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...chill bumps and tears in your eyes," said Cindi McCollough, 31, a swimming coach for the Georgia team who had taken time off from work to make the trip. As she spoke, a slightly confused swimmer began to splash through a third lap of a two-lap, 50-meter freestyle race; a coach, fully clothed, dived in to bring him back. It was a funny moment, and everyone laughed. Good manners tell you, of course, that you do not laugh at a mentally handicapped person's blunder. But this, it was clear, was different. The laughter was friendly, and letting...
Normally a backstroker, Seelen was called upon to help the team's relative weakness in the freestyle sprints (particularly the 50) and responded to the challenge by nipping teammate Jim Carbone and Columbia's Scaturoo in the two-lap event...
...freestyle is another example of the Crimson's awesome power. Bobby Hackett could give everyone a two-lap head start and still win at Easterns. Tim Maximoff and Mike Coglin (second and eighth last year, respectively) return, and Countryman's time Sunday in an exhibition meet against a Canadian club team (16:00.71) would have earned him sixth place a year...
Senior co-captain Malcolm Cooper grabbed 11th in the 50 free last year and this week, as three-time qualifier, will be among the most experienced competitors in the field. This valuable seasoning is perhaps more critical in the "don't blink or you'll miss it" two-lap sprint than in any other event...
Another of Harvard's rotary-engine freshmen, Julian Mack, took a somewhat disappointing ninth in that event. Mack, who has been a steady winner for the Crimson all season, was hoping to make the finals in this two-lap, start and turn contest, the most unpredictable of events...