Word: swimming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...concerned, the most important day of the season is admissions day at Harvard."--Head Swim Coach Don Gambril...
Last year the Harvard swim team went 5-5, 2-5 in the Eastern League, and experienced its first losing record in League history, losing to Penn. Princeton, Dartmouth, Army, and Yale. The consistent and happy number two Harvard finish had turned into a fight to have a winning season. Harvard was caught being the leisurely country gentleman in a city full of sophisticated hustlers...
Neither Dunster nor Adams occupies an enviable position, both teams having made poor showings this winter. Dunster, for instance, lost all its swim meets and all its basketball games. Adams had only one bright spot in a generally bleak winter, placing first in swimming with an undefeated record...
Although he does not plan to swim competitively this summer, Mitchell plans to be in the water at least once a day. He is hoping to get a summer job as a swim coach in the Philippines, a plan consistent with what Mitchell says is his new attitude toward swimming: "I have a different outlook now, more recreation than hard work and devotion," Mitchell said...
After swamping Army, registering a mild upset over Navy at Annapolis, and losing a tough one-point decision to the Indian's at Hanover, it became evident that the highly-touted freshmen, eligible to swim varsity for the first time this year, were fast becoming Crimson standouts. Rich Baughman, who as the season progressed, became the team's most consistent performer, developed into a strong distance-freestyle man. Tim Neville, who had an outstanding weekend at the Easterns, showed promise in the sprints, while Dave Brumwell scored consistently in the breaststroke...