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...Downey swam in four events and copped first place finishes in all of them. Downey bested her Dartmouth foe by three seconds in the 50-yard backstroke, and set a new team record of 26.76 seconds for the 50-yard freestyle. She won the 100-yard freestyle with a respectable time of 57.41 seconds...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Green Tops Aquawomen, 64-58, Despite Downey's Performance | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...biggest challenge for Downey came in the 400-yard freestyle relay, in which she swam the last leg. The relay team of Murphy, Sue Vassallo, Sue Sawyer and Downey was behind before Downey swam the last lap in 56.5 seconds, almost a second better than her performance in the individual 100-yard freestyle...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Green Tops Aquawomen, 64-58, Despite Downey's Performance | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

Captain Maureen Murphy provided some inspiration for the team by taking first places in the 200-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle, which she swam in 6:16.85, her best time...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Green Tops Aquawomen, 64-58, Despite Downey's Performance | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...looked pretty bad in the beginning of the meet. We were a little stale because we hadn't swum in a meet since December," coach Stephanie Johnson said yesterday. "Towards the end of the meet we swam well...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Green Tops Aquawomen, 64-58, Despite Downey's Performance | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...desperately attempted to rescue the trapped girl, without success. Convinced she was dead, the three decided to "stone-wall" the accident: they would tell the people at the party that Mary Jo had left by herself to take the Edgartown ferry. Gargan and Markham returned to the cottage, Kennedy swam to Edgartown. In the morning, if all went as planned, they would contact the police and explain that Mary Jo was missing. When she was discovered in the submerged car, it would appear that Kopechne had wandered--lost--from the Main Road to her death...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: ...In the Driver's Seat | 1/13/1976 | See Source »

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