Word: crimson
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Harvard's quest for the Eastern Seaboard swimming crown was not an easy task. Bernal, assuming control over the Crimson aquatic program in April 1977, faced several major obstacles...
...Crimson led off with ace Bobby Hackett, hoping to grab an early lead and hold on. Hackett got the lead, Julian Mack increased it slightly and Jack Gauthier gave Harvard a body-length edge going into the final leg. It was up to Mike Coglin to stave off the challenge of Princeton's 200 freestyle champion, Andy Saltzman...
Step one of Bernal's grand plan has been accomplished. The Crimson is recognized as the team to beat in the Eastern League this year, and Harvardians from the Yard to 60 Boylston St. have awakened to the fact that there is more on the other side of the river than frisbee fields and case studies in Baker Library...
...jump from the Eastern champions to NCAA title contenders is a very big one. No squad can reasonably expect to challenge the country's swimming superpowers at the NCAA meet unless it is challenged consistently throughout the season. Likewise, the several potential Olympians on the Crimson squad need head-to-head competition with their peers if they are to earn the right to participate in next summer's Moscow Olympics...
...matter of meeting the needs of our team," Bernal says. "We must give our athletes the opportunity to test themselves against top competition." In essence, the Crimson can't feast on the likes of Penn and Johns Hopkins all season, and then expect to switch gears for USC or Tennessee...