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...played squash before (read: gone to prep school), you're not going to have much chance of making the squash team. And further, if you haven't swum in high school, you're not going to be able to join crafty coach Joe Bernal's talented team in cushy Blodgett Pool...
...been simple: an outpouring of cash. Prior to the capital fund drive (from which the department stands to gain an additional $10 million), the athletic department held its own drive in connection with the development office. The fruits of their efforts; a renovated Bright Hockey Center ($2.9 million); Blodgett Pool ($4 million) and the Indoor Track and Tennis Building ($4 million). Now in the works is the reconstruction of Briggs Cage, which will include two basketball courts and a first-of-its-kind astro-turf rug which Reardon says will "float out" of its nine-foot deep pit supported...
Even when Harvard's athletes were inactive this spring, the Soldiers Field complex was abuzz. Immediately after spring break, the finest swimmers in the country arrived in Cambridge for the United States National Swimming Championships and left American records galore on the Blodgett Pool record board. And in late April, five months after The Game, activity at the stadium became the focus of attention when an arsonist set the press box abiaze, causing an estimated $75,000 in damage...
Coach Joe Bernal's aquamen conducted business as usual down at Blodgett pool. Led by former Olympic silver medalist Bobby Hackett, the Crimson racked up an undefeated dual-meet record and then rolled over all comers by scoring a record number of points at the Eastern Seaboard Championships at Dartmouth. A strong crop of freshmen--including Mike Miao and Tony Meier--helped the Crimson maintain its preeminence over all Eastern competition. Since the arrival of Hackett and Bernal in 1977, the Crimson has lost just one dual meet, easily making it the most successful squad in recent Harvard sports history...
...other end of Blodgett, new women's coach Vicki Hays inherited a team weakened by the retirement of several premiere performers and guided the squad through a mediocre season. Besides the performances of freshmen Debbie Zimic and Jeanne Floyd, highlights included senior captain Debbie Jacobs' winning a Rhodes Scholarship...