[HMSD] EISL Championship begin today at Harvard

No. 22 Men's Swimming and Diving Set to Host EISL Championship at Blodgett Courtesy: Harvard Athletic Communications Release: 03/05/2008 Send this article to a friend <http://www.gocrimson.com/EmailArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1404895> Print <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?PRINTABLE_PAGE=YES&SPSID=41030&ATCLID=1404895&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000> bullet _Harvard Wins ECAC Regular-Season Title_ <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1385951> bullet _Crimson Captures ECAC Championship_ <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1402566> bullet _Live Results and Blog from the Ivy League_ <http://psychesheet.wordpress.com/?SPID=3654&SPSID=41030&DB_OEM_ID=9000> Dan Jones and the Crimson will host the 2008 EISL Championship. View larger <javascript:ViewPhoto('1013495','300','400','400','1013495');> Courtesy: DSPics.com Dan Jones and the Crimson will host the 2008 EISL Championship. *The Particulars* After a win at last week's ECAC Championships, the men's swimming and diving team hopes to continue its post season success as it hosts the EISL Swimming and Diving Championships at Blodgett Pool, March 6-8. Harvard is looking for revenge against the Princeton Tigers, who was the only team to finish higher than the Crimson at last year's event. This season, the No. 22 Crimson clinched its sixth EISL regular-season title in head coach Tim Murphy <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649072>'s 10-year tenure with a 189-104 win over Penn Feb. 9. The victory also gave Harvard a perfect 9-0 record on the season, including an 8-0 mark in conference competitions. The Crimson won the Ivy League regular-season title with a 7-0 record against Ancient Eight opponents. Harvard men's swimming has won 21 EISL titles in its stellar history. *Scouting the Crimson* Harvard began its season with wins over Cornell (161-139), Dartmouth (226-72) and Columbia (195-105) and a fourth place finish at the Georgia Invitational. EISL wins over Navy (176-124) and Brown (202-98) moved Harvard's conference record to 5-0 and helped the Crimson garner some national attention. Derick Chui <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1292432> proved his worth in the backstroke, winning the 100 (1:01.00) and the 200 (2:05.50) in the meet in Annapolis, Md. Pat Quinn <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649077> took second in the 50 freestyle in 23.12 but teamed for wins in the 200 free and 400 medley relays. The early season success propelled the Crimson to two wins at the closely contested HYP meet Feb. 1-2, sweeping the meet for the first time since 2006. The Crimson ended up taking titles in 11 events between the two days, led by senior Geoff Rathgeber <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649078> who captured two individual and three relay wins on the weekend. Bill Jones <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649061> and Dan Jones <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649062> swam NCAA "B" provisional times in the 200 butterfly and Sam Wollner <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649086> also earned a provisional time with a first place mark of 4:24.45 in the 500 freestyle. Eric Lynch <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649068> swam yet another provisional time with a 15:21.68 time in his 1650 freestyle win. After clinching the Ivy and EISL regular season titles, Harvard turned its attention to the ECAC Championships, hosted last weekend in Princeton, N.J. Despite not bringing a full squad, the Crimson turned in a number of top-five finishes and captured the ECAC title by a comfortable margin. The Crimson took over first place early on day two and did not relinquish the spot for the rest of the weekend. Evan Schindewolf <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1292459> (4:02.92), Tim Parent <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649076> (4:03.73) and Lynch (4:05.39) formed a two-three-four finish in the 400 IM and Rick McKellar <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=653939>, Eric Taylor <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1292461>, Simone Melillo <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=653940> and Brendan Mitchell combined for a second place result in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:33.00. On day three, Lynch took the 200 butterfly in a time of 1:50.37 and Harvard finished with 524 total points, 60 more than second-place Johns Hopkins. *Last Season at EISL Championships* Harvard was able to distance itself from seven teams in the nine-team field, finishing in a comfortable second to champion Princeton. Rathgeber received the Philip Moriarty Award, which is awarded to the meet's outstanding swimmer. The Crimson started strong with a second-place finish in the 200 free relay by Rathgeber, Quinn, Bill Jones <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649061> and David Guernsey <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649058> (1:21.66) and a three-four finish by Wollner (4:24.19) and Lynch (4:26.09) in the 500 free. Wins in the 200 IM and the one-meter diving events by Rathgeber and Luke Sanders closed day one for Harvard. Wollner took the 1000 free on day two and Rathgeber grabbed his second individual win with a 3:47.59 mark in the 400 IM. The Jones brothers finished two-three in the 100 butterfly and the 800 freestyle relay team of Wollner, Guernsey, Bill Jones <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649061> and Mason Brunnick <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=653561> took third to close day two. Two Harvard wins started the final day of competition, with Wollner winning the 1650 free in 15:15.37 and Rathgeber taking the 200 backstroke in 1:43.54. The 400 free relay team of Rathgeber, Guernsey, Quinn and Bill Jones <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649061> closed the meet with a winning time of 2:57.23. *Up Next* While the EISL meet represents the final team meet of the season, the NCAA championships will be held on Thursday, March 27 in Federal Way, Wash., for those that qualified during the season.