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...Boston University (7-2) this past weekend. With a decisive 202-98 win over the Bears on Friday and 176-120 finish over the Terriers on Saturday, the Crimson improved its season mark to 6-0 and 5-0 in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League. “We swam really well,” said senior co-captain Sam Wollner of his team’s performance. “We went up against two teams who aren’t as competitive as us, but we pushed ourselves.” The effort of the Harvard swimmers...
...captain Jackie Pangilinan, freshman Katherine Pickard, and Slack won the race in 1:47.80. The Crimson’s team of sophomore Natalia Festa, senior Meaghan Colling, freshman Laura Murray, and senior Amanda Slaight took second place in the event.“We raced really well. Some people swam some very fast times,” Morawski said. “But more importantly, they were executing really strong race plans, which bodes well for the end of the season.”This was Harvard’s first meet since the Georgia Invitational in early December...
...It’s always a great experience to go down there and race with some great teams that have been at the top of the NCAA for the past years,” co-captain Lindsay Hart said. “Everyone swam really well—a lot better than last year...
Hart and Colling teamed up with freshmen Katy Hinkle and Ali Slack to finish sixth in the 200-yard medley in 1:46.52. Colling, Hinkle, Slack and freshman classmate Laura Murray then swam Harvard to another sixth-place finish in the 400 free relay to conclude the meet...
...Marine Corps during World War II, Jefferson DeBlanc Sr. protected his fellow aces by shooting down five Japanese warplanes during a mission over the Solomon Islands--even though his own plane was nearly out of gas and he knew he could not make it back to base. He swam eight miles to an island, where one indigenous tribe traded him to another--which helped ferry him to safety--for a 10-lb. sack of rice. DeBlanc was awarded the Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart and other decorations...