Word: jorgensen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Captain Jim Jorgensen was the only Crimson swimmer to take a first place. He took two, breaking a pair of his own Crimson records in the process and establishing himself clearly as the best middle-distance man in the East...
...Jorgensen broke his own record in the 220 and Gus Johnson placed third in the "Johnson 440" to highlight the swimming team's otherwise dull 66-18 trouncing of perennially weak Columbia at the I.A.B. Saturday night...
Obviously intent on a record, Jorgensen swam hard all the way despite the fact that his nearest competitor finished 30 yards behind...
...summaries: 300 medley relay--Harvard (Winthrop, S. Falk, Mischner)--2:58.5. 220 freestyle--Jorgensen (H), Cochran (H), Brown (C)--2:07.5 (new Harvard record--old record 2:07.8 set by Jorgensen March 12, 1955). 50 freestyle--Johnson (H), Clifton (H), Orrik (D)--23.5. 200 individual medley--Hawkins (H), Falk (H), Luikart (C)--2:16.2. One meter dive--Stone (H), Murner (H), Lee (C)--55.75 points. 100 freestyle--Jorgensen (H), Orrik (C), Macky (H)--52.5. 200 backstroke--Santmire (H), Galbraith (C), DuPont (H)--2:29.9. "Johnson 440"--Brown (C), Kastin (H), Johnson (H)--5:25.0. 200 breaststroke--Fowler (H), Silverblatt...
Captain Jim Jorgensen had to reach back to touch on a turn in the 220 but still won the race in 2:10.2. His record is 2:07.8. Dyer swam the 100 in 51.3, six-tenths of a second over the mark he holds jointly with Jorgensen. Jorgensen quickly came back with a 440 time of 4:45 flat, one and one-half seconds slower than his record for that distance...