Word: yd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson drew its first blood in the 200-yd. medley relay as Erich Seder, Frank Lexa, Carlos Dobal and Bob Sacks splashed to a 1:47.8 first place...
British freshman Michael Coglin led the Crimson triumph by cruising to a pair of easy victories in the 500- and 1000-yd. freestyles. He turned in one of the few really impressive swims of the evening with his time of 4:40.39 in the 500, just missing the pool record by less than a second...
...final moment of interest came in the last event of the evening, the 400-yd. freestyle relay, when Hackett entered the water for the first time to swim the opening leg in a challenge match against fellow freshman standout Julian Mack. Hackett, who touched out his mammouth teammate, recorded a time of 46.8, which broke the pool record in the final event to be swum there by the Harvard team...
Harvard never looked back after that, winning eight of the next eleven events without even swimming its top lineup. The Crimson got the usual steady performances from stalwarts Malcolm Cooper, who dominated the field in the 50-yd. freestyle as he has all season, Paco Canales in the 200-yd. free, Steve Schramm in the required diving, Dan Menichella in the 200 butterfly and Geoff Seelen in the 200 backstroke--all of whom were winners...
...catch was Finnish Olympian Tuomo Kerola, whose 2:10.38 in the 200-yd. breaststroke is the seventh best time in the nation this year. He also snared butterfliers Dan Menichella and Campari Knoeffler and backstroke Geoff Seelen, all high-school All-Americans who have consistently gone under two minutes as the top performers in their respective events this years. Add to that crew sprinter Julian Mack and distance-man Michael Coglin, who have emerged while still in the infant stages of their college careers as two of the East's finest freestylers, and you see that Orschiedt has created...