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Sophomore captain-elect Mike Cahalan was the star for Harvard's swimmers in the opening day of the Eastern Seaboards Championships yesterday at Yale as he took first in the 50-free in 21.6, a Harvard record. Harvard's Steve Krause set another record in the 500-free...
...Cahalan sprinted to the finish ahead of Mike Parlier of Navy, Walt Tropp of Temple, and Eric Holtze of Yale, who had the fastest qualifying time. "I felt really good the whole race," Cahalan said last night, "I'm very pleased." The victory netted 16 of Harvard's 38 points yesterday...
Aside from Cahalan's sparkling performance, there was not much reason for Harvard partisans to be pleased. Bill Murphy, who was rated a very strong contender in the one-meter diving, had to settle for a fifth-place finish behind divers from Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Pittsburgh...
...Cahalan, who holds the Harvard record of 21.8 in the 50-free, is better at 50 yards than at 100. "Pete Heesch of Army will probably be the man to beat," Cahalan said. Merritt agreed, but said, "Mike's ready to move; he should be right up there...
Aside from these three individuals, Harvard's hopes of an impressive team performance rest on the freestyle relay teams at 400 and 800 yards. The 400 team is composed of Cahalan, John Bragg, Dave Powlison, and Toby Gerhart. Bragg, Powlison, and Gerhart also swim on the 800 quartet, joined by Krause...