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...Raikula--400 individual medley (4:02.43); 200 backstroke...
Event 14: 200-yd. Backstroke: 1. Ron Raikula, Harvard, 1:52.20* 2. Jim Smoragiewicz, Maine, 1:53.81 3. Mark Heinrich, Navy, 1:53.89 4. Geoff Seelen, Harvard, 1:54.38 5. Kurt Langborg, Yale 1:55.23 6. Ron Cummins, Princeton, 1:55.43 7. Lee Menichella, Harvard, 1:55.67 8. Chris Prinslow, Army...
After three more Harvard swimmers (Ron Raikula, Geoff Seelen and Lee Menichella) paddled their way into the big finals of the evening's third race, the 200-yd. backstroke, the Crimson jumped out to a commanding 55-point lead. Freshman Raikula became the meet's third double winner (Cornell diver Paul Steck later became the fourth), demonstrating the art of ultra-smooth backstroke for eight laps and a meet-and pool-record time...
...freshman from Shawnee Mission, Kansas, then outsprinted his teammates, Princeton's Ron Cummins and Columbia's Lincoln Djang to win in 4:02.43, a meet record. Raikula and Coglin also qualified for the NCAAs...
Another of Harvard's freshman hydroplanes, Ron Raikula, appears likely to join Hackett and superb Cornell diver Paul Steck in the exclusive double-winners' club. Raikula, who smoked the field last night in the 400 IM, should win his specialty--the 200-yd. backstroke--by as much as a full second...