Word: eckert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...highlights of the day was the sprint showdown between two long-time nemeses, Suhs and Princeton senior Darcie Eckert. In a duel of Ali-Frazier proportions, Suhs triumphed in the 50-yd. freestyle (23.91), but in the 100-yd. freestyle, Eckert (52.1) turned the tables, nipping Harvard's Tri-Captain (52.3). Eckert also won the 200-yd. freestyle event...
...freestyle event witnessed the renewal of the rivalry between Penn State's Denise Sonntag and Harvard's Janice Sweetser. Sonntag defeated Sweetser in the 500-yd. freestyle Thursday, but Harvard's star edged the Nittany Lion for second place. Princeton's Darcie Eckert broke from the pack early, adding a gold in that event to Thursday's triumph in the 200-yd. individual medley...
...Individual Medley: 1. Darcie Eckert, Princeton, 2:03.77; 2. Pamela Franklin, Princeton, 2:05.73; 3. Nicole Engh, HARVARD, 2:06.21; 5. Jenny Meyer, HARVARD, 2:07.81; 11. Mia Costello, HARVARD, 2:08.36; 16. Kelley Taber, HARVARD...
Other swimmers expected to place high in the competition include Boston University's Sybil Smith, Princeton's Darcie Eckert, Penn's Sarah Ralston, and Yale's Lisa O'Dell...
Those happy days soon came to an end. A month after the ENIAC's public unveiling, Eckert and Mauchly resigned rather than turn their patent rights over to the university. Five years later they developed the first commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, but business reversals forced them to sell their fledgling computer company to Remington Rand. The final insult came in 1973. Seeking to invalidate Mauchly and Eckert's patent for "the" electronic computer, Honeywell convinced a federal judge that Mauchly had based his ideas for ENIAC on the work of a computer pioneer named John Atanasoff. The patent was dismissed...