Aquamen Triumph, Dump Army, 77-36

The Crimson aquamen added yet another win to their unblemished record Saturday, swamping Army, 77-36, at West Point.

The Cadets managed to win only three events during the day, and one of those was handed to them when Harvard's top freestyle relay team was disqualified for an early start.

The tone for the meet was set in the first race, when the Crimson entered three teams and walked off with the top three places in the medley relay. The aquamen also swept the 200-yd. butterfly, with freshman Greg Eckstrom leading the way, and nabbed the top two spots in five other events.

Army coach Jack Ryan was well aware that Harvard's depth might lead to such a result. Before the meet he said, "Harvard is just an awesome team, and Army's just going top try to keep its head above water." He added that the Cadets had a couple of swimmers that might come up with some good races. Those two, David Mowry and Mike Klingele, provided the Crimson with most of its competition.

In the 1000-yd. freestyle, Mike Coglin went out in front early only to have Mowry pull ahead in the middle of the race. Coglin turned it on with less than 300 yards left to regain the lead, but the gritty Cadet pushed him right to the finish.

In the sprint freestyle events, Crimson captain Bobby Hackett got nipped by Klingele in the 50-yd. free, but Jim Carbone came on to beat the Army rocket in the 100-yd. event.

The only other individual event in which the Cadets could come up with a winner was the one-meter diving. Army's Scott DeHaven took first from Crimson ace Jeff Mule, but Mule came back strong on the three-meter board to team with freshman Karl Illig for a one-two finish.

In the 200-yd. breaststroke, Texas native Dean Putterman powered to his second straight triumph and bettered last week's time in the process.

Harvard's domination of the meet was not nearly as complete as it might have been, but only because coach Joe Bernal used some of the races to experiment and swam exhibition entries in six of them. For instance, the Crimson would have swept the 200-yd. backstroke had not top finisher Courtney Roberts been an unofficial entrant.

With his team now off to a 3-0 start, Bernal is happy with the way this season is shaping up. "I'm very pleased with their enthusiasm," he said after the victory. "We're having a really enjoyable time this season."

HARVARD 77, ARMY 36

at West Point

400-yd. medley relay--1. HARVARD 3:34.42 (Roberts 56.5, Carbone 58.0, Meier 51.9, Verdin 47.9); 2. HARVARD 3:38.71 (Seelen 55.1, Putterman 63.5, Maximoff 50.7, Sappey 49.4)

1000-yd. freestyle--1. Coglin (H) 9:47.46; 2. Mowry (A) 9:47.8

200-yd. freestyle--1. Miao (H) 1:42.37; 2. Maximoff (H) 1:54.14

50-yd. freestyle--1. Kingele (A) 21.82; 2. Hacket (H) 22.01

200-yd. Individual medley--1. Chappell (H) 1:56.60; 2. Lockman (H) 1:59.81

One-meter diving--1. DeHaven (A) 251.35; 2. Mule (H) 244.35

200-yd. butterfly--1. Eckstrom (H) 1:58.05; 2. Bott (H) 1:59.61

100-yd. freestyle--1. Carbone (H) 47.41; 2. Killingele (A) 48.38

200-yd. backstroke--1. Chappell (H) 1:58.86; 2. Lockman (H) 2:00.94

500-yd. freestyle--1. Hackett (H) 4:27.18; 2. Mowry (A) 4:47.14

Three-meter diving--1. Mule (H) 266.60; 2. lllig (H) 245.90

200-yd. breaststroke--1. Putterman (H) 2:15.99; 2. Delaney (A) 2:17.41

400-yd. freestyle relay--1. Army 3:13.70 (Klopsch 48.6, Morton 50.6, Klingele 46.1, Soriano 48.3); 2. HARVARD 3:14.00 (Maximoff 49.3, Meier 49.3, Phillips 48.8, Hackett 46.5)