Word: swum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...before their chairman swum...
...first shock came when Harvard's captain Bob Kaufmann climbed out of the pool after winning the 50-yard freestyle, got back up on the blocks, and took third place in the 200-yard individual medley. Kaufmann had not swum any event that included backstroke since Christmas. It was a carefully guarded secret that he had injured his shoulder, forcing him to give up backstroke or risk permanent injury. Kaumann's unexpected appearance in the I.M. was the first of several monkey wrenches that Crimson coach Bill Brooks threw into the Eli machine...
...coach Moriarity settled back to watch his sure victory, and two thousand screeming sons of Eli were set to enjoy the same. Then Brooks pulled another surprise. Up to the block stepped junior backstroker John Pringle. Pringle had just finished winning the 200-yard backstroke and had not swum the breaststroke all season. But he was one of Harvard's superstars and the crowd tensed...
Krause possesses incredible endurance. Twice this year, he has swum the 200-yard individual medley, the 200-yard butterfly, and the 500-freestyle in a single meet. He captured first place in five of the six events, losing only to teammate Johnny Monk in the butterfly against Princeton...
...shot 'em dead. First, she lopped 3.6 sec. off her 400-meter mark. Then, to the utter astonishment of everybody but herself, she churned through the 1,500 meters in an incredible 17 min. 50.2 sec.-20.9 sec. faster than any other woman has ever swum that distance. Was she proud? Was she pleased? She was disappointed. "I missed what I wanted," she grumped. "I figured on doing 17 min. 50 sec. flat...