Word: yarding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sophomore John Gillis produced a strong finishing burst to hold off B.C.'s Mark Murray for the victory in the Eddie Farrell 500-yard run. Chunky Jon Enscoe hung back in second place for most of the collegiate mile race before unleashing a blistering kick with a lap and a half remaining for a ten-yard margin at the wire. An uneven pace accounted for the relatively slow time of 4:15.3 despite Enscoe's strong last quarter of 61.5 seconds...
Yardlings Bud Wilson, Bob Seals, John Keating, and Jim Davis combined forces for a five-yard victory in the Freshman Mile Relay while the varsity foursome of Gillis, Tom Downer, Ben Lounsbury, and Ed Dugger were edged by Rutgers at the finish of their mile relay race...
Despite Harvard's overwhelming win, three races were exciting. In the 200-yard butterfly, Columbia's Bruce Gastel trailed the Crimson's Kirk Dolby through the first 170 yards, but pulled even near the finish, barely touching out Dolby to win. Both turned in a time...
...yard breaststroke, Harvard's John Bragg and Mike Cahalan were swimming third and fourth. But first Bragg, then Cahalan, passed Columbia's Mick Mytkowicz to finish second and third, with Bragg barely losing to Steve Schlaihauf. Tony Gerhart and Dave Powlison gave Lane a great battle in the 100-free, as the Lion star won in 49.5, a victory by only 0.2 seconds...
...Crimson's outstanding Steve Krause won the 500-free by a margin of over two minutes in 5:05.5. Five other Harvard swimmers took firsts. Captain Marty Chalfie won the 1000-free, Steve Baumgart captured the top spot in the 200-free, Jonny Munk was first in the 200-yard individual medley, and Terry Flanagan won the 200-yard backstroke event. As usual, Bill Murphy was tops in the one-meter diving...