Word: yd
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...meet was billed as a tour de force for the amazing Konrads kids, the finest freestylers in history. John, 17, and Ilsa, 15, each held six world records. Barrel-chested John was superb: he shaved .3 sec. off his 220-yd. record with a time of 2:01.6, later swam the 440 in 4:15.9, to break his record by 3.1 sec. (and better by .7 sec. the 400-meter mark of Japan's Tsuyoshi Yamanaka), ended by chopping 17.7 sec. off his record for 1,650 yds. (and 1,500 meters) with a time...
...along behind Ilsa for seven of the eight laps before uncorking a demoralizing finishing sprint to win easily in 4:47.4. The race completely undermined Ilsa's hitherto calm confidence ("She's scared of Dawn," confided Coach Don Talbot), turned Dawn into a worldbeater. In the 110-yd. butterfly, a stroke she had taken up only recently to freshen her interest in swimming, Dawn clocked 1:10.8 to slice .4 sec. from the world record of the U.S.'s Becky Collins. Just 45 minutes later, swimming in the rain, Dawn left Ilsa floundering 6 ft. behind...
...Dawn was far from done. Churning far faster than her rivals, she swept through four laps in the 55-yd. pool in 2:11.6, to slash a full 3.1 sec. from her world's record...
...Australia's Prodigy Ilsa Konrads, 15, clipped 3.2 sec. off the world's record to win the 440-yd. freestyle event in 4:45.4 at the New South Wales swimming championships. Swimmer Konrads' time also eclipsed the record for 400 meters, ran her collection of world freestyle championships to six: 800 meters, 880 yds., 1,500 meters...
...Mississippi Coach Johnny Vaught at his team. Ole Miss did. Calm and grim, Mississippi tacklers crushed L.S.U.'s running game for a minus 15 yds., gave up only 8 yds. in six tries to All-America Halfback Billy Cannon, who had won the first game with an 89-yd. punt return (TIME, Nov. 9). On offense, Mississippi turned radical, riddled L.S.U. defenses with passes like buckshot (15 completions in 27 attempts). Final score: Mississippi 21, L.S.U...