Word: relays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Princeton freshman speedboat Andy O'Hara outsprinted Harvard's sensational Bobby Hackett in the anchor leg of the 800-yd. freestyle relay to give the Tigers their sixth straight Eastern Seaboard swimming and diving championship here at the Brown Swim Center Saturday night...
...Hara, the standout first-year man from the Peddie (N.J.) School, who had beaten Hackett in the anchor leg of the 800-yd. freestyle relay here on Friday night, jumped out ahead of the best performer in Harvard swimming history at the start of their pressure-packed duel. He never relinquished his scant lead, as Princeton won the relay and the meet by just three-tenths of a second...
...Tigers turned in the performance of the evening, if not the meet, in the 800-yd. freestyle relay. The Princeton foursome of Tim Sullivan, Howard Nelson, Andy Saltzman and Andy O'Hara obliterated the meet record set by last year's Princeton squad by more than eight full seconds as they sailed to victory in 6:41.68. Harvard's team of Malcolm Cooper, Mack, Coglin and Hackett, the favorites in the event, bettered the meet record by a full five seconds themselves en route to finishing second in 6:44.05. Much to everyone's surprise, Princeton's sky-high...
...inspired victory in the two-mile relay carried the Harvard women's indoor track and field team to a surprisingly tough 52-48 triumph over a scrappy Yale team yesterday in New Haven...
...captain Sarah Linsley and runner Sherri Roberts, Harvard over-whelmed Yale by 30 seconds and overcame a slim 48-47 lead which Yale had gained in the one-mile relay...