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Exhibiting no ill effects from his recent bout with the flu, Hackett led the race for 150 yards before defending champion Brian Goodell assumed command...
CLEVELAND, Ohio--Bobby Hackett knocked four seconds off his personal best time to finish second in the 500-yd. freestyle (4:19.41) and boost the Crimson to 12th place after the first day of competition in the NCAA Championships here yesterday...
Goodell simply outshined Hackett and the rest of the field and steadily increased his lead to about two body lengths by the finish. The UCLA sophomore's time (4:16.43) broke the NCAA record and was only three-hundredths off his own American record. Hackett easily shattered his own Harvard record...
...Hackett is a strong candidate to win the 200-yd. freestyle because his shorter distance swimming has improved considerably in recent years. His improvement culminated in his phenomenal 200-meter relay split on the world record-breaking United States national 800-meter relay team this past summer...
Olympian Bobby Hackett is a strong lure but he will leave after two more seasons. So this is the year that Harvard must land several top recruits if the drive toward national prominence is to be continued...