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...first event was even more successful in terms of points for the Crimson than the final one. Ron Raikula, Mike Coglin and Tim Maximoff all put together strong finishing legs in the 400-yd. individual medley to finish first, second and fourth, respectively. Raikula, who ranked among the top twenty in the world in the metric equivalent of this event this past summer, said afterwards, "After the butterfly, I though I was out of it. Then, on the fourth leg of breaststroke, I looked over and was surprised to see that no one was really ahead...
While it is true that Harvard has more potential first-place finishers than any other team in the meet (Bobby Hackett in his events and Ron Raikula in the 200 backstroke are considered practical shoo-ins), Farley seems to underestimate his own team's strength...
Freshman Ron Raikula and Tim Maximoff each set pool records Saturday, and each established himself as the man to beat in their respective events (the 200 backstroke and the 400 Individual Medley) at the Easterns. Raikula's 1:52.69 and Maximoff's 4:06.48 both rank among this year's national best times...
...Harvard (Ron Raikula, Tom Royal, Jack Gauthier, Malcolm Cooper...
...Raikula (H) 1:52.69; 2. Bourcelot (Y) 1:58.99; 3. Langborn...