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When you think back over the season, don't forget about Janie Smith, a swimmer who lived up to Stephanie Walsh's characterization of "sprint everything." The fifty free, 100 free, 100 IM, even the 200 free, she swam everything, and swam it well. The highlight of her season was definitely her brilliant victory in the Ivies 100 IM, in which she out-dueled Princeton's Ann Habernigg...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: The Final Shower | 3/13/1980 | See Source »

...event progresses, Daniel remains quiet except to comment on the pace or a swimmer's stroke. Occasionally he will tap his pencil against his notebook before predicting--accurately--the eventual winner...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Kidding Around With Men's Swimming | 2/27/1980 | See Source »

Daniel's main concern lies with the entire squad, which he describes as "naturally zany during meets," and he can rattle off the best times of almost every swimmer...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Kidding Around With Men's Swimming | 2/27/1980 | See Source »

Still, Daniel makes no attempt to hide that his favorite swimmer is Geoff Seelen, whose older brother John introduced Daniel to Harvard swimming back in 1974. Then, as the bespectacled tyke explains, "Once I got going I never stopped coming...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Kidding Around With Men's Swimming | 2/27/1980 | See Source »

...instance, in one of the outstanding contests of the entire meet, the 1650-yd. freestyle, Harvard's Maureen Gildea was, based on previous times, the first seed, but Bruin swimmers occupied five of the other 11 places. No other Harvard swimmer was among...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Aquawomen Finish Third at Ivies | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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