Word: yntema
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...Hess Yntema, Harvard's All-American swimmer, has decided to take a leave of absence from school this spring in order to train full time for the Olympics...
...Yntema will return to his home in California and work in intensive practice sessions on a long (50 meter) course under a coach from one of the Southern California swim clubs...
...swimmer has to place in the top three in the AAU Championships next June to qualify for the US Olympic team. Yntema, who will be trying for a spot in the 200 butterfly, finished fifth in that event in the NCAA Championships last year even though he was on a minimum training schedule...
...years ago, when Yntema was training intensively, he had the fourth best time in the world...
Last year, Princeton coach Bill Farley staged a twelve-minute stall between the 1000 and 200 in order to give Loughran time to rest. Loughran then went out and defeated Yntema at that distance. This year Farley instructed freshman Bruce Peterson to take a leisurely swim in the 1000 (he finished three minutes behind everyone else), but couldn't find a way to stall the meet any further...