Hello from Blodgett
First, I was remiss not to include this in my last newsletter. When
looking for a Friends Chair you need to find a person who holds a
special place for Harvard Swimming. When we needed someone to replace
Jeff Peltier, Stephen Root stepped up as one of those people. His
service on the Friends behalf was instrumental in the success of the
75th celebration and instilling the word team back into our alumni base.
I am grateful of his time and efforts in support of Harvard Swimming.
Please join me in thanking Stephen for his time served as Friends
Co-Chair. We wish him and his growing family all the best.
The Harvard Men's Team cracked the College Swimming Coaches
Association Division 1 NCAA Top 25 coming in at 24th after our strong
performance at the Georgia Invite. Next, we head off for the warm
weather in Puerto Rico for our winter training trip.
We return to fact Rutgers University at home on Jan 6th then down to
Annapolis to race Navy on Jan 7th. Coming out of exams and turning
for the final stretch we have our final 3 meets at home against Brown on
Jan 27th, HYP on Feb 3-4th, and conclude our dual meet season with Penn
on Feb 11th. We hope you are able to come and support our efforts.
Denis Sirringhaus '99 joins Friends from his second year at Wharton
Business School and is excited to get alumni more involved with the
current teams. Denis previously helped fund raising efforts with the
Harvard
Senior Class Gift and organized charitable fund raisers while living
in New York City. He's looking forward to hearing from alumni about new
ideas and updates (dsirringhaus(a)post.harvard.edu
<http://us.f500.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dsirringhaus@post.harvard.edu&Y…>)
and will be in touch
in the coming months.
ECAC Men's Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week for December 5, 2005
*_Division I_*
/SWIMMER OF THE WEEK/
DAVID CROMWELL - Harvard
Senior, Missoula, MT
Cromwell's win in the 100-yard backstroke in 48.02 seconds was one of
his three top-three individual finishes, all in NCAA provisional
qualifying times, as he led Harvard to fourth place behind only three
ranked teams in Georgia's Bulldog Invitational. He also led off three
top-three relay teams, including a second-place, NCAA "B"-cut
performance in the 400 medley relay (3:17.97). The senior added another
sixth-place individual finish and two other top-five relay showings. He
met the NCAA "B" cut by placing second in the 200 back (1:44.82) and
third in the 100 fly (48.64). Only four swimmers in Division I are
listed with faster times than Cromwell in the 200 back, while only seven
are ahead of his time in the 100 back on the national top times list.
12/4/05
Harvard Wraps Up Bulldog Invitational in Fourth
Led by David Cromwell's third top-three finish of the weekend, three Harvard
swimmers finished in the top six in individual races as the Crimson finished
fourth in the Bulldog Invitational, hosted by Georgia at Gabrielsen Natatorium.
Geoff Rathgeber and Bill Jones had Harvard's other two top-six finishes. David
Cromwell's time of 1:44.82 was David's 2nd NCAA B cut qualifying time this
weekend.
Complete results at http://gocrimson.collegesports.com and vist the Men's
Swimming and Diving page.
12/3/05
Hello from Athens Georgia. The team is making a good mid-season showing
at the Georgia Invitational. For meet results visit the Athletic Department
web-site at: http://gocrimson.collegesports.com
Crimson Third After Day 1 at Georgia
Rathgeber, 400 medley relay team make NCAA
*Dec. 2, 2005*
Results
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/stats/2005-2006/results-fr…>
*ATHENS, Ga. - * Members of the Harvard men's swimming and diving team
placed in every individual event, and both relay teams finished in the
top three to lead the Crimson to third place after the first day of the
Bulldog Invitational, a three-day meet hosted by Georgia and featuring
three of the top 17 teams in the nation.
With 168 points, Harvard sits 21 points ahead of No. 17 Virginia and 29
ahead of South Carolina. The competition is tight at the top, with the
11th-ranked host Bulldogs hold a 283-282 lead on No. 12 Tennessee. No. 1
Auburn is competing only in the diving events.
Sophomore Geoff Rathgeber
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/rathgeber_geoff00.html>
provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in two events,
including his third-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley. He
had the meet's fastest morning preliminary time of 1:50.33, then
improved to 1:48.75 in the final to make the NCAA "B" cut.
Rathgeber also helped Harvard make the "B" cut in the final event of the
evening, the 400 medley relay. Senior backstroker David Cromwell
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/cromwell_david00.html>
started the race and was followed by Rathgeber, freshman Bill Jones
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/jones_bill00.html>
and senior Mark Knepley
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/knepley_mark00.html>.
Knepley swam his freestyle leg in 45.17 to pass Virginia's top relay
squad and finish in second in 3:17.97. Tennessee won the race.
The 200 free relay team of Cromwell, sophomore Pat Quinn
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/quinn_pat00.html>,
Rathgeber and Knepley placed third in 1:21.63, trailing Georgia and
Tennessee and ahead of South Carolina and Virginia.
Cromwell also scored individually, taking sixth in the 50 free in 20.94
seconds. Harvard used its depth in the event as freshman David Guernsey
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/guernsey_david00.html>
placed12th, Quinn was 13th and sophomore Brendan Mitchell
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/mitchell_brendan00.html>
finished 16th. The trio combined for 10 points, giving the Crimson 23
from that event.
Senior Danil Rybalko
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/rybalko_danil00.html>
placed fifth in the three-meter diving with 304.85 points. Sophomore Sam
Wollner
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/wollner_sam00.html>
and freshman Eric Lynch
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/lynch_eric00.html>
both scored points in the 500 free. Wollner placed seventh in 4:29.91,
while Lynch was 10th with a time of 4:31.65.
The meet continues with Saturday's preliminaries at 9:30 a.m., followed
by finals at 5 p.m. Sunday's sessions will be at 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
*Bulldog Invitational Day 1 Team Standings*
1. Georgia 283
2. Tennessee 282
3. Harvard 168
4. Virginia 147
5. South Carolina 139
6. Auburn Diving 16
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/harv-m-swim-body.html>DAY
2
Cromwell Wins; Harvard Holds Strong at Third
<http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/120305aac.html>
Senior co-captain David Cromwell won one race and placed third in
another, both in NCAA Championship provisional qualifying times, to help
the Harvard men's swimming and diving team remain in third place after
the second day of competition Saturday in the Bulldog Invitational at
Gabrielsen Natatorium. Sophomore Geoff Rathgeber also placed in two
events, and he and Cromwell helped Harvard place third in the 200-yard
medley relay.
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 56
1. University of Tennessee 702.5 2. University of Georgia 700
3. Harvard University Men 415.5 4. University of Virginia 388
5. University of South Carolina 336 6. Auburn University Diving 44
7. Ucla 34 8. Miami University 14
