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Princeton narrowed Harvard's lead to 15 points, 369-354, but lost a golden opportunity to enter the final day trailing by only three when the Crimson pulled off a stunning "upset" in last evening's final event, the 800-yd. freestyle relay...
Princeton, with its four 200-yd. freestyle finalists, seemed unbeatable in the distance relay, but Harvard's Bobby Hackett grabbed a five-yard lead on the opening leg and his teammates (Julian Mack, Jack Gauthier and Mike Coglin) staved off a late Princeton challenge to win by the slimmest of margins, 6:41.84 to 6:41.87. Both teams' performances qualified them for the NCAA meet March 22-24 in Cleveland. [Related story at right...
Because of the Tigers' awesome showing in the 200, it appeared impossible that anyone would touch them in the day's final event, the 800-yd. freestyle relay. No other team had placed more than two swimmers in the top sixteen in the 200, and Princeton had four of the top eight...
Seelen's act didn't end there, however. The budding superstar demonstrated the value of his thrice weekly trips all summer from Cape Cod to Cambridge to train with Crimson coach Joe Bernal by leading off Harvard's medley relay with a 51.56 split for 100 yards backstroke. The sterling sophomore thereby qualified for that event at NCAAs...
Princeton, who fell behind by 48 points after failing to score in the diving, recovered to win the thrilling medley relay, the evening's final event. Harvard finished third in the event (behind the Tigers and Army) on the strength of strong legs by Seelen and Mack (45.33 split for his 100 free anchor...