Word: plunkett
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nobel laureates, eleven National Medal of Science recipients, eight MacArthur Foundation Fellows and six Pulitzer prizewinners. Stanford students have won 59 Rhodes Scholarships and 27 Marshall Scholarships. Among the university's illustrious alumni are Supreme Court Justices William Rehnquist, Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor; Football Stars Jim Plunkett and John Elway; Astronaut Sally Ride; TV Commentator Ted Koppel and -- would you believe? -- Harvard President Derek...
Harvard dominated the Quakers, 141-57, in its last home meet of the year as Plunkett swam in every event to continue the Crimson's nine-year freshman ironman tradition in front of 100 spectators at Blodgett Pool...
...past nine years, the Crimson's upperclassmen have selected one freshman to swim in every event. Because NCAA rules allow individuals to compete in only three events, Plunkett swam the other eight races unofficially. In addition, during the diving competition, Plunkett was required to swim three 500-yard splits in under six minutes each...
...really honored they selected me as this year's ironman," Plunkett said after being carried off in a stretcher when the meet finally ended. "This was by far the hardest workout ever...
Harvard Coach Joe Bernal said Plunkett's performance "added a nice touch to a meet that could have been more lackadaisical in approach...