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...concerned, the most important day of the season is admissions day at Harvard."--Head Swim Coach Don Gambril...
Last year the Harvard swim team went 5-5, 2-5 in the Eastern League, and experienced its first losing record in League history, losing to Penn. Princeton, Dartmouth, Army, and Yale. The consistent and happy number two Harvard finish had turned into a fight to have a winning season. Harvard was caught being the leisurely country gentleman in a city full of sophisticated hustlers...
...case in example is Tim Chetin '73, who came to Harvard from Palo Alto High School and George Haines' Santa Clara Swim Club. Both the high school and the swim club were among the best in the nation while Tim swam for them and George Haines is internationally known for his teams, his Olympic coaching, and his world record holders. Swimming at Palo Alto and Santa Clara was an 11 month, 6 or 7 days of the week, twice a day, 8,000 to 12,000 yards a day routine...
Neither Dunster nor Adams occupies an enviable position, both teams having made poor showings this winter. Dunster, for instance, lost all its swim meets and all its basketball games. Adams had only one bright spot in a generally bleak winter, placing first in swimming with an undefeated record...
Although he does not plan to swim competitively this summer, Mitchell plans to be in the water at least once a day. He is hoping to get a summer job as a swim coach in the Philippines, a plan consistent with what Mitchell says is his new attitude toward swimming: "I have a different outlook now, more recreation than hard work and devotion," Mitchell said...