Word: pools
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was a meet record, a pool record, and a national championship qualifier in virtually every event. There was a host of shaved heads and a packed house of screaming fans. And when the first night of Eastern Seaboard Swimming and Diving Championships at Blodgett Pool ended last night, there was the Harvard swim team, holding a commanding 183-143 lead over Princeton and threatening to break the Tigers' six-year grip on the prestigious Eastern title...
...meet began auspiciously enough with Crimson sophomore hero Bobby Hackett smashing his own pool record in yesterday afternoon's preliminaries of the first event, the 500 yd. freestyle. Hackett--cool, confident, unshaven, and wearing two suits--returned in the evening to cruise to an easy gold medal in 4:26.78, three full seconds under the NCAA Championship meet qualifying time in the 500, but two seconds off his meet record pace of one year ago (the only time all night when the meet record was not bettered). "I felt really strong," said the Yonkers flash afterwards. "I just wanted...
Senior stud and spring specialist Malcolm F.S. Cooper gave the Crimson its third gold medal, third pool record, and third national qualifier in three events by blasting off the blocks and motoring to a 20.67 clocking in the 50 freestyle. Powerful sophomore Julian Mack complemented Cooper's effort by overcoming a weak start to nail down the bronze medal...
Today is the day the Eastern Seaboard Championships begin at Blodgett Pool. By Saturday evening, the question of who is the best swimming team in this part of the country will be answered...
...swimmers and the psychological edge gained from the outcome of the mid-season clash, the Crimson have got to be the favorites this weekend. The incentive to be gained from the fact that this would be Harvard's first ever Eastern Seaboard crown, and the friendly confines of Blodgett Pool are both definite advantages on the Harvard side...