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...more gracefully. Some muttered that the Germans' particular star, Kornelia Ender, resembled a man, though she did not look like a man to men, certainly not to Roland Mathes, who married her. He was the G.D.R.'s top male swimmer, and a friendship between Mathes and John Naber, the best American, was evident. "We were on a similar quest," Naber said. "The thing that makes friends is a shared experience. The best of that is a mutual respect...
...Greece, neglecting to consider who pays for pools and stadiums in use two weeks every four years. "Treat it like a sanctuary, as they did in Olympia," Diver Greg Louganis urges. "It was the Greek's form of worship. Why not bring it back as that?" But John Naber disagrees: "The Games are a social and cultural exchange, a big party. You don't want the party to be held in the same home every time...
...simply couldn't build a better pool for competition," University of Southern California swimmer John Naber said after setting three American records in the 1977 NCAA's. "They should have this meet here all the time," he added...
...Harvard point total came from one source: Tom Wolf. The Crimson backstroker finished seventh in the 200-yard competition with a time of 1:49.75. Wolf grabbed seventh place by winning the consolation heat after Naber and five other swimmers determined the first half-dozen places...
Individually, Naber set two NCAA marks when he won the 100-yard backstroke for the fourth consecutive year and when he took his tenth individual title in NCAA competition...