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Adrenaline will run long and hair short this afternoon when the 46th annual Eastern Seaboard Swimming and Diving Championships get underway at Blodgett Pool.
Today's events, with preliminary heats begin at 12 p.m., include the 500-yd. freestyle, the 200 individual medley, the 50 freestyle and the 400 medley relay, in addition to the 1-meter diving competition.
Over 30 divers will vie for victory on the 1-meter board this afternoon. Harvard's Dan Watson, the winner on both boards last year, is no longer eligible for intercollegiate competition, which leaves the event in the air. The University of Pittsburgh boasts the largest diving corps, with five...
Coupled with Thursday's one-meter competition, in which Greene placed fourth and Byrd sixth, diving helped the aquawomen catapult into the third spot early and remain there down the stretch.
Harvard swimmers were unwilling to let their diving counterparts steal the show, however. When Janice Sweetser won the 500-yd. freestyle Thursday in the first individual event of the meet, it marked the first victory ever for a Crimson woman swimmer in the Eastern Championships.