Tired Varsity Swim Team Scores Fifteen Points During NCAA Meet

A very tired "greatest swimming team in Harvard history," one which has set Crimson records in every event but the backstroke, ironically gave one of its poorest performances of recent years in the NCAA championships at Yale last weekend.

It was mostly a question of fatigue, of being "over the hump," for no Crimson swimmer was able to equal his peak performance of the season. This, coupled with the fact that qualifying times this year were probably lower than ever in the past, limited the varsity to only three finalists.

The relay team turned in its best performance of the year to set a Harvard record of 3:25.4 and finish third behind Yale (3:23.1) and Ohio State (3:24.5). A 49.9 final leg by Ohio State's Al Wiggins just managed to nip the Crimson for second place.

Chouteau Dyer (22.5) took fourth in the 50 behind Robin Moore of Stanford (22.1) and Rex Aubrey of Yale (22.1), and Al Kuhn of Northwestern (22.3).

In the 220, Jim Jorgensen (2:07.7) placed third behind Indiana's Bill Woolsey (2:04.7) and Iowa State's Jim McKevitt (2:06.1).

Although no other Crimson swimmers reached the finals, Dave Hawkins finished sixth in the AAU 200 butterfly championships last Friday.