Word: raikula
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...another experiment designed to pay its dividends later during the championship season, Bernal entered freshman ace Ron Raikula in three consecutive events--the 200 backstroke, 500 freestyle and 200 breaststroke. "My event is the 400 individual medley, which isn't swum in dual meets," Raikula said afterward. "Swimming that triple with almost no rest creates a good simulation of the stress encountered during...
...captain Cooper's winning times, 21.24 in the 50-yd. freestyle and 46.79 for 100 yards, were simply incredible for this time of year. Equally spectacular were the performances of Yardlings Ron Raikula and Tim Maximoff who followed last week's flashy debut at Blodgett with victories in the 200 back (1:54) and 500 freestyle (4:43), respectively...
...Crimson have the Big Dipper in distance, it has the moon in sprint man Malcolm Cooper. All-American last year, Cooper has begun the season with the kind of fabulous start that characterizes his races--a blazing pool record 21.10 in Saturday's 50-yd. free. Freshman Ron Raikula, who, like Maximoff, capped a brilliant high school All-American career by making the finals at AAU nationals this year, matched Cooper's record with one of his own in the 200-yd. backstroke (1:53.77). Sophomore backstroke Geoff Seelen, and top-notch divers Steve Schramm and Jamie Greacen further highlight...
While this year's yardling group contains no one of Olympic shark Bobby Hackett's stature, newcomers Ron Raikula and Tim Maximoff qualify for at least dolphin status...
...Raikula's eighth-place finish in August's National AAU 400-meter Individual Medley championship earned him the 16th position in the 1978 world rankings and a position on the United States squad which traveled to Montreal for a dual meet with the Canadian national team two weeks later...