Word: dyers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This race was amazing in another respect: for the first time in this country, three swimmers broke 50 seconds for the 100 in a dual meet. Chouteau Dyer of the Crimson and Sandy Gideonse of Yale each were timed in 49.7. The judge for second place picked Dyer, but so did the third place judge. The second-place judge's decision, according to all rules, should have carried. Somehow, it didn't, and Gideonse got second place...
Orrik has won ten straight 100-yard events for the Lions, with times of around 53 seconds, and covers the 50 in 24. The Crimson, moreover, will be without the services of its record-holding sprinter, Chouteau Dyer, who has a sore throat...
...Chouteau Dyer came within two-tenths of a second of his Crimson record for the 50-yard freestyle in the varsity meet. His 22.6 gave him the edge over Jay Evans of Princeton and the Crimson's Gus Johnson...
...Dyer's and Hawkins' times were the varsity's best assaults upon the record books. Five other Crimson clockings were within four seconds of standing marks, however...
Captain Jim Jorgensen had to reach back to touch on a turn in the 220 but still won the race in 2:10.2. His record is 2:07.8. Dyer swam the 100 in 51.3, six-tenths of a second over the mark he holds jointly with Jorgensen. Jorgensen quickly came back with a 440 time of 4:45 flat, one and one-half seconds slower than his record for that distance...