Word: munk
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Krause, who holds the Harvard 1000-yard freestyle record, does not ordinarily swim the 200-yard butterfly; but coach William J. Brooks decided to use him in that spot along with John Munk and to have Munk swim the 1000-yard freestyle. The strategy paid off halfway as Krause and Munk swept the butterfly, although Munk finished second in the freestyle...
Harvard managed to sweep two events, however. In the 500-ward free, Dave Powlison finished second to Krause, while Johnny Munk and Captain Marty Chalfie captured the top two spots in the 200-yard butterfly. The fly brought the Crimson within seven points of the Cadets, but Army swept the next two events to eliminate their opponents...
Sophomore Toby Gerhart grabbed a first in the 200 yard freestyle to complete Harvard's sweep of first places in the five freestyle distances. Another sophomore, Dave Powlison, was the winner in the 200 yard individual medley. Harvard's other victor was sophomore Johnny Munk in the 200 meter butterfly, with captain Marty Chalfie netting a third...
Coach Bill Brooks expects six sophomores to be major factors in the team's success. Steve Krausse, a regular winner last year, will swim in the distance freestyle events, and Johnny Munk will perform as a butterfly man. Toby Gerhart and Dave Powlison are both solid freestylers, and Mike Cahalan in the sprints and Steve Baumgart in the breaststroke also show great promise...
Cahalan swam within .2 seconds of the freshman record in the 50-free to tie an Eli for first. For Munk, however, a Harvard record time of 1:57.3 in the 200-fly, was not good enough. He was edged out in the last part of the race by Yale's Paul Katz who broke a national freshman record with a 1:57.1. Still the Yardlings lost to the Elis...