CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Recent graduates Sam
Wollner '08 (New York, N.Y.) and Geoff
Rathgeber
'08 (Kensington, Conn.) lead a group of Harvard swimmers that have
qualified for the 2008 U.S. Men's Swimming Olympic Trials which will be
held at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb., June 29-July 6. Rising
seniors David
Guernsey (Essex, Conn.) and Bill
Jones (Fremont, Mich.), rising junior Alex
Meyer(Ithaca, N.Y.) and David Cromwell '06
(Missoula, Montana) will also race for spots on
the U.S. Olympic Team that will compete at the 2008 Beijing Games in
August
Cromwell '06 will competing in the 100
and 200
Backstroke seeded 5th in both events. David finished 2nd in the 100
Backstroke last summer at US Nationals.
Wollner,
a three-time All-Ivy Leaguer and co-captain in 2007-08, paces the
Crimson contingent
as he will swim in three events (200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 1500
freestyle)
Rathgeber
has the sixth-best personal time for American swimmers in the 200 IM
will also swim the 400IM and 100 Breast. Rathgeber was a seven-time
All-Ivy and co-captain in 2007-08, was named the Outstanding Swimmer
at the EISL
Championships and was presented with the William J. Bingham Award as Harvard's
top male athlete and the John P Reardon Award at the 2008 Varsity Club
Senior Letterwinners Banquet.
Guernsey,
a three-time All-Ivy Leaguer and co-captain for
2008-09, will race in
the 50 and 100 free.
Jones, won five events
at the EISL
Championships and finished 23rd at NCAAs will compete in the 100
butterfly.
Meyer, finaled in 3
events at the EISL Championships will compete in the 400 and 1500
freestyle.
The USA and NBC television
networks will broadcast one-hour of coverage each day during the U.S.
Olympic Trials from 8-9 p.m ET.