Word: yd
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...yd. freestyle, the feature event of any swimming meet, the man to beat was Jeff Farrell, 23, a weight-lifting Navy lieutenant who had won the 220 in the record time of 2:00.2. In a trial heat, Farrell tied the listed record of 48.9. But 16-year-old Steve Clark of Los Angeles qualified in 48.8. Suitably impressed, Farrell hit his tumble turns in the finals like an acrobat, won in the record time of 48.2 (Clark was fifth, with 49.4) So fast were the American sprinters that 19 bettered the 51-sec. world record of Johnny (Tarzan) Weissmuller...
...Thrashing like a windmill run amuck, Indiana University Sophomore Mike Troy, 19, tied his own 53:1 American record for the 110-yd. butterfly, broke his American record for the 22O-yd. butterfly by 4.4 sec. with a time...
...yd. breast stroke went to an 18-year-old University of Michigan freshman named Dick Nelson, who, say swimming coaches, is just getting the knack of his difficult stroke, despite the fact that he set a meet record...
...yd. medley (butterfly, backstroke, breast stroke, freestyle), Stanford Junior George Harrison, 20, won in 4:28.6 to better by 2.6 sec. the fastest time ever recorded for the event and earn high praise from Yale's Coach Emeritus Bob Kiphuth: "Technically the greatest all-round swimmer in the world." Behind Harrison was Sophomore Lance Larson of the University of Southern California, who himself was .5 sec. under the record...
...Never a standout at Syracuse University, Navy Lieut, (j.g.) John McGill, 23, turned the 200-yd. medley in 2:03.3 to knock 7.8 sec. off his best pre-meet time and set an A.A.U. championship record. Cracked McGill: "I'm as surprised as anyone...