November 5, 2009
Dear Harvard Men’s Swimming and Diving Alumni,
October was a productive month for the Men’s Swimming and Diving Team.
We had 31 days of strenuous training, swam our first meet of the season
and had some excellent swimmers decide that they want to attend Harvard
next year.
On Friday October 16, we traveled to Boston College for a scrimmage vs.
BC. Our swimmers were tired as they swam a full practice in the morning,
lifted weights in the afternoon and had an unusually late meet start
time of 8pm. We saw several mentally and physically tough performances
especially from our Freshmen swimmers.
The divers were also very strong, finishing 1-2-4-5 on 1 meter and
1-2-3-5 on 3 meter. Zac Ranta won both events and qualified for the NCAA
Zone Qualifying meet, and Freshman Michael Stanton and Sophomore Taylor
Nickel both had a 2nd place, with each scoring over 290 in their highest
finish. It looks to be a strong season on the boards this year.
We next raced at our Annual Intra Squad Meet on Sat October 31. Junior
Douwe Yntema, Sophomore Niall Janney and Freshmen Owen Wurzbacher had
outstanding performances. The meet came down to the last relay with the
Crimson team defeating the Black team by less than seven points.
As of November 1, eight of our top recruits have committed to attend
Harvard in the fall of 2010. We have an outstanding class of
freestylers. Next fall we will have a minimum of seven swimmers who swim
the 200 Free in 1:40 or below.
We kick off our Dual Meet season with Texas A&M on Friday November 13
followed by Cornell/Dartmouth on November 14. The Texas A&M meet will
begin at 11am. We’d love to have you attend. If you are unable, please
check gocrimson.com for results and updates.
On a final note, one of our goals is to preserve, organize and expand
the written history of Harvard Men’s Swimming and Diving. There are so
many great stories and facts about our program that should be accessible
to all. Many items are currently stored at Blodgett and we could use
your help review that material, and to add to it and help determine a
method for display. If you are interested, please contact Coach Tyrrell .
Regards,
Tim
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Timothy D. Murphy
Head Coach of Men's Swimming
Harvard University
65 North Harvard St.
Boston, MA 02163
office 617-495-2268
fax 617-507-0772
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Timothy D. Murphy
Head Coach of Men's Swimming
Harvard University
65 North Harvard St.
Boston, MA 02163
office 617-495-2268
fax 617-507-0772
