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Some of the swimmers think not, Tim Chetin points to this year's freshman swimmers, the type of swimmers Harvard will be getting in the future, as an example. He feels that Brumwell and Neville may well not be swimming by their junior year and adds that sophomore star and nationally-ranked freestyler Fred Mitchell came very close to quitting this year and has decided not to swim in the NCAA championships at West Point. "By the time they come to Harvard, most swimmers, like myself, have been swimming competitively for 10 years. You can get tired of anything...
...pool space at the IAB is in high demand and most of the swimmers resented having their space usurped by people having no relation to Harvard. It only takes one incident of being forced to swim butterfly in a crowded, choppy lane to get a swimmer teed off. An exception is Baughman who found working out with Fasanacht good training...
...swimmers thought that Gambril didn't want to bother with them and could care less whether or not they swam. Gambril lamented that the swimmers never came in to talk to him and that he'd like to get to know them as people who do more than swim...
...addition to bringing along his assistant from Long Beach, Skip Kenney, Gambril brought to the IAB this year some additional personnel. Like Hans Fassnacht of West German world record holder in the 200-meter butterfly. Ross Wales of the United States Armed Forces swim team, duty stationed at the Harvard pool, a woman Greek backstroker, and Kim Gambril, Coach Gambril's 14-year-old distance freestyling daughter. Fassnacht and Wales trained with Gambril at Long Beach and he felt he had an obligation to them to provide them with opportunity to work out at Harvard, something Athletic Director Watson agreed...
...calls to the 11 known swimmers that Harvard had accepted. Of the three freshmen stars on this years squad. Tim Neville, Dave Brumwell, and Rich Baughman, his phone call made the difference in Brumwell and Baughman coming here. One of Baughman's complaints about his high school swim program at New Trier, Illinois, was that his coach just didn't give him enough work. He decided on Harvard because "Don is definitely one of the best coaches in the world, and I knew I could get tough workouts from...