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...swimming? Men's swim team captain Bobby Hackett placed in all four of his events in the Seventeen Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo, Calif., with third-place finishes in the 1500- and 800-meter races. Other Crimson swimmers, including incoming freshmen Mike Miao, a freestyler, and Greg Eckstrom,a butterflyer and backstroker, also produced strong results. And aquaman mentor Joe Bernal coached the AAU national team that toured China in August...
...swimming? Men's swim team captain Bobby Hackett placed in all four of his events in the Seventeen Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo, Calif., with third-place finishes in the 1500- and 800-meter races. Other Crimson swimmers, including incoming freshmen Mike Miao, a freestyler, and Greg Eckstrom,a butterflyer and backstroker, also produced strong results. And aquaman mentor Joe Bernal coached the AAU national team that toured China in August...
...Sophomore David Lundberg powered through the 200 meter breaststroke in 1:08.6 putting him 12th overall too. In addition Bernal said sophomore Ted Chappell swam a 'great 200 fly and looked super.' He also mentioned incoming freshmen Mike Miao, who took fifth in the 100 free, and Greg Eckstrom, a butterflyer and backstroker, who should boost the program next year...
Harvard senior Dave English, in what was one of the outstanding performances of the day, dove to first places in the one-meter diving events, besting Navy star Rusty Eckstrom who came in second both times...
Captain Olaf Eckstrom had been commanding the 8,272-ton, "heavily loaded" tanker Montebello only five hours when a torpedo ripped through the port side, under the bridge. It knocked out the ship's radio and power plant. In pre-dawn darkness the crew struggled with the lifeboats as the submarine opened up with its deck gun, scoring only one hit (in the Montebello's forepart) out of "eight or ten" shots. Despite strafing machine-gun fire, the 36 officers and crew pulled to safety, cursing the attackers. Said Captain Eckstrom...