Word: hacketts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That face belongs to freshman Olympian Bobby Hackett. Hackett, silver medalist in the 1500 meters at Montreal, gold medalist at the 1975 Pan American games, and two-time A.A.U National champion, is the kind of blue-chip athlete and personality who can transform a fairly strong program into a great one, who can attract name swimmers from all over the country, who can catapult a team into the national rankings--in short, the kind of athlete who comes to Harvard very rarely...
...Hackett, who has his sights set on the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, could have attended one of the giants, like USC or Alabama, where he could train with the other superstars of the swimming world...
Clearly another factor in Hackett's decision was Harvard's decision to hire coach Joe Bernal, whom Bobby has trained with as a member of the Gator A.A.U. Swim Club and the varsity team at New York's Fordham Prep. With Bernal, Hackett hopes to generate some enthusiasm for swimming at Harvard, just as the duo did in New York...
Freshman Bobby Hackett, silver medalist in the 1500 meter freestyle at the 1976 Olympics, however, is one member of the swim team who is interested in water polo but did not join the team this year...
...main reason I didn't join was that it was only a club sport and there was no coach," Hackett said...