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Some of the swimmers think not, Tim Chetin points to this year's freshman swimmers, the type of swimmers Harvard will be getting in the future, as an example. He feels that Brumwell and Neville may well not be swimming by their junior year and adds that sophomore star and nationally-ranked freestyler Fred Mitchell came very close to quitting this year and has decided not to swim in the NCAA championships at West Point. "By the time they come to Harvard, most swimmers, like myself, have been swimming competitively for 10 years. You can get tired of anything...
...before co-captain Dan Kobick had to leave Harvard because of academic and disciplinary probation he was doing his worst times in five years: Eastern standout Tim Chetin went to 2:10 in the 200 IM after doing a 2:01.49 at Easterns last year; junior Bob Lawton couldn't reach his freshman year times, senior breaststroker Dave Law quit; Craig Sewell and Howie Burns quit again, and Henry Watson never made it to the first meet. The reasons for the poor or non-performance of the upperclassmen are many; academic pressures, bad love lives, poor health, being constantly stoned...
...Rich Roebuck were left off the traveling list. By now the team was completely split, with Cahalan justifying his position with statements like. "Henry is a world class swimmer and he isn't doing those times now. I just can't have him embarass Harvard at the Easterns." Tim Chetin, Harvard's fastest breaststroker last year, was angry enough to refuse to swim with Cahalan on the medley relay at the Easterns...
...case in example is Tim Chetin '73, who came to Harvard from Palo Alto High School and George Haines' Santa Clara Swim Club. Both the high school and the swim club were among the best in the nation while Tim swam for them and George Haines is internationally known for his teams, his Olympic coaching, and his world record holders. Swimming at Palo Alto and Santa Clara was an 11 month, 6 or 7 days of the week, twice a day, 8,000 to 12,000 yards a day routine...
...only one point, you've got to have a lot of key performances," said Harvard head coach Don Gambril. He cited as proof Tim Neville's win over Rex Hand, Navy's best sprinter, in the 50-free, Dave Brumwell's win in the 200-fly, and Tim Chetin's two thirds in the individual medley and breastroke...