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Only after a stable of horses has been assembled can a coach expect to pull along such a bandwagon. Against the Cadets, sophomore sensation Bobby Hackett proved once again that he is the thorough-bred of Bernal's annually-improved squad...
...Hackett obliterated the one-year-old Blodgett pool record in his specialty, the 1000-yd. freestyle, outdistancing the rest of the field by at least two laps while clipping nearly 30 seconds from the old standard. The Yonkers, N.Y. native's time (9:08.31) is the second fastest recorded in the country this year, surpassed only by his own 9:05 effort last week against Navy...
...Neither Hackett nor Bernal was as impressed with the final time as 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...
...usual, Harvard's best performance yesterday in Annapolis came from sophomore whiz Bobby Hackett. After Navy had swamped the Crimson's medley relay to jump out to a 7-0 lead, Hackett stepped up to the blocks for his specialty, the 1000-yd. freestyle. As the swimmers left the blocks, one jumped the gun, but--unable to hear the recall shots--they continued into the first turn. When one of the lap counters made a valiant attempt to stop Hackett, he cut the Olympian's foot open in the process. The meet stopped while Hackett was taped...
While this year's yardling group contains no one of Olympic shark Bobby Hackett's stature, newcomers Ron Raikula and Tim Maximoff qualify for at least dolphin status...