Word: medals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only after talking about his rowing background for almost 15 minutes does Peter Raymond, first year men's lightweight crew coach, reveal that he's rowed in the Olympics twice (in 1968 and 1972) and won a silver medal...
...forgotten his past feats. But with a natural confidence, he has no need to loudly trumpet his claims to fame. And as he talks, you begin to wonder how much of a claim to fame he regards his silver medal. To him, achievement is only noteworthy if it reflects hard work and dedication. The experience of participation, not the moment of victory, is precious to Raymond...
...pounder missed qualifying for the 200-yd. freestyle by a fraction of a second but finished fifth in the country while the top four Britons went on to capture a bronze medal in the 800 relay in Montreal...
Murphy overcame Byrne and held him off with a 1:51.2 split to finish fourth in the event, while Texas-El Paso was later disqualifed for tripping and Harvard wound up with a bronze medal...
...such race was Saturday's opener, the 1650-yd. freestyle. Crimson sophomore Bobby Hackett, who won a silver medal in the metric equivalent of this event (1500 meters) at the Montreal Olympics, motored to the gold in this grueling race despite being so sick that he required smelling salts at the finish. Hackett's winning time reflected his weakened condition--he went 15:30.37 compared to his personal best...