Word: eventers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...members, stretcher crews carrying away exhausted competitors, and music and one-lines from the bathing suit-clad Harvard band--dominated the atmosphere at Blodgett Pool Saturday, overshadowing some fine individual swimming performances and turning a potentially dull 71-42 Crimson romp over Army into something of an interesting spectator event...
...they were with the success of Hackett's pace strategy. "He was trying to negative split (swim the second half of the race faster than the first)," explained Bernal afterwards. "If he can hold :50s for the last five 100s (the splits needed to go 9:00 in the event), then we think that with the excitement of a big meet he can break that barrier...
...another experiment designed to pay its dividends later during the championship season, Bernal entered freshman ace Ron Raikula in three consecutive events--the 200 backstroke, 500 freestyle and 200 breaststroke. "My event is the 400 individual medley, which isn't swum in dual meets," Raikula said afterward. "Swimming that triple with almost no rest creates a good simulation of the stress encountered during...
Despite Army victories in both relays and the 7-0 lead the visitors held after one event, the meet,s outcome was never in serious doubt. Crimson aquamen won seven of nine individual swimming events, while divers Steve Schramm and Jamie Greacen swept both the one-and three-meter diving competitions...
Because they are running in the exhibition race, Murphy and McNulty will not compete in the mile, their regular event, against B.C. McCurdy said he plans to replace them with seniors Ed Sheehan, Mark Meyer, and Peter Fitzsimmons...