Word: pooling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hackett's time obliterated the meet record, surpassed the pool and University records by more than a second, and was the best time ever recorded by a New England swimmer in that event...
...freestyle (negative split means to swim the second 100 yards in a faster time than the first 100--a difficult task, as any swimmer will tell you), the prodigious freshman got to rest for as long as it took Malcolm Cooper to rocket back and forth across the pool before he swam the 200-yd. Individual Medley. He won that race, beating out Crimson co-captain Duncan Pyle, in the very impressive time...
...highlight of the meet was the long-awaited debut of Olympian Bobby Hackett in a Crimson suit (see profile, page 6). Hackett lived up to his reputation as a world-class swimmer by smashing the pool, meet, and University records in his first event, the 200-yd. freestyle. The freshman from Fordham Prep then returned about two minutes later to whip the field in the 200 Individual Medley...
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...
...novelties that the revamping of Harvard's swim program brings to this season--the rookie coach, the beautiful new Olympic-size pool that will be open after Christmas, the different attitude--one face stands out above them...