Word: easterners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While the 1988 squad fell just short of recapturing the Eastern title, a lot of that bitter feeling was erased by the strong performance of Bird and his teammates. Not only did the Crimson win more that individual titles than the Tigers, but it also outscored Princeton in the 16 swimming events...
...meet, Bird was presented with the Hal Ulen Award for the highest point totals in four years of Eastern meets. The victory in the butterfly clinched the title...
Bird, a co-captain on the Harvard men's swimming team, was not blessed with extraordinary size or strength, but his pool prowess enabled him to overcome those setbacks and become an Eastern champion...
...best event, the butterfly, requires exceptional power and stamina. But nobody on the Eastern seaboard, bigger or smaller, was able to catch...
...point came at the 1987 Eastern Championships, when Bird, then a junior, watched his team get overwhelmed by an emotional Princeton squad and drop its first Eastern meet in nine years...