Word: bernal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...placed in all four of his events, including third-place finishes in the 1500-and 800-meter races behind world-class swimmers Mike Bruner and Djan Madruga. "And," the voice added excitedly, "he beat lifelong rival Brian Goodell in both distance events and Hackett's coach, Joe Bernal said he hadn't seen Bobby looks so strong coming home in the 1500 since the 1976 Olympics when Hackett swam to a silver medal...
...Bernal has built a small dynasty in his new Blodgett Palace, and the aquamen have risen to the top of the Eastern ranks. This year, when Bernal decided to test the Crimson's prowess against a national power, he brought Indiana to town. Amazingly, Harvard dumped to Hoosiers, bringing chaos to the national rankings and raising questions about the omnipotence of Harvard swimming. On the surface, it seemed Harvard had achieved national stature while, ostensibly, maintaining its student-academic standards...
...Crimson mentor Joe Bernal stated yesterday, "We needed to shave to beat Indiana, and I have no regrets about that decision." Perhaps Bernal overestimated Harvard's ability to rebound from this first shave, but that was a gamble, perhaps well-taken. And as any confirmed blackjack player will tell you, the high-risk, well-planned strategy is the only one to take...
Most of all Harvard needs points from its relays for success this weekend. Bernal says simply, "The key is our relays." The medley team has been posting times good for between fifth and eighth in the nation, and figures to score at least that high. The 400-yd. freestyle quartet barely lost to Princeton in the Easterns, as did the 800-yd. free team...
...three reliable Hackett performances (500-, 200-, and 1650-yd. freestyles) to the freshmen and the relays, an improvement on last year's 13th place seems possible if not likely. Asked about top-ten possibilities, Bernal chuckles and blurts, "I'm an optimistic guy but that's a very enthusiastic goal," But he knows the potential of home-team crowds, national television and adrenaline surging through Harvard swimmers like an electric shock through Blodgett's current. Bernal allows: "I don't think it's impossible." And you can almost feel him smile. Harvard Qualifiers Name Event Bobby Hackett...