Although often overshadowed by their flashy bigger brothers, this year's crop of freshman teams has produced some fine performances. Occasionally, the freshmen have even stolen some of the varsity's thunder, elbowing their way into the spotlight.

Aggrey Awori challenged Frank Budd, world record holder in the 100-yd. dash in this years Knights of Columbus meet. Dave Abramson set two NCAA freshman records down at Yale (in the 220 and 440 freestyle). Billy Morris, freshman squash ace, was only defeated in his bid for his second consecutive National Junior Squash Tournament crown by varsity star Vic Neiderhoffer.

The swimming team continued last year's winning ways with a 9-2 overall record. Their only two defeats came from teams which were just plain better than they were--Princeton and the phenomenal Yalies. Yet in both these meets, almost every Harvard swimmer posted a time which bettered his best previous effort.

"Most Spirited"

"This is by far the most spirited team I have ever seen," insists coach Benn Merritt. "Ben Brooks (varsity coach) is proud of his team, but no prouder than I am of mine."

Although this squad doesn't have the depth of last year's, Merritt sees several of his proteges as valuable varsity members in the next three years. Speaking with obvious pride, he singled out captain Dave Abramson (now possessor of two NCAA records), Gregg Skalinder, a sprinter, and Danny Mahoney, diver, as the strongest additions.

In addition, other strong contenders for varsity positions will be Beverly Pitts ("who may turn out to be one of the best breaststrokers we've ever had"), Mike Gaffin, Bruce Kohler, John Kuhn, Art Groswald, and Eddie Seaton.

Sporting an equally impressive record, the squash team has finished its second consecutive undefeated season, 9-0. Even though this team is not the strongest Harvard has ever seen, it is certainly one of the more powerful ones and has produced several impressive individual performances.

Two Undefeated

Captain Alan Terrell, playing third position on the nine man ladder, didn't lose a single game all season, copping all his matches by 3-0 scores. Terry Robinson, second on the ladder, was also undefeated in match play, losing only two individual games all year.

Number one man, Billy Morris, last year's national junior champ, was runner-up in the national juniors this year. In fact, five of this year's team competed in this tournament, one reaching the quarter-finals and one reaching the semi-finals.

Yale fell easy prey to the team's powerhouse in the upper rungs, but Princeton proved to be the toughest meet of the season. Every match went the full five games and was ultimately won by slim margins in the last games. Nevertheless, the squad emerged on top of a 7-2 match score.

However, all cannot be happiness and bliss on the freshman sports scene, and, thus, the hockey team contributed one of its less spectacular seasons Posting a 7-7-3 record, the squad was the first to play only 500 hockey since 1953.

Hockey Weak

Although hockey is traditionally a strong sport here, this year's edition not only didn't have too much overall skating ability but also were weak in shooting prowess. However, improving with every game, they finally put together a five game streak without a loss, including three wins and two ties. This streak was inhospitably shattered by Yale in the final game of the season, 4-0.

Several unlucky breaks and other assorted problems helped the team achieve its worst season in nine years. They first couldn't get going, never quite coming up with the right line combinations. Then finally, beginning to come into their own, they played the best game of the season just before exams against Boston University.

But after the exam period break, they were rusty, and again took awhile to get back in shape, absorbing an 11-1 drubbing from Brown in their first post-exam game. Then came their five game skein only to lose their last game to Yale, mainly due to injuries to several key players.

Both captain John Daly and center Billy Smith should bolster the varsity next semester.

The chess "A" team was also undefeated this semester.