Undefeated Swimmers Roll Over Dartmouth

The Harvard women's swim team won its fourth meet in a row last Friday, defeating a hapless Dartmouth squad 99-50 in Hanover. And the Crimson only brought half of the team on the trip.

The Crimson, which spent a week of Christmas vacation training at Long Beach State in California, jumped ahead right from the start.

Shelby Calvert led off the victorious 400-yd, medley relay, qualifying for the Eastern championships with a 1:03.5 100-backstroke leg. Just two races later, the durable junior-transfer from West Point took first place in the 200-yd. freestyle (2:00.7).

Double Trouble

Double winners for the Crimson included juniors Terri Frick and Gwen Knapp, and yardling Anita Rival. Knapp turned in her best performance of the year with victories in the 50-yd. breaststroke (34.7) and the 200-yd. breaststroke (2:40.4). Frick took first place in the 50-yd. backstroke (32.1) and the 200-yd. individual medley (2:24.3), and Rival won the 100-yd. individual medley (1 05.6) and the 200-yd. butterfly (2:16.6).

Harvard increased its lead to 58-12 after freshman Jennifer Goldberg edged out two Crimson teammates to win the one-meter diving event, and co-captain Pam Stone twisted and turned her way to victory on the high board.

But the highlight of the meet was the incredible performance of North House sophomore Debbi Zimic, who entered all 13 events and won seven of them while placing second in five. Zimic will only receive credit for her first-place finish in the 1000-yd. freestyle, however, because she was swimming exhibition in her other races against the Big Green.

Several other key Crimson performers chose to swim unofficially to keep the otherwise lopsided score down, coach Vicki Hays said yesterday.

Two other outstanding performances were turned in by freshman Donna Marcin, who won the 50-yd. freestyle (26.1) and freshman Cary Mazzone who swam her first 200-yd. backstroke of the season and placed a close second.

Worries

Despite Harvard's "tremendous condition," Hays said her troops "need to practice skills--starts and turns--and decide who swims which race the best." Hays has juggled her lineup before every meet this year, and almost every combination has clicked.

The Crimson face perennial eastern power Brown this Thursday at Blodgett Pool for a 7 p.m. meet. "They are as tough as ever, but I think we will surprise them," Hays said of the Bruins.

Following the meet against Brown, the Crimson will send its j.v. to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to compete in a Seven Sisters championship meet.