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Even if Hackett is less than 100 per cent physically, he figures to be a major factor in at least two individual events, the 500-and 1650-yd. freestyles. He is not, however, the Crimson's only hope...
Harvard finished 15th in 1978. The return this season of all of last year's point-scorers (Bobby Hackett, Malcolm Cooper, and the 800-yd. freestyle relay team), and the addition of world-class backstroker Ron Raikula make the Crimson's chances of equaling or improving upon that performance appear solid...
Goodell outsprinted Hackett at the end of the grueling 1500-meter freestyle for the gold medal at Montreal in 1976 and whipped him in a two-man dual for the 1650-yd. freestyle crown at the NCAAs last year. Hackett won the most recent skirmishes between the two this past summer though, touching ahead of the UCLA sophomore in the 200, 400, and 1500-meter freestyles at the outdoor national championships...
Raikula, because of his 17th place ranking on the World Best Time list this summer, must be considered the strongest candidate to score. The freshman from Kansas literally cruised to victory at the Easterns in the 200-yd. backstroke and later admitted that he "probably could have gone faster if I'd have paid less attention to the other guys in the race and worried more about what I was doing...
...longer events, co-captain Sarah Linsley will lead a talented group of distance runners. Joining her in the 880-yd. run are Rozzell and freshman Martha Clabby...