Word: gambrill
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...Gambril, who will be aiming for a win in his first meet since coming to Harvard as head coach, believes that the Army meet will be typical of many of the contests this season. "Most of the meets could go either way," he said. "We can win just as easily as we can lose, and in most cases the outcome of the meets will depend on the final relay...
...middle and distance freestyle events will be Harvard's greatest strengths, Gambril said. Sophomore sensation Fred Mitchell and freshman Dick Baughman are among the best in the East in anything from 200 to 1000 yards, he said. Mitchell, in particular, will be worth watching. In a preseason meet before Thanksgiving, he unofficially shattered the varsity record in the 1000 yard freestyle by over 13 seconds and appears headed towards national prominence...
...Gambril rates the sprints and the individual medley as the team's second strongest area, along with the one-meter and three-meter dives. The major weakness of the squad, he says, lies in the specialty strokes: the breast, back, and fly, but Gambril believes that the weakness will be more than overcome by strength in the freestyle events...
With only two weeks remaining before the opening meet of the season against Army, the Harvard swimming team held a second inter-squad meet yesterday afternoon to help Coach Don Gambril determine the makeup of the varsity squad...
There is good depth in the freestyle events, but the loss of Henry Watson and Mike Cooke has hurt. Cooke, who trained all summer, will be sorely missed, Gambril said, because of his scoring potential in three events. Watson, who trained with Gambril this summer in California, was a constant threat in the 1000 yard freestyle, and at one point was ranked fifth in the nation in the one-mile swim...