Courtesy: DSPics.com 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's 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 won two individual swimming events on the afternoon, and Bill Jones, Jordan Diekema and David Guernsey each recorded an individual and a medley relay victory. Zac Ranta 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, and freshmen Justin Davidson 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 (9:21.28) and Mason Brunnick (9:34.44). The 200 freestyle saw a 1-2-3 Crimson finish, with Jordan Waterman leading the way with a time of 1:43.35, more than two seconds ahead of teammates Dan Jones and Douwe Yntema.

Diekema and Simone Melillo 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 earned Harvard its ninth win in 10 events with a 1:56.26 time in the 200 backstroke, and Mike Polino (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!