Word: swim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...improved Harvard women's swim team is breathing fire and ready to take on the last major obstacle between itself and its first-ever Ivy League title...
Janice Sweetser also had a strong meet, despite having to swim four tough events. Sweetser won the 200 freestyle and finished third in both the 100 and 500 freestyle events, in addition to leading off the 400 free relay...
...Crimson showing might have been even stronger, were it not for the absence of six team members, who were sidelined by illness and exams. Most notably absent was yardling standout Lani Nelson, who was briefly hospitalized early last week due to dehydration and remained too weak to swim...
Although the aquawomen won by thirty points, the score could have been even more lopsided. By placing Crimson swimmers in different events and having many of them swim for exhibition only, Coach Maura Costin managed to keep the score respectable...
Costin remained optimistic about Friday's meet, noting that "one of the reasons for scheduling such strong competition is to challenge ourselves to swim to the best of our ability. With the exception of Brown, the teams that we are facing this weekend are tougher than any we have faced to date. I hope our intensity will be equally strong...