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Like the Columbia meet, the outcome of Saturday's contest was decided early on. Harvard won the medley relay and swept the 1650 and 200 freestyles to make the score 23-2. The rest of the meet amounted to the two coaches attempting to match their personnel, creating close races to stimulate fast times...
...Hancock was one beneficiary of this strategy. He outdueled Navy's Joe Heil for third in the 1650 free (16:51 to 16:59), and later pulled away from the Mid-shipman in the last 100 yards of the 500-yd. free to chalk up his career first dual meet victory. Heil had beaten Hancock by tenths of seconds in both events at last years Easterns...
Medleyist Andy Lockman survived a grueling triple during the middle of the meet, scoring seven points in the process. Lockman won the 200-yd. butterfly, rested during the 100-yd. free, then placed third back-to-back in the 200-yd. breaststroke and the 500-yd. freestyle...
...always, diving was a Crimson strongpoint. Senior ace Steve Schramm assured himself of a place in the March NCAA qualifying meet by winning the one-meter event with 300 points, his second consecutive total over the 290-point entry standard...
Despite the lopsided score and a few pleasant surprises, the meet did little to dispel the doubts that linger around Harvard's chances in many of the events...