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...Hackett was not the only Yard resident to shock the Midshipmen and delight the excited IAB crowd. After Harvard's Medley Relay, with two very quick splits from first-year men Tuomo Korola and Julian Mack, had opened the meet by finishing more than four seconds ahead of their counterparts from Annapolis, freshman Englishman Mike Coglin led to a 1-2 sweep of the 1000-yd. freestyle, to give the Crimson a 15-1 advantage...
Crimson mentor Bernal eased the intensity of the Harvard assault by keeping many of his starters dry late in the meet. The one weapon he did unleash was Finnish freshman sensation Tuomo Kerola. Kerola, another Olympian, completed the devastation of the Midshipmen by shattering the pool record in the 200-yd. breaststroke with a lightning-quick time...
...there's smoke, there's fire.CrimsonStephen K. DiehlCrimson co-captain DUNCAN PYLE races to a second-place finish in the 200-yd. individual medley during Saturday's meet with Navy. Pyle and his mates erased bitter memories of last year's 71-42 defeat at the hands of the Midshipmen by cruising to a 72-41 victory. They resume their schedule next Saturday with a clash against Army at West Point...
...that magnificent sports edifice, the IAB, which once was the home of Theodore Roosevelt; (I don't understand that either.) The women's swimming team will open its home season against Boston University. At 2 p.m. the men will take the water and try to sink Navy. However, the Midshipmen will be well-equipped this season--each swimmer has his own nuclear submarine and missiles with long-range capabilities. This should prove to be one of the Crimson's toughest battles this year...
...that the issue is, well, academic. Since the three service academies first admitted women in early 1976, only one woman has resigned-from the Air Force Academy-because she was expecting a baby. Two men quit the Naval Academy this year to marry their pregnant fiancees-who were not midshipmen. (The Navy has yet to adopt the term midshipwoman for the distaff side...