Word: marking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Northeastern, which beat California in a morning quarterfinal by 3.8 seconds, presented a much greater challenge for the Crimson, the regatta's defending champions. But aided by a strong tailwind, Harvard gradually pulled ahead of the Huskies--leading by one-quarter length at the 500-meter mark, onehalf length by the 1000-meter mark and three-quarters of a length with 500 meters...
Taken aback, but not overwhelmed, as the Black and White overcame an early deficit to pull ahead of Princeton by about two seats at the 500-meter mark and increased its lead to a full boat length at the halfway point of the race...
Whitten's record is almost four seconds faster than the previous mark set last year and nine seconds faster than the U.S. record set in 1987 by San Diego's Doug Markusic...
...Whitten, swimming in the 40-44 age group, set the global mark in the 50-meter backstroke with a time of 29.94. That record still stands...
...meter mark, my time was not what I usually expect, but I was fresh as when I started," Whitten says...