Word: ulen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Coach Hal Ulen's "Poor Man's Champions"--the Crimson swimmers--open their annual campaign for possession of second place in the Eastern League at 2:00 p.m. today at Springfield. The meet, a non-League affair, is the first on a ten-meet schedule...
...Ulen expresses some doubt about the team's ability to repeat this showing for 1952-53, and some grave worries about the opening meet with the Maroons. Springfield's 20-yard pool--five yards shorter than the pool here--combined with the fact that Springfield has two finalist from last year's National Swimming Competitions, make this what Ulen terms "an unusually tough opening meet...
Breast-stroker Bill Yorck is a potential 15-point man, in the breast, 220, and 440 yard freestyle events. Sophomore John Mayers, a National finalist at the backstroke, will, according to Ulen, give back-stroker Don Mulvey "some trouble...
...third doubles most of the time, and lost only three matches in both positions. His doubles partner, Don Bossart, did even better playing sixth singles; Bossart lost only one doubles and one singles match all year, both to tennis-loaded Princeton. Barnaby now knows how swimming coach Hal Ulen feels about always being bridesmaid to the best team in the East...
...Ulen's swimmers had just squeaked through in the Eastern Intercollegiate meet to edge Princeton by one point for second place in the mythical team championships. "Take Don Mulvey, a little fellow," Ulen continued. "He's light and he was tired and slowed up in the back stroke trials. When the medley relay came along, I told him he could do better and he did, although it almost killed him And Ken Emerson. You know he swam five times today--and got better and better. They all deserve a few days' rest before training for the Nationals in two weeks...