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Palmer, a product of Cambridge-based Bernal's Gators Swim Club, was the star of the meet as she captured three individual first places in the 1000-yd. freestyle, 200-yd. backstroke and 50-yd. backstroke. Palmer's time of 27.92 in the 50-yd. back was fast enough to qualify her for the AIAW National swimming championships next spring, and her time of 2:09.0 in the 200-yd. backstroke put her well under the Eastern Seaboard Championship cutoff...
Harvard's domination of the meet was not nearly as complete as it might have been, but only because coach Joe Bernal used some of the races to experiment and swam exhibition entries in six of them. For instance, the Crimson would have swept the 200-yd. backstroke had not top finisher Courtney Roberts been an unofficial entrant...
With his team now off to a 3-0 start, Bernal is happy with the way this season is shaping up. "I'm very pleased with their enthusiasm," he said after the victory. "We're having a really enjoyable time this season...
Take last Saturday. The men's meet against Navy featured such complete domination by Harvard that coach Joe Bernal had people swimming their worst events so as not to completely humiliate the Midshipmen. The only excitement of the day came from watching freshman Ben "Iron Man" Downs swim every single event of the meet in a successful effort to break a record set by another Harvard swimmer two years...
Navy's death was not without mercy as Harvard coach Joe Bernal and his crew of swimmers graciously tried to keep the fast sinking fleet of Midshipmen off the bottom. In addition to Royal four other individuals plus a free relay squad posted unofficial wins...