Word: bragg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from the first event, where Harvard's Bill Murphy and Pete Alter swept the one-meter diving, to the last where John Bragg came from behind to touchout Cornell in the 400-yard freestyle relay, it was Harvard's meet. Along the way the Crimson won 9 of 13 events, sweeping five...
Pete Adams, swimming for the last time in the IAB as were all the seniors, set a Harvard record in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Bill Shrout, John Bragg, and Bill Murphy helped Harvard hang tenaciously on to a small lead...
Halfway through the meet the score stood at 32-29 for Harvard. But the Tigers swept the 200-yard butterfly to gain the lead for the first time in the afternoon. Harvard's Bragg and Adams responded by sweeping the 100-yard freestyle. The seesaw continued to swing as Princeton won the 200-yard backstroke to tie the meet; Harvard stormed back with a Shrout-led sweep of the 500-yard freestyle. Then Princeton edged out Harvard's Carl Cummins in the 200-yard breaststroke, postponing the decision to the final event, the 400-yard free relay...
With Harvard ahead 55-51, coach Bill Brooks put Bragg, Dan Thompson, Shrout and Adams on the line. Shrout had won twice, Bragg had won twice, Adams had placed first and second. The effort had been too much. As against Army, the larger, stronger team came on in the last event to win a heartbreaking victory over a tired and overworked Harvard team...
...reach for Columbia, Brooks began to use his reserves. With Chalfie out, Columbia won its first event in the 200-yard fly. Sophomore Terry Flanagan substituted for Birch in the backstroke and went a 2:18.3, no record, but good enough for a Crimson first. After John Bragg won the 500-yard freestyle, Brooks benched breaststroker Carl Cummins and Columbia won its second event, the 200-yard breaststroke. Shrout, Adams, and Thompson were back in action for the final relay, the 400-yard freestyle, when Harvard delivered the final blow to Columbia...