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Word: swum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hint of the success which he enjoys in his specialties is given by such salient facts as those showing that he has tied the world's record in the 100 yard free style at 51 seconds, swum the 220 in two minutes and nine seconds, which is excellent time in any man's league, and has been anchor man on a 400 yard relay team which is expected to break the world's record in the Eastern Intercollegiates, if not before...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 3/12/1942 | See Source »

...cost of some $6,000), Nadadora Lenk and five of South America's flashiest male swimmers will compete in eleven U.S. meets, will show U.S. rivals what to expect when, and if the Pan-American Games are held at Buenos Aires beginning next November. Miss Lenk has swum 200 meters in 2 min. 56 sec., 400 meters in 6 min. 15.8 sec. Best breaststroke time chalked up by a U.S. girl: 3:14.8 for 200 meters, 6:44.6 for 400 meters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Nadadora | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

Easily the best race of the evening was swum by "Big John" Eusden in the 50 yard free style. Eusden turned in a time of 24.8 seconds, which represents a great improvement on the 50 yard race that he swam last Saturday night against the Alumni...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: VARSITY MERMENSWAMP BOILERMAKERS 52 TO 23 | 12/18/1941 | See Source »

...Italian troops, harried from position to position by the British all spring, were a mixed lot to look at. There were aviators who had not felt a joy stick for months, sailors who had swum ashore from battered battlecraft, Alpini swinging their mountain picks, Bersaglieri with un-cocky cock feathers on their steel helmets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, SOUTHERN THEATER: Aosta on Alag? | 6/2/1941 | See Source »

...captains are stars in their fields. Burditt, who is also chairman of the Freshman Committee of Phillips Brooks House, has scored 83 points in eight games from his position as center and Eusden has won six and placed second in three of the 10 races he has swum. His specialities are the 50 and 100 yard free-style races. This is his first year of competitive swimming...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1944 PICKS MERMEN, HOOPSTER CHIEFS | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

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