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Looking to avenge their 1-0 loss to Harvard two weeks ago, the Huskies relied on the leg of senior Jessica Gjertsen, who netted both goals and fired nine of the 11 UConn shots...
Thompson, who is so tough that she often wrestles male Olympic swimmer Doug Gjertsen to a standoff, is a favorite at all the freestyle distances Evans isn't swimming -- the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m -- and will likely join freestyle and medley relays. She could come close to the tally of her heroine, Kristin Otto of East Germany, whose six gold medals at Seoul are a record for a woman in any sport. Thompson's awe at that feat is tinged with healthy skepticism and a yen for battle. "To take over from the East Germans would...
...anchoring the U.S. 4 X 200-meter freestyle relay team to a world-record win in the best race of the week, roaring up from behind to beat Steffen Zesner of East Germany with the fastest 200-meter leg ever swum, as teammates Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski and Doug Gjertsen bayed to the rafters at poolside. But before that, he finished third . in the 200-meter freestyle, behind Australian Duncan Armstrong and Swede Anders Holmertz, and then was just touched out (and so thoroughly flummoxed that he was muttering shoulda-coulda three days later) in the 100-meter butterfly...