Word: harvardization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard's quest for the Eastern Seaboard swimming crown was not an easy task. Bernal, assuming control over the Crimson aquatic program in April 1977, faced several major obstacles...
After a long summer's wait for Cambridge aquatic buffs and for the athletes themselves, the beginning of the 1979-80 Harvard swimming season is finally upon...
...challenges await: a mid-February dual meet with perennial national power Indiana; the defense of Harvard's Eastern League and Eastern Seaboard Championship titles; and an opportunity, in the friendly atmosphere of Blodgett Pool, to improve upon last season's 13th place NCAA finish...
What we are witnessing, in the words of Crimson coach Joseph W. Bernal, "is the creation of the Harvard swimming dynasty of the 1980s," designed to rival that of Yale in the 1940s and 50s--when the focus of national swimming attention centered on New Haven and the Ivy League...
...remains to be seen whether Harvard can ever approach Yale's accomplishment of four national championships and ten runner-up finishes. But the Crimson squad is clearly on its way to becoming a real force in collegiate swimming...