Word: cahalan
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Finally the big meet in the East came, and Cahalan was leading in the 100-free finals. But at 75 yards, three others went by him, and Cahalan decided he could do without the Olympics...
Nevertheless, he spent the next summer stuck in the backstroke until he finally got his chance at age 14. Cahalan started breaking his brother's records in the 50-free, and soon he was doing the Washington-New York AAU circuit on weekends, bringing back eight medals at a time. It was your basic success story...
...Cahalan had just come from an interview at Harvard. Head coach Bill Brooks had driven into town on a moment's notice to talk to him for two hours. Cahalan never applied to Yale...
...Harvard, he has set a 50-free record and helped establish two relay marks. As a sophomore he was the Eastern champion in the 50-free. The past two years he has captained the Crimson. Cahalan even introduced Rufus Peebles to the Adams House pool late one night last spring...
...convince myself that I can beat him," Cahalan said. "Once you believe that, you can do it. You can't think you're going to be second; it doesn't do you any good...