Aquamen Prevail; Schramm Sets Mark

Saturdays was "Harvard Swimming High School Day" at Blodgett Pool not only because area secondary schools were invited to watch a collegiate dual meet, but also because the Crimson made Brown look like a high school team, humiliating the Bruins, 78-35.

Crimson diver Steve Schramm provided the crowd of 200 with a special early season performance by setting a pool record in the one meter diving event, scoring 319.35 points in six plunges. Mike Toal, with 301.80 points, had previously owned the record.

Having already qualified for the NCAA trials in the one meter event, the 13-year diving veteran said that Saturday's meet helped build his confidence as he moves toward his goal of being an NCAA finalist.

"Steve is thoroughly capable of qualifying for the NCAA and of being a finalist," diving coach John Walker said yesterday. "He also has a good shot at winning two events in the Easterns," he added.

Freshman Jim Carbone also struck gold twice, bulldozing his way to first place in the 50-yd. freestyle and the 200-ye. breaststroke. The Prep School All-American neatly touched out Brown's Tony Blaine with a 22.02 sprint, while teammate Geoff Seelen posted an unofficial time of 21.83.

In the breaststroke event, Carbone took the lead early and cruised to a 2:13.43 finish ahead of teammate Pat Jakobsen who scored his first points of the season with a 2:16.62 race.

In the 200-yd. freestyle, Harvard's Jack Gauthier notched the best time of his collegiate career, blazing to a 1:42.51 first place. A native of Needham, Gauthier had his own cheering section of former teammates and coaches at Boston College High School.

Never Again

For a while, it appeared that Gauthier's alma mater would produce another gold medalist as B.C. High graduate-turned-Bruin Chris Hug led led the 400-yd. individual medley going into the final freestyle lap. But the Crimson's Ted Chappell put on a dazzling come-from behind finish to steal the event in 4:10.75, just .47 seconds ahead of Hug.

Crimson sophomore Chris "Spiderman" Hancock also snatched victory from the paws of a Bruin with a blistering 50-yd. kick in the 200-yd. butterfly. After catching up with Peter Voss, Hancock used his long, spindly arms to touch at 2:03.94, while Voss settled for second at 2:04.94.

While Harvard's Tim Maximoff and Larry Countryman displayed their usual consistency, winning the 1000-yd. and 500-yd. freestyle events, Bobby Hackett showed his exceptional versatility, unofficially placing first in the 200-yd. backstroke with a time of 1:52.93. Freshman Andy Lock-man trailed Hackett by 1.98 seconds for the official top honors and five more Crimson points.