Word: legging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Princeton aquamen could not pick up a single first in an individual event, and their only first-place points, in the 400-yd. medley relay, came after the Crimson team was disqualified for Jim Carbone's illegal kick on the breaststroke leg...
...last year's dual meet, Hackett had swum within one tenth of a second of his lifetime best in the 100-yd. freestyle, only to lose to the Tigers' O'Hara and Andy Saltzman. In the Eastern Championships of three years past Hackett had swum the anchor leg of the 400-yd. free relay, which in 1978 clinched Princeton's Eastern title. So Hackett had a score to settle, and he was given his chance...
After three legs of the relay, Princeton's Dan Sykes and Harvard's Chappell came to the wall in a dead heat. On the find leg it was Hackett against O'Hara, captain against captain, with only pride at stake. The pair hit the water even and matched each other stroke for stroke for 75 yards. Then the Crimson senior pulled away for a victory he called "excellent, just excellent...
...forms stress grace and fluidity of motion," Merrill said. "They are like a powerful dance. To lift your leg up to a certain height requires control as in ballet, but if you're trying to kick someone in the face, you also need strength...
...civilians, too, among the former captives took hot showers to get ready for the last leg of their historic odyssey: the final flight home. After a reunion with their families in the seclusion of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., the liberated Americans were to be guests of the new Reagan Administration at a subdued ceremony at the White House this week. The families of the eight who died also will be honored...