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...yard medley relay, the varsity's Don Mulvey, Hawkins, and Jim Jorgensen were 2.6 seconds slow of Yale's winning 2:52. Mulvey fell two yards behind the Ell's Sandy Gidoonse when he bumped his head on a bad turn in his final lap, but Hawkins made it up against Dennis O'Conner and converted it into a two-foot lead. Jorgensen, swimming with a heavy cold, fever, and lots of guts, then kept up with Kerry Donovan for the first 50 yards, but he couldn't hold on. Donovan must have covered the last lap in 50 seconds...
...teammate, Bruce Hutchinson, placing second. The Crimson's Dave Hawkins beat both of these men when they swam the 220-yard free style at the IAB in the season's opener on Dec. 12. His clocking of 2:09.6 at that time set a new Crimson record which Jimmy Jorgensen broke last Saturday at Yale. Both Springfield swimmers defeated varsity captain Charley Egan and Geer in the 440 in that same meet. Yorzyk's time then...
Yale's Marty Smith, who lost to Jorgensen's record 2:08.1 in the 220 at New Haven but who won the 440 in 4:44.6, beating Egan and Geer, took a fourth...
...Jorgensen, in addition, will swim in the 100, along with Jack Dinsmoor, Gus Johnson, Rapperport, and Ted Whatley. Jorgensen has equalled Dave Hedberg's Crimson record for this distance with a 51.7 clocking at New Haven, but he is not credited with a tie since he placed second to a 50.3 clocking by Yale's Kerry Donovan...
...Jorgensen will anchor Hawkins and Don Mulvey in the Crimson's 300-yard medley relay entry, the fastest trio Ulen has yet put together. Because the 220 race directly followed this event down at Yale, Jorgensen could not swim both. This combination may edge the Elis for another first...