'Cliffe Swimmers Leave the Easterns With Two Winners

The Radcliffe swim team came away from Saturday's Eastern championships at Penn with four nationally-qualifying times, three by freshman Laurie Downey.

The team finished thirty-second in a field of 60. The competition was awesome, however, especially in the relay, where the Penn team broke the national record.

Downey, hassled by academic scheduling problems that may prevent her from competing in the nationals next week in Arizona, finished third in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:18. This was her best time and a new Radcliffe record. She also finished eleventh after qualifying seventh in the 50 backstroke.

Last week at the New Englands she qualified for the 100 backstroke by finishing fourth, but at the Easterns she was unable to compete in this event.

Carol Moore was another bright spot for Radcliffe. She shaved three seconds off her 100 breakstroke time, bringing it to 1:15, which was good enough for nineteenth place. She had been seeded thirty-eighth.

Nancy Sato was disappointing in the one-meter diving and failed to qualify. However, she finished eighth in the three-meter, thereby qualifying for the nationals.

The relay team of Susan Sawyer, Diana Borden Laurie Downey and Carol Moons failed to qualify in that exceptionally difficult field.