Word: hara
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decision to get out of bed Saturday morning. Maybe it was the 1-2 finish of Larry Countryman and Courtney Roberts in the 1000-yd. freestyle. Maybe it was the dynamic duo of Bobby Hackett and Ted Chappell in the 200-yd. free, shutting out Tiger ace "Beaver" O'Hara. But the best candidate lies in last year's shocking upset in Cambridge...
...last year's dual meet, Hackett had swum within one tenth of a second of his lifetime best in the 100-yd. freestyle, only to lose to the Tigers' O'Hara and Andy Saltzman. In the Eastern Championships of three years past Hackett had swum the anchor leg of the 400-yd. free relay, which in 1978 clinched Princeton's Eastern title. So Hackett had a score to settle, and he was given his chance...
After three legs of the relay, Princeton's Dan Sykes and Harvard's Chappell came to the wall in a dead heat. On the find leg it was Hackett against O'Hara, captain against captain, with only pride at stake. The pair hit the water even and matched each other stroke for stroke for 75 yards. Then the Crimson senior pulled away for a victory he called "excellent, just excellent...
...medley relay--1. Princeton 3:27.3 (Sykes 53.5, Ox 59.1, Smith 49.2, O'Hara 45.5); 2. Princeton 3:41.2 (Kone, Watson, McCarron, Schrieshelm...
Ironically, the event which ultimately propelled the Tigers to victory was the 100-yd. freestyle, the same race which proved decisive for Harvard the previous year. Beaver O'Hara and Saltzman outsprinted current Crimson captain Bobby Hackett during the final lap to sweep first and second--shattering the image of Crimson invincibility...