Word: hacketts
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Freshman wonderboy Bobby Hackett smashed his second meet record in two days and fellow Yardling Michael Coglin grabbed another individual event, but the Harvard swim team fell behind powerhouse Princeton anyway in the second day of competition in the Eastern Seaboard Championships at Brown yesterday...
Coglin, a stellar freshman distance swimmer whose fantastic performances this season have been somewhat overshadowed by those of the phenomenal Mr. Hackett, put on quite a show of his own in last night's first event, the 400-yd. individual medley. Coglin streaked to victory with a time of 4:04.27, which qualifies him for the NCAA Championships at Long Beach, California, later this month...
...Hackett, who shattered the meet record in the 500-yd. freestyle on Thursday night, repeated the feat in last night's 200-yd. freestyle, winning in 1:38.90. Teammate Julian Mack, another freshman, finished ninth in that event with a 1:42.73 clocking...
...relay. The Princeton foursome of Tim Sullivan, Howard Nelson, Andy Saltzman and Andy O'Hara obliterated the meet record set by last year's Princeton squad by more than eight full seconds as they sailed to victory in 6:41.68. Harvard's team of Malcolm Cooper, Mack, Coglin and Hackett, the favorites in the event, bettered the meet record by a full five seconds themselves en route to finishing second in 6:44.05. Much to everyone's surprise, Princeton's sky-high O'Hara split a 1:38.00 compared to Hackett's 1:38.98 in the anchor...
...untouchable Mr. Hackett should score another first in the 200-yd. freestyle if Bernal plugs him into this event, although the coach may save his ace for the 400 Intermediate Medley. The 200-yd. freestyle is another crucial event, and the Crimson would get a big boost if Mack and Coglin make...