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...meet at Navy today will include an engagement with western powerhouse Stanford at Blodgett in early January. The scheduling of such an attractive meet graphically illustrates the arrival of Harvard as a national swimming powerhouse. Much of the credit must go to the fine recruiting job done by Bernal, who modestly admits, "Some people say that recruiting is my forte...
...year's team, however, lies in the fact that Hackett is not the only star in the Crimson galaxy. As the men in the maroon speedos demonstrated last week in trouncing a surprisingly strong Columbia team, 76-37, they have the kind of depth that makes you wonder if Bernal hasn't been taking a few lessons from his rival in Tigertown, Bill Farley...
...Bernal's technique of stocking up in certain strategic events, which he readily admits was "premeditated," evokes memories of the Princeton strategy of years past which often resulted in up to five qualifiers swimming in the same event at championship meets...
...trick is to convince high-schoolers that Harvard swimming is for real. While it was a heartbreaker to fall short at Easterns last year, Bernal claims that "we could have won Easterns if we had really wanted, but maybe it paid off to wait for nationals. By beating out schools like Stanford and Princeton there, we proved that we won't leave our swimming at the bloodbath of the Eastern Championships, and we were able to get some of the top national swimmers to come to Harvard...
Former Harvard Head Swimming Coach Ray Essick, director of the National AAU Aquatic Administration helped land the meet for Harvard. "Ray Essick gives us a little bit of a head start since he knows the facility and the program we will put on here," Bernal added...