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...When you consider the times, it should be one of the best meets of the year in the nation," is the way Harvard coach Ray Essick described it. "The meet will be decided by the anchor men in the freestyle relay [the last event]," is the way Princeton coach Bill Farley...
...Harvard's success is, of course, top quality personnel. The appointment of Don Gambril as coach three years ago and of Essick as his successor this year has attracted some world class swimmers. Freshman Peter Tetlow's best time in the 1000-yard freestyle ranks him with Olympians John Kinsella and Rick Demont. Sophomore Hess Yntema is nationally ranked in the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley. And the list goes...
Perhaps the most impressive thing about Harvard's five dual meet victories this year, has been the experimenting Essick has done with his lineup. It is a luxury few coaches can afford. Shuffling his swimmers in and out of events from one meet to another, Essick has given just about everybody on the squad a chance to swim under competitive conditions. It was even rumored that he was going to use the team manager to swim the butterfly leg of the medley relay against Springfield...
There will be no experimenting in this meet. Undoubtedly Essick has prepared a few surprises for the Tigers, but the Crimson will be going with everything in their arsenal. University records should fall, but that will be only a sidelight to the events themselves. Virtually every race promises to be what is known in sports jargon as a "barnburner." The final score may not be close, but the individual races will...
Surveying the calibre of talent on both teams, Essick termed this Saturday's contest, "The best quality meet on the East Coast in the last 15 years." It should certainly be that. Not only is the level of talent high; the Crimson will be looking to avenge last year's only dual meet loss and will be performing before a home crowd...