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...real strength of this year's team, however, lies in the fact that Hackett is not the only star in the Crimson galaxy. As the men in the maroon speedos demonstrated last week in trouncing a surprisingly strong Columbia team, 76-37, they have the kind of depth that makes you wonder if Bernal hasn't been taking a few lessons from his rival in Tigertown, Bill Farley...
...Crimson brigade of distance swimmers is a potentially devastating collection of talent. First there's Hackett and his sidekick Mike Coglin. One time British national team member Coglin, last year's Eastern champ in the 400-yd. individual medley, commenced his second season for Harvard by winning two of his other specialties, the 500-yd. and 1000-yd. freestyles, in impressive fashion last Saturday. Add to this duo three-time high school All-American freshman Tim Maximoff, fellow Californian Phil Atkinson, and local hero Jack Gauthier (see freshman profiles), and you can understand why opponents will be seeing red when...
...relay. The outcome will determine the victor of the three-day title meet, the most important yearly event in Eastern swimming. After a heart-stopping eight man duel, it comes down to a fraction of a second--Princeton freshman star Andy O'Hara touches out Crimson superduper star Bobby Hackett to win the race and the meet...
...chief reason is probably sophomore sensation Hackett. As a freshman, all the Olympic silver medalist from Yonkers, N.Y., did was set an American record in the 1000-yd. freestyle, establish four University records, win three individual events (all in record time) at Eastern to finish as the meet's high point scorer, and cap it all off by making the finals in three events at NCAA's in Long Beach--one of them a classic head-to-head bout with All-World UCLA freshman Brian Goodell in the 1650-yd. free, which Hackett just barely lost...
...Hackett didn't stop there. While most Harvard students were relaxing at their favorite vacation spots this summer, Bobby was working on further proof that he is one of the world's premier swimmers. That's something he's been working on since his adolescence when he dominated the national age-group record books. Bobby kicked off his summer by taking two thirds and a fifth at the AAU National Championships, qualifying him for the U.S. team at the World Games in Berlin...