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Word: swum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Havens, also of U.S.C., set a spectacular record in the last leg of the 400 yard freestyle relay. He swam the last hundred yards in 44.8 seconds, the first time anybody in history has ever swum a hundred yards under 45 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schollander Loses in 200; Mark in Freestyle Broken | 3/25/1967 | See Source »

...Corris astounded the crowd by holding onto the lead he had taken in the breaststroke leg of the 200-yard individual medley to defeat Princeton's previously invincible Kris Brown. Corris's time, 2:04.6 was 2.4 seconds faster than he and ever swum the distance before. Brown was luckier in then 500-yard freestyle, his specialty. He moved out in the last lap and won in 5:07.7, pulling Harvard's Pete Adams to a 5:08 time, the fast-improving sophomore's best time to date...

Author: By John A. Herfort, | Title: Princeton Swimmers Stop Harvard, Break Pool Records in Two Relays | 2/21/1966 | See Source »

Wigo could also be a threat in the 200-yard individual medley which he has swum in 2:09. But if Brooks uses breastroker Bob Corris who has done 2:06, ago could lose about ten yards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers to Face Penn; Win Expected | 2/2/1966 | See Source »

...tung likes to swim, and every year millions of Chinese are urged to emulate him. Mao several times has swum the Yangtze, so last spring, 20,000 people made a mass crossing of the same river. In fact, reports the magazine China's Sport, swimming has become an "activity involving millions of all ages, and it has served as a call to hundreds of thousands to forgo swimming pools and take the plunge into the natural and rougher waters of China's many rivers and lakes as well as the open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Red China: A Sport with Purpose | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

...Fall marathon, South House decated North House and East House, the Cliffle's perennial powerhouse, with a total of 1581 laps swum in eight days. East came back this semester with 108 more laps in three fewer days...

Author: By Carol E. Fredlund, | Title: Cliffies Churn 38 Miles; East Mermaids Win | 4/21/1965 | See Source »

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