Word: bragg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...romp started with a Crimson sweep of the 1,000-yard freestyle. John Bragg set the pace with a 11:24.3 in the gruelling event and Bob Hughes was not far behind...
After three more months of Communications and Methods of Instruction at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sloan volunteered for Vietnam but instead was shipped to Munsan-ni, Korea because he didn't have the rank to get to Vietnam. After nine months in Korea and a promotion to SP4, Sloan again volunteered for Vietnam and finally made it to Can Tho in the Mekong by April...
Cummins' victory set the stage for the final relay. Harvard coach Bill Brooks put Pete Adams, Dan Thompson, John Bragg, and Bill Shrout on the line against Army's powerful four. Adams and Thompson opened up a lead of one body length which Bragg lost to Army's speedy Jay Williams. Shrout hit the water even with Cadet Heesch. Heesch, like Shrout, had won two freestyle events earlier. But for the relay Heesch was rested while Shrout was still tired from the gruelling 500-yard freestyle, two events before...
Shrout, the Crimson's best freestyler, stroked to runaway victories in both the 500 and 200-yard events. John Bragg gave Harvard sweeps by placing second to Shrout in both events...
Team Captain Pete Alter provides added strength for the diving squad. John Bragg and Pete Adams back up Shrout in the freestyle and individual medley events. The weakest area on the team is the 200 yard backstroke event where the best backstroker, Alan Birch, could do last year was a not-fast-enough...