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Louis Ostolozaga of Manhattan College led most of the race while Dixon held to the back of the pack. The splendid sprinter then made his move with two laps to go, accelerating past Ostolozaga and the cream of the East coast's middle distance crop. Dixon broke the tape in the equivalent of a four minute mile...
...Yale duo of Helen Hyde and Sue Doten might also prove unassailable in the breaststroke events, unless Crimson freshman Susan Kim can slip between them in the 50-yard contest. "New Wave" Kim, a precocious sprinter who dons Devo glasses and a gold lame vest before her races, could also place in the 100-yard individual medley...
...changes will have to be made before it can compete on Princeton's level, or generate the amount of respect necessary to earn a following. First, the team will have to address the alarming attition rate that plagues it annually. Ivy League superstar Norma Barton and sprinter Janle Smith are just two of the multi-talented swimmers who hung up their goggles this year to explore what Harvard has to offer outside of Blodgett. And, as the shamefully unupdated record board indicates, there are a number of former greats like Liz Kelley and Sherry Lubbers still wandering around the campus...
...Sprinter Karen Blount ran her finest race ever, salvaging second place in the 220 with a personal best of 27:3 seconds. After the meet, a happy Blount reflected on the motivation for her performance: "We needed it, we had to have it to win, so I just went out and did it. I still can't believe I did it, but it sure feels good to win a meet like that...
This being Dartmouth's first meet, coach Vicki Hays did not know how close the meet would be, and thus had to swim sick regulars like Terri Frick, Kathy Davis and Maureen Gildea. Only the very ill, like freshman sensation Debbie Zimic and sprinter Vicki Cirillo, were excused from competition but their absence apparently did not hurt the Crimson, as Harvard managed to capture first place in all but two individual events...