Word: swimmer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...J.V.s managed to beat their varsity opponents in 11 of the 15 events, but had to wait until the last man of the final relay touched home before they could claim victory. A Tufts swimmer who had started early was disqualified to void what would have been a one-point Jumbo victory...
...performance in January that saw all their times take halfgainers, and it's reached the point now where not only do both squads have individuals nationally ranked in several events, but a look at the top times in the East this year shows a Harvard or Princeton swimmer atop every event...
...women swimmers went to Logan Airport to meet the teams coming in from other countries," said Maura Costin '80, a Harvard swimmer. "We rode with them down to Providence and tried to help them in getting settled for the meet...
Hackett came back indeed. After negative splitting the 200-yd. freestyle (negative split means to swim the second 100 yards in a faster time than the first 100--a difficult task, as any swimmer will tell you), the prodigious freshman got to rest for as long as it took Malcolm Cooper to rocket back and forth across the pool before he swam the 200-yd. Individual Medley. He won that race, beating out Crimson co-captain Duncan Pyle, in the very impressive time...
...highlight of the meet was the long-awaited debut of Olympian Bobby Hackett in a Crimson suit (see profile, page 6). Hackett lived up to his reputation as a world-class swimmer by smashing the pool, meet, and University records in his first event, the 200-yd. freestyle. The freshman from Fordham Prep then returned about two minutes later to whip the field in the 200 Individual Medley...