Word: swimmers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much can be done to boost an athlete's performance that some are tempted to do too much. It is one thing for a swimmer to shave all the hair off his body to make an infinitesimal change in the resistance he offers to the water; it is something else again for "bennies," "dexies" and other assorted pep pills to pile up on the locker-room shelf. Almost inevitably, the International Olympic Committee announced that before the 1968 games in Mexico City all athletes will be carefully checked lest they use any stimulating dope...
...junior year, the Providence, R.I. swimmer was named to the All-American squad after winning both breaststroke races at the Eastern Championships. Corris also compiled 20 straight victories in the 200 before he was sidelined by mononucleosis midway through this season...
Corris is the third swimmer to win the Bingham Award since it was established in 1954. Last year's recipient was track captain Tony Lynch. The Burr Scholarship for 1966 went to basketball captain Barry Williams...
...renowned man-of-the-people Olympic swimmer has made it big this month in the Square, where his personality posters have outsold those of the matinee idols...
...STAR-SPANGLED GIRL. Two earnest, impoverished and slightly manic intellectuals (Anthony Perkins and Richard Benjamin) are brought to their knees by an All-American girl swimmer (Connie Stevens) who has muscles in her head as well as her arms. While the whip of wit does not crack as in Neil Simon's past hits, he remains an agile jokemaster in the Broadway ring...