Word: dive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dick Seaton was a double winner, taking the 100 yard freestyle in 55.1 and the 200 yard freestyle in 2:05.4 Other winners for the freshmen were Edgar Walsh in the 50 freestyle, Jim Stanley in the 100 breaststroke, John Murray in the 100 backstroke, Frank Gorman in the dive, and the freestyle relay team of Murray, Washburn, Wailes, and Walsh...
This triumvirate bolsters Frank Gorman in the dive and sprints, Bill Murray in the medley, Dick Season in the 200, and Jim Stanley...
...Fraser-Purves theory: the spout is foam (mucus, gas and globules of emulsified oil) that forms in the whale's lungs. When the whale surfaces after a dive and empties its lungs, the foam expelled is the visible spout...
...comes to the surface, it forms bubbles that clog the circulation. This might not happen to whales if their lungs were full of oily foam. Oil has an affinity for nitrogen; it can absorb six times as much as blood can. Fraser & Purves think that when a whale dives, the nitrogen in the air of its lungs is absorbed by oil droplets before it gets into the blood. So the whale makes a deep dive and surfaces without suffering the bends...
Sigo Falk took the breaststroke in 2:34.1, but like Greg Stone, who won the dive, he was the only Crimson entry to score in his event. Dave Hawkins had little trouble with the new 200-yard individual medley, winning in 2:18.8. Pete Macky squeezed into third place thanks to a strong final free style...