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Despite the presence of reporters from The Boston Globe and Boston Herald American and cameras from Channel 7 News hoping to witness the latest exploits of Harvard freshman sensation Bobby Hackett, the Crimson provided little entertainment as they needed only a marginal effort to bury the surprisingly weak Brown team...
...final moment of interest came in the last event of the evening, the 400-yd. freestyle relay, when Hackett entered the water for the first time to swim the opening leg in a challenge match against fellow freshman standout Julian Mack. Hackett, who touched out his mammouth teammate, recorded a time of 46.8, which broke the pool record in the final event to be swum there by the Harvard team...
...Bobby Hackett a record he can't break...
...Hackett was not the only Yard resident to shock the Midshipmen and delight the excited IAB crowd. After Harvard's Medley Relay, with two very quick splits from first-year men Tuomo Korola and Julian Mack, had opened the meet by finishing more than four seconds ahead of their counterparts from Annapolis, freshman Englishman Mike Coglin led to a 1-2 sweep of the 1000-yd. freestyle, to give the Crimson a 15-1 advantage...
...crowd--ignited by Crimson coach Joe Bernal's rowdy pre-meet show, (featuring the Harvard Band), Canales' heroics, and Hackett's fabulous debut--got another treat when Harvard's Malcolm Cooper stepped up to the blocks...