that it would take another world record for him to win a gold. But he got a bad start that evening in the final, faded, and in a startling upset was beaten in slow time by another submariner, Japan's Daichi Suzuki...
...duck-technique sensation of the trials was 100-meter Back Specialist David Berkoff, a slim-to-skinny anthropology major from, of all places, Harvard. Backstrokers coil their bodies against the side of the pool before the start, then shove violently backward with their legs, hands together, streamlined, above their heads. They go underwater this way, then pop to the surface in five meters or so and begin stroking. Except Berkoff. He stays 5 ft. underwater, on his back, wriggling along with a legs-together dolphin kick, like that used by butterflyers. This is astonishing not to see. Most...
...likely gold medalist had been lost to the team. Still, at Seoul, the U.S. would have the smallest world beater in Evans; one of the largest and most awesome in Biondi; and, unless one of the East Germans has managed to grow gills, by far the spookiest in Berkoff, the vanishing backstroker. Bring on that Korean water...
...Olympic swimming team was also at the processing center, so I got a chance to talk to Harvard's Dave Berkoff, who will be backstroking his way to the gold at Seoul. Dave, who is senior, set a world record for the 100-meter backstroke at the Olympic Trials last month. He is really excited about competing at the Games...
...other three aquamen will return to competition next season, where they will be joined by Berkoff, last year's NCAA 100 backstroke champion. Currently, Berkoff is taking time off from Harvard to train for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games...