Word: sprinters
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There was one bright spot for the Crimson, however, Freshman sprinter Tim Neville, who came into his own at the Easterns two weeks ago, set a new University record in the qualifying time trials for the 50-yd, freestyle. Pitted against Tennessee's Dave Edgar, rated the "fastest human afloat," Neville posted a very fast time of 21.250, missing the consolations by a mere .017 seconds...
...time eclipsed the former standard of 21.4 held jointly by Neville and last year's captain Mike Cahalan, and establishes Neville as the fastest sprinter in Harvard's history after only one year of varsity competition...
John Quirk, who had qualified for the finals in the mile, did not place in the race, and teammate Mark Connoly was eliminated in an earlier heat when he suffered a foot injury as a result of a push on a turn. Sprinter Baylee Reid did not survive the heats in the always tough 60-yd. dash...
...grind in February, is training through this meet as he did last week against Brown. The experiments with swimmers in "off" events will continue as well. Dave Brum well, primarily a breast stroke and individual medley specialist, will probably swim the 200 yd. free and 200 yd. back, while sprinter Tim Neville will move...
...were the clutch performances by some of the other swimmers. "When you win a meet by only one point, you've got to have a lot of key performances," said Harvard head coach Don Gambril. He cited as proof Tim Neville's win over Rex Hand, Navy's best sprinter, in the 50-free, Dave Brumwell's win in the 200-fly, and Tim Chetin's two thirds in the individual medley and breastroke...