Swimming

Coach Karl Michael's varsity swimmers lost their second dual meet of the season to Harvard on February 28 by a 49-35 margin, but then went on to triumph over Springfield College 51-33, Syracuse 55-29 and Cornell 45-39 to wind up with a record of nine wins against only two losses. At this point, only the National Championships remain before the season can be declared officially over.

The 49-35 meet with Harvard was one of the closest seen in the Spaulding Pool for some time. It was finally decided when the Crimson relay team annexed the 400-yard freestyle relay by the narrowest of margins. John Glover swept to victory in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyles, while Duke Hust set a new College record in winning the 440-yard freestyle. Hust finished in 4:48.3 to better the old record of 4:50.4 set by John Storrs in 1942.

Dartmouth had an easier time of it the following weekend in defeating Springfield 51-33. Glover continued his blistering pace by setting a new NCAA mark in the 100-yard freestyle (50.6 for 20-yard pools) and a new College record (2:07.4) for the 220-yard freestyle. Captain John Heyn took a first in the 50-yard freestyle with Jim Venman winning the dive.

Dartmouth wound up the dual meet season by swimming Syracuse and Cornell on successive days and winning both meets. Glover set a College record for the 50-yard freestyle at Cornell of 22.5, breaking the record of 22.8 set the previous day at Syracuse. Glover also won the 100-yard free- style event in both meets, and set a 100-yard freestyle College record of 50 seconds flat against Syracuse. This is just 8/10 of a second off the world's record. Duke Hust also established a record at Syracuse when he swam the 220-yard freestyle in 2:13.6 for a new pool record.

At the Eastern intercollegiates, at Princeton on March 19-20, the Green swimmers made their strongest showing in years with two firsts, a second, a third and a fourth. Captain-elect Glover won the 220-yard freestyle in 2:08.4, beating out Smith of Yale. Hust produced a surprise by taking fourth in this event. Glover and Hust then teamed up with Heyn and Mullins to give Dartmouth a first in the 400-yard freestyle relay and another victory over Yale. Their fast time was 3:31.2. On the second day of the meet Glover finished second in the finals of the 100-yard freestyle, losing out to Donovan of Yale by half a body length, and Hust took third in the 440. Hust's time of 4:41.2 for the latter event was a new College record. On the weekend following the Eastern meet the Dartmouth swimmers were scheduled to move on to the Nationals at Syracuse, where the top collegiate swimmers from the entire country were to provide even tougher competition.

These men along with swimmers like Rip Coffin and Phil Pendleton in the backstroke, freestyler Dick Karslake and Steve Mullins have been the mainstays of one of the best swimming teams in Dartmouth history. And with only four seniors on the roster, the prospects for next year seem very bright.