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...then, there was Bob Hrabchak. The freshman from Watertown, N.Y., entered every event in Saturday's meet unofficially to win the year's "Iron Man" award. In completing the marathon, the yardling swam a total of 5850 yards, including six 500 freestyles to stay loose during the two diving breaks. "One of the hardest things about it," Hrabchack said yesterday, "was getting used to being beaten all the time...
...diversified training practices. Harvard's swimmers practice all four strokes--breast, free, back, and butterfly--and swim them over both long and short distances, which has enabled the team thus far to compensate for the loss of several key players, Shelby, Zimic, Cary Mazzome and Gwen Gorman all swam in events for the first time, placing first (500-yd. free), first (200 IM), second (100 IM), and fourth (50 back) respectively...
...jumped out to an early lead, winning five out of the first six events, but Harvard managed to stay close, due to the gutsy performance of long-distance freestyler Shelby Calvert. The junior from the Marshal Islands--who recently transferred from West Point--swam back-to-back races, placing first in the 1000-yd. free (10:46) and second in the 200-yd. freestyle by a scant four seconds. Ironwoman Calvert later won the 500 free in 5:13 as Harvard dominated the long-distance events...
...NOTEBOOK: The Harvard Band showed up en masse for the Brown contest yesterday. They soon sensed things were not going well for the aquamen and began playing the theme from "laws" as the Bruins swam towards to Harvard goal...On the other side of the pool Bruin goalie Pat Harrington played with a bandaged broken finger on his left hand...
...hang around the wet-haired female denizens of Blodgett Pool--the Harvard women's swim team--long enough, you might hear them saying unusual things like, "Today we swam to New York City!" or, "Today we swam all the way to Reno, Nevada!" Don't be too perturbed; the women are just discussing their novel fund-raising approach for the upcoming winter trip to California. The 30-member squad has decided to collectively swim 3000 miles over the next four weeks--approximately the distance between Boston and Los Angeles. According to co-captain MAUREEN GILDEA, this breaks down to about...