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Back in England, Coglin's coach selected the 1500-yd. freestyle as the outstanding 1976 Olympic race and impressed upon his charges silver-medalist Hackett's outstanding stamina and kick...
...Three years ago at a Martini and Rossi international competition in New York I came up against the world champion and 1976 Olympic gold medalist, Frenchman Christian Noel. I was expecting to be razzle-dazzled but he fenced very simply. His execution of basic moves was perfect. In the finals he was doing the same things, very basic, simple attacks that were very cleverly...
Sophomore duo Dan Menichella and Campari Knoepffler then offset the solid performance of Tiger silver medalist Bill Specht in the 200 butterfly by churning to eighth and ninth, respectively, setting the stage for the final two events...
...chief reason is probably sophomore sensation Hackett. As a freshman, all the Olympic silver medalist from Yonkers, N.Y., did was set an American record in the 1000-yd. freestyle, establish four University records, win three individual events (all in record time) at Eastern to finish as the meet's high point scorer, and cap it all off by making the finals in three events at NCAA's in Long Beach--one of them a classic head-to-head bout with All-World UCLA freshman Brian Goodell in the 1650-yd. free, which Hackett just barely lost...
...Olympic silver - medalist Bobby Hackett will not win the Head of the Charles...