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Coglin, a stellar freshman distance swimmer whose fantastic performances this season have been somewhat overshadowed by those of the phenomenal Mr. Hackett, put on quite a show of his own in last night's first event, the 400-yd. individual medley. Coglin streaked to victory with a time of 4:04.27, which qualifies him for the NCAA Championships at Long Beach, California, later this month...
Hackett, who shattered the meet record in the 500-yd. freestyle on Thursday night, repeated the feat in last night's 200-yd. freestyle, winning in 1:38.90. Teammate Julian Mack, another freshman, finished ninth in that event with a 1:42.73 clocking...
...Tigers turned in the performance of the evening, if not the meet, in the 800-yd. freestyle relay. The Princeton foursome of Tim Sullivan, Howard Nelson, Andy Saltzman and Andy O'Hara obliterated the meet record set by last year's Princeton squad by more than eight full seconds as they sailed to victory in 6:41.68. Harvard's team of Malcolm Cooper, Mack, Coglin and Hackett, the favorites in the event, bettered the meet record by a full five seconds themselves en route to finishing second in 6:44.05. Much to everyone's surprise, Princeton's sky-high...
Princeton, which has won the meet for the last five years in a row, also dominated the 100-yd. breastroke and butterfly. In the breast, won by Dartmouth's Tom Whitaker in 58.92, two Princeton men made the finals--John Christensen (second) and Chuck Hector (sixth). The lone Harvard qualifier in that event was Tuomo Kerola, who finished eighth...
...Crimson looked very strong in the 100-yd. backstroke, placing three men in the top six. Steady freshman standout Geoff Seelen qualified for NCAAs as he landed third place with a time of 52.71. Malcolm Cooper (53.23) took fourth and co-captain Duncan Pyle (53.61) finished sixth in the race, which was won by Navy's Mark Heinrich...