Word: mule
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...demonstrates the mental control required to compete with the best. Nearly everyone who qualifies for the big meets can complete the dives with the requisite amount of skill and finesse, but those who do it, dive after dive, with the pressure mounting, are the ones who win consistently," Jeff Mule, Harvard's number one diver, said recently...
...recent weeks, the talented sophomore has proven himself capable when the battle of nerves rages around him. After cruising through the dual meet season with a combined total of just four losses from both the high and low boards. Mule stole the show at the Easterns at Dartmouth the first weekend in March...
After what he labeled "a disappointing showing" off the 1-meter board--second place to Cornell's John Krakora--Mule fought off all challengers by executing a forward one and one-half somersault with three twists on his final dive of the 3-meter contest to secure first place...
When a momentary lapse forced him out of the top four and into seventh place during the 3-meter event, the levelheaded Mule turned once again to his "triple twister," which registers a 2.8 degree of difficulty out of a possible 3.0, and climbed back into the money with a cool and precise execution of that dive, a new addition to his ever-expanding bag of tricks...
Locking up fourth from both boards, Mule earned a trip to the 1981 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, scheduled for March 26-28, where he will compete with the 40 top divers in the country...