2 Feb
2009
2 Feb
'09
12:37 a.m.
Friends
A very fast and competitive meet. In the end we didn't have enough
to overcome Princeton's depth.
I was pleased with a number of individual swims and the team's overall
effort. Thanks for all your notes of support. Hope you enjoyed the video
streaming Rick Osterberg provided.
Tim
Crimson Takes Second at HYP Meet
Courtesy: Harvard Athletic Communications
Release: 02/01/2009
Simone Melillo helped Harvard win the 200 medley relay Sunday.
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Courtesy: DSPics.com
Simone Melillo helped Harvard win the 200 medley relay Sunday.
*CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --* The Harvard men's swimming and diving team won
three races, including two individual events, on the second and final
day of the annual HYP meet to earn a second-place finish Sunday at
Blodgett Pool. The Crimson claimed a 251-102 victory over Yale, but
fell to Princeton, 193-160. With the weekend split, Harvard concludes
its regular season with an 8-1 overall record and 6-1 mark in the Ivy
League.
The Crimson opened the afternoon with a victory in the 200 medley
relay with its first of five NCAA "B" qualifying times on the day. The
foursome of Jordan Diekema
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Simone Melillo
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Bill Jones
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and David Guernsey
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completed the race with a meet-best mark of 1:28.52. Teammates Robert
Newell
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Justin Davidson
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Nicholas Tan
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and Tyler Holland
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swam fourth in 1:32.04.D Diekema led a 1-2 finish for the Crimson in the
200 backstroke, as he and Newell recorded the two fastest times of the
competition. Diekema grabbed the wall in 1:45.16, while Newell cruised
to second in 1:46.93. Derick Chui
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was the fifth swimmer to reach the finish line, as he posted a mark of
1:47.74.
Guernsey later completed the 100 freestyle with a "B" mark of 43.55,
good for second place. Will Heyburn
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followed in 44.69 for sixth. Bill and Dan Jones
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went 2-3 in the 100 butterfly race, with Bill recording a "B" time of
47.15. Dan was third in the event, as he finished in 48.21. Alex Meyer
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won Harvard's third race, as he claimed victory in the closely-contested
500 freestyle. Meyer swam the event in 4:22.83, while teammate Eric
Lynch
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was fourth in 4:23.60, as the top four swimmers were separated by less
than two seconds. Meyer and Lynch's time were both "B" cuts. Blake
Lewkowtiz (4:25.38) and Mason Brunnick
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(4:26.79) were sixth and seventh, respectively.
In the 400 IM, Douwe Yntema
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cruised to a third-place finish, touching the wall in 3:54.75. Tim
Parent
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meanwhile, placed sixth in the race with a time of 3:58.48. Zac Ranta
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scored the third most points in the three-meter diving competition, as
he posted a score of 291.10. Andy Krantz was seventh with 243.20
points. Melillo and Parent were the Crimson's best swimmers in the 200
breaststroke with Melillo taking fifth in 2:03.23. Parent, who placed
seventh, completed the race in 2:03.55.
In the weekend's final event, Harvard had two of the top four marks
in the 400 freestyle relay. The squad comprised of B. Jones, Heyburn,
Eric Taylor
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and Graham Frankel
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had a collective time of 2:59.26 for second, while the foursome of
Matthew McLean
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Nicholas DuCille
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Tyler Holland
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and Rick McKellar
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came in fourth in 3:04.34
The Crimson will have almost a month off before resuming action when the
team hosts the ECAC Championships Feb. 27-March 1 at Blodgett.
--
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
