Philip Long

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Philip Long
Personal information
Full namePhilip Edward Long
Nickname"Phil"
National teamUnited States
Born (1948-12-06) December 6, 1948 (age 75)
Washington, D.C.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubSuburban Seahawks Club
College teamYale University
CoachFrank Keefe
Suburban
Phil Moriarty
Yale

Philip Edward Long was born December 6, 1948, in Washington D.C., and was an American former competition swimmer.

Early swimming[edit]

In his youth, Long worked out with Philadelphia's Suburban Swim Club, an outstanding program started by Hall of Fame Coach Peter Daland around 1950,[1][2] and after 1966 was under ASCA Hall of Fame Coach Frank Keefe, who coached Long during several of his years with the club.[3] At the age of 12 in February 1961, while swimming for Suburban Swim Club, he competed in the 50-yard breaststroke at the AAU Age Group championship in York, Pennsylvania.[4] Diverse in his stroke skills, by 1963 while swimming for the Suburban Club, he had distinguished himself in the individual medley, and competed in the AAU Tournament of Champions in York, Pennsylvania where he set a meet record of 1:06.9 for the 100 breast stroke in the Boy's 13-14 age group category.[5]

1968 Mexico Olympics[edit]

After placing third in the Olympic trials in the 200-meter breast, Long represented the United States in the event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[6] He did quite well in the Olympic preliminaries swimming a 2:33.1 for the men's 200-meter breaststroke to qualify for the final of the event, where he finished in seventh place with a time of 2:33.6, not quite able to match his preliminary time.[7][6][8] His time placed him a little less than four seconds out of medal contention with American bronze medalist Brian Job. The gold medal winner, Felipe Munoz, represented Mexico in an Olympics where the Mexican Olympic team fared well, as they may have had an advantage swimming in their home country, being able to practice more frequently at altitude.[9]

He attended Yale University, and swam for coach Phil Moriarty's Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1967 to 1970, swimming as a Freshman in 1967. Showing skills in the breast stroke in his first year swimming for Yale, he set an NCAA Freshman record of 2:12.8 in the 200-yard breaststroke.[10] In one of his first years swimming for Yale, at the National AAU Swimming Championships in Greenville, North Carolina, in mid-April, 1968, Long placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke, with a time of 59:39.[11] He won the NCAA national championship in the 200-yard breaststroke in 1968.[12][13]

He graduated from Yale with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1970, and worked in Yale's information technology services starting in 1971. He held the formal title of Director of Academic Computing in January 1999, and served as Director of Yale's Information Technology Services from 2001 to 2010.[14][15][13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Peter Daland". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04.
  2. ^ "History of Suburban Swim Club". gomotionapp.com. gomotionapp. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ^ "American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Coach Frank Keefe". swimmingcoach.org.
  4. ^ "28 Records Set in AAU Swim", The York Dispatch, York, Pennsylvania, 13 February 1961, pg. 12,
  5. ^ "1500 Swimmers Take Part", The York Dispatch, York, Pennsylvania, 11 February 1963, pg. 14
  6. ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Philip Long. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  7. ^ "Olympic Games, Men's 200-meter Breast Preliminaries", The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California, 22 October 1968, pg. 48.
  8. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Tokyo Summer Games, Men's 200 metres Breaststroke Final. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  9. ^ "Olympedia 1968 Mexico Olympics Men's 200-meter Breast Final Results". olympedia.com.
  10. ^ Bishop, Ken, "Big Crowd Expected for Stanford", The Peninsula Times Tribune, Palo Alto, California, 4 February 1969, pg. 25
  11. ^ "Protest Disallowed", The York Dispatch, York, Pennsylvania, 13 April 1968, pg. 18.
  12. ^ IvyLeagueSports.com, History of the Ivy league, NCAA Championships (1957–Present) Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  13. ^ a b "Olympedia Bio, Phil Long". olympedia.com.
  14. ^ "Yale Confronts Aryan Nation", The Daily Utah Chronicle, Salt Lake City , Utah, 20 January 1999, pg. 4
  15. ^ Sam Greenberg, "After a 'Long' career, IT chief steps down Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback Machine," Yale Daily News (October 7, 2010). Retrieved September 25, 2010.

External links[edit]

  • Philip Long – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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