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Finishing second to Coan in the fifty was Kris Kirchner of Texas in 19.95, followed by Rowdy Gaines of Auburn. Gaines led the Eagles with two individual sprint victories in the 100-yd. and 200-yd. freestyle, both American records...
...Goodell, there are no clear-cut favorites in any event. Arvidsson will face stiff challenges in both butterflies (probably from Florida's Craig Beardsley and Grant Ostlund), and the backstroke events are wide open. Auburn's Rowdy Gaines and Tennessee's Andy Coan both could win all of the sprint freestyles...
...After my sprint through the desks, from Culture to National, from Foreign to Financial, I'd settle down with my morning crossword puzzle until the first batch of copy came my way. There was never time to read the paper the way I'd like; inevitably, someone would interrupt me as I neared the Op-Ed page. Like a Pavlovian dog, an early morning editor would yell "Copy!" at the top of his lungs. This didn't mean he wanted a piece of copy, or a copy made of some article. Instead he wanted me, Joe Copy...
When you think back over the season, don't forget about Janie Smith, a swimmer who lived up to Stephanie Walsh's characterization of "sprint everything." The fifty free, 100 free, 100 IM, even the 200 free, she swam everything, and swam it well. The highlight of her season was definitely her brilliant victory in the Ivies 100 IM, in which she out-dueled Princeton's Ann Habernigg...
...meters is Heiden's weakest event. Five days before the Olympics opened, he lost the first heat of the world sprint championships to U.S. Teammate Dan Immerfall, an upset that left Immerfall mildly dazzled and Heiden, oddly enough, relieved. "The defeat took some of the pressure off," said Heiden. "I could relax a little...