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Men's Swimming Ranked No. 1 in CollegeSwimming.com Division I Mid-Major
Poll
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David Guernsey placed second in 400-yard freestyle relay at the Georgia
Invitational.
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David Guernsey placed second in 400-yard freestyle relay at the Georgia
Invitational.
*CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - *The Harvard men's swimming and diving team sit atop
the latest CollegeSwimming.com Division I "mid-major" power rankings,
ranking Harvard the top team in the country.
The Crimson leads the CollegeSwimming.com poll with 194.22 points.
Princeton is ranked second with 188.00. Missouri State is third
(184.69), followed by Navy (183.48), who Harvard faces on Jan. 5, and
Wright State (179.64).
Harvard is 3-0 in the Ivy League this season, having earned victories
over Cornell, 161-139, Dartmouth, 226-72, and Columbia, 195-105.
The team also placed fourth at the Georgia Invitational, as Pat Quinn
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Geoff Rathgeber
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Bill Jones
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claimed second place in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:00.25. Harvard
was also second in the 800 free relay as Sam Wollner
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Mason Brunnick
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Jones and Guernsey finished in 6:38.58.
Rathgeber earned ECAC Men's Swimmer of the Week on Dec. 5, as he won the
200-yard individual medley and the 400-yard individual medley with times
of 1:46.73 and 3:52.87, respectively, at the Georgia Invitational. He
also finished first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 55.40 seconds.
The CollegeSwimming.com mid-major Division I poll is designed to support
and promote institutions that do not benefit from large football and
basketball television agreements. Institutions from the following
conferences are eligible to participate: America East, Atlantic 10, Big
West, Colonial Athletic Association, Horizon League, EISL, Metro
Atlantic, Mid-America, Mid-Continent, Missouri Valley, North Eastern,
Patriot League and Sun Belt. Additional schools may participate provided
they certify that their school awards seven or fewer men's swimming
scholarships.
Harvard returns to action at Annapolis on Saturday, Jan. 5 at noon, when
the team visits Navy. The Crimson's next home contest at Blodgett Pool
is against Brown on Jan. 24.
