Word: medals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meet began auspiciously enough with Crimson sophomore hero Bobby Hackett smashing his own pool record in yesterday afternoon's preliminaries of the first event, the 500 yd. freestyle. Hackett--cool, confident, unshaven, and wearing two suits--returned in the evening to cruise to an easy gold medal in 4:26.78, three full seconds under the NCAA Championship meet qualifying time in the 500, but two seconds off his meet record pace of one year ago (the only time all night when the meet record was not bettered). "I felt really strong," said the Yonkers flash afterwards. "I just wanted...
Senior stud and spring specialist Malcolm F.S. Cooper gave the Crimson its third gold medal, third pool record, and third national qualifier in three events by blasting off the blocks and motoring to a 20.67 clocking in the 50 freestyle. Powerful sophomore Julian Mack complemented Cooper's effort by overcoming a weak start to nail down the bronze medal...
...road or at home with his wife Beth, Thomas insists on two-hour workouts three times a day, an exhausting regimen he has followed for six years. Last October, he became the first American male in 46 years to win an international gymnastic event, capturing the gold medal in the floor exercise at the World Games in Strasbourg, France...
...meet against Southern Illinois, Heidi Spoden, 14, clutched his freshly signed autograph and said, "I like him 'cause he's cute, and he's good, and he's so sure of himself in everything. He has it all." Not quite. There is still that gold medal to be won in Moscow...
...only way I could really deter and stop the flow of questioning was to show a commitment to death," remembers Stockdale. "I don't think that I intended to die, but I intended to make them think that I was ready to die." That act earned him the Medal of Honor...