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...opening event, Essick swam one of his most unusual lineups of the season in the 400 medley relay. Malcom Cooper led off with the backstroke lap followed by Kevin O'Connell swimming breaststroke. John Craig flew and captain Mark Depman anchored the team. Depman just touched out his Cornell counterpart, edging him by a mere eight hundredths of a second...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Crimson Thinclads, Aquamen Remain Undefeated | 2/17/1976 | See Source »

...went out too fast after Loughran," Canales said yesterday. "I soon realized I couldn't catch him and slowed down, but by 500 yards I was tired, and at 700 Maass caught me." The two dueled for 250 yards, but on the gun lap, Canales started to pull ahead. "I gave it all I had and beat him," Canales said...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Swimmers Torpedo Princeton | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

...biggest challenge for Downey came in the 400-yard freestyle relay, in which she swam the last leg. The relay team of Murphy, Sue Vassallo, Sue Sawyer and Downey was behind before Downey swam the last lap in 56.5 seconds, almost a second better than her performance in the individual 100-yard freestyle...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Green Tops Aquawomen, 64-58, Despite Downey's Performance | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

Even though Harvard All-American Hess Yntema swam an excellent butterfly lap, the Crimson lost the 400 medley relay, the first event of the day. Yntema swam a blistering 50.3, pulling Harvard from 1.7 seconds behind the pace and putting them ahead by 1.9 seconds...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Mermen Drown Green, 68-45, Behind Yntema's Aqua-heroics | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

Douglas Grimes is the unlikely hero of Shaw's high entertainment, Nightwork. A young pilot prematurely grounded by an eye ailment, Grimes answers the musical question: "What if $100,000 should fall into my lap?" That is almost literally what happens to him in the most improbable of settings - the St. Augustine Hotel (semibitter religious joke here), a Manhattan charnel house where Grimes works as night clerk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Homeward Bound | 12/29/1975 | See Source »

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