14 Feb
2008
14 Feb
'08
11:37 a.m.
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No. 22 Men's Swimming and Diving Clinches EISL Regular-Season Title
Courtesy: Harvard Athletic Communications
Release: 02/09/2008
Wollner took two events in Saturday's win over Penn
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Wollner took two events in Saturday's win over Penn
*PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - *The No. 22 Crimson clinched its sixth EISL
regular-season title in head coach Tim Murphy
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10-year tenure with a 189-104 win over Penn on Saturday. The win also
gives Harvard a perfect 9-0 record on the season, including an 8-0 mark
in conference competitions.
Senior Sam Wollner
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won two individual swimming events on the afternoon, and Bill Jones
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Jordan Diekema
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and David Guernsey
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each recorded an individual and a medley relay victory. Zac Ranta
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claimed both the one and three-meter diving events.
The Crimson captured wins in 13 of the 16 events on the day, starting
with an 11-point contribution from the 200 medley relay team of juniors
Guernsey and Bill Jones
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and freshmen Justin Davidson
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and Diekema, who touched the wall in 1:33.45.
Harvard grabbed 11 more points in the 1000 freestyle, courtesy of a 1-2
finish by Eric Lynch
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(9:21.28) and Mason Brunnick
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(9:34.44). The 200 freestyle saw a 1-2-3 Crimson finish, with Jordan
Waterman
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leading the way with a time of 1:43.35, more than two seconds ahead of
teammates Dan Jones
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and Douwe Yntema
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Diekema and Simone Melillo
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kept the points rolling for Harvard with wins in the 100 backstroke
(51.61) and the 100 breaststroke (58.93), respectively. Wollner recorded
the top times in both the 200 butterfly (1:52.83) and the 100 freestyle
(47.56).
Ranta and Hank Winslow were the top-two scorers in the one-meter diving
event and Ranta also won the three-meter event. Ranta scored a 301.73 in
the one-meter and a 312.60 in the three-meter in his victories.
Michael Bowen
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earned Harvard its ninth win in 10 events with a 1:56.26 time in the 200
backstroke, and Mike Polino
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(2:12.96) and Yntema (2:18.21) followed suit with a 1-2 finish in the
200 backstroke. Brothers Bill (50.62) and Dan (51.57) Jones finished
less than a second apart atop the 100 butterfly race, and Guernsey
rounded out the Crimson wins with a 1:56.87 mark in the 200 individual
medley.
The Crimson will next swim at the ECAC Championships in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Feb.29 - March 2.
*The EISL Championship meet is at Harvard on March 6-8- Hope to see you
there!*
