Word: eventers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have quite as much strength as last year, but overall, we should be a better-balanced team this year." said Harvard field event coach Ed Stowell. The loss of "strength" is due primarily to the graduation of shot-putters Dick Benka and Charles Ajootian, two of the finest weight throwers in Harvard history...
Next thing I knew. Dave Powlison had won the 1000-free with no trouble whatsoever, and I wondered why Army had given so little challenge. But the next event was great. It was the 200-free, a match up of two guys-Toby Gerhart and Army's Jack Frink-who had had a really close race in the same event last year, when Frink won by 0.2 seconds...
Harvard got a big boost in the first event, the medley relay. Dan Kobick earned a two-yard lead on the backstroke, and on the third leg, Johnny Munk opened it up to five yards. Sophomore Al Ackerman wrapped it up with a 49.1 freestyle leg, and his team...
Army's Jack Frink, who edged Gerhart by 0.2 seconds in the 200-free last year, met Gerhart in the same event Saturday and went out fast. He opened a one-yard lead. stretched it to two yards, and seemed on his way to victory. But with 75 yards left, Gerhart began to come back quickly, and caught Frink with 34 yards left...
...Cadets came to their feet during the final event as the freestyle relay team finished on top of the Crimson, but then manager Glenn Koocher announced that the last Army man had jumped, disqualifying the Cadets. In a show of brashness. Harvard fans cheered...