Word: swimming
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Farley, himself a former middle-distance man and an American medal winner at the 1964 Olympics, said yesterday "a good middle-distance man that can move up or down. The same guy can swim the 500 or 1650 and then come right back and give you a solid leg on one of the relays...
...look, Jack Gauthier swam the butterfly, but during the dual meet season, he also swam the 200. And Mike Coglin; he was in the 400 individual medley, but he can churn out a decent 200 himself. Mack is ready to swim, and Hackett isn't feeling well, but he's game to give them...
Describing his technique, Withington explained that he prefers not to swallow the fish live. "I figure if it can swim one way it can swim the other," he said...
There was a meet record, a pool record, and a national championship qualifier in virtually every event. There was a host of shaved heads and a packed house of screaming fans. And when the first night of Eastern Seaboard Swimming and Diving Championships at Blodgett Pool ended last night, there was the Harvard swim team, holding a commanding 183-143 lead over Princeton and threatening to break the Tigers' six-year grip on the prestigious Eastern title...
...honestly don't think we can win," he said with a straight face yesterday as he watched his charges go through their final day of pre-meet preparation. "Harvard has the big guns, and better depth than they've shown (in the dual meets), but we're gonna swim like hell, and I think we can make them nervous...