Word: swimmer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They were talking about Hackett's record-shattering performance in his first race as a Harvard swimmer. Hackett, a silver-medalist in the 1500-meter freestyle at the Montreal Olympics, opened his Harvard career Saturday by gilding, apparently effortlessly, to victory in the 200-yd. freestyle with a time...
Hackett's time obliterated the meet record, surpassed the pool and University records by more than a second, and was the best time ever recorded by a New England swimmer in that event...
...only Eastern swimmer ever to go faster was Fordham's Chuck Felice, coached by new Crimson coach Joe Bernal (who then coached the Rams), at last spring's Eastern championships...
...main man is unquestionably Hackett, whose times of 1:38.9 in the 200 free, 4:23 in the 500 free, 9:06 in the 1000, and 15:01 in the 1650 are all well below the University records. A tremendously versatile swimmer, Hackett also excels at butterfly, backstroke, and individual medley, and he insists, "I'll swim anything coach Bernal wants...
...Swimmer," one of Cheever's best known works, is about an upper class man who makes a journey around his suburban country by swimming through his neighbors' pools...