Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Swimming a strong, technically perfect race, Gildea let Zimic and Eli Courtney Ellis go out fast and battle for the lead before she made her move. With 12 laps to go in the 40-lap race, Gildea caught up to and passed the faltering Zimic, and then worked on closing the gap between herself and Ellis--eventually finishing 14 seconds behind Ellis' AIAW National qualifying time...
...Harvard--there really would be a Harvard Band concert on the Red Line, and that Tommy Murray really would be able to sit in his own little corner of locker room 11, surrounded by cameras, microphones and well-wishers with the silver Beanpot trophy resting firmly on his lap, "probably for a while...
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...
...lovely waterfront site would become just another tax-sheltered retirement haven for the well-to-do." Amid local concern that the plan has more to do with real estate than education, St. Petersburg's planning commission has refused to approve it. That leaves the issue in the lap of the city council, which is expected to decide on March...
When he took the baton, the Crimson foursome faced a half-lap deficit to the Brown team. As 200 spectators rose to their feet amid wild cheering and clapping, Dixon poured it on and passed the Brown anchor man within one quarter of a mile to finish a third of a lap ahead...