[HMSD] Harvard Wins ECAC Championship

<http://www.gocrimson.com/HomePage.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000> Harvard Wins ECAC Championship Courtesy: Harvard Athletic Communications Release: 03/02/2008 Robert Lynch won the 200 butterfly in 1:50.37. View larger <javascript:ViewPhoto('435045','300','400','400','435045');> Robert Lynch won the 200 butterfly in 1:50.37. *PITTSBURGH, Pa. - *Harvard ECAC Men's Swimming and Diving Team continued its winning ways by taking its second-consecutive ECAC Championship Sunday. Harvard completed the tournament with 524 points, 60 more than second-place Johns Hopkins (464). Rider finished third with 385 points, while Yale (353) and Marist (326) rounded out the top five. Twenty-six schools swam at the meet. On the third and final day of competition, sophomore Tommy Gray <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=653933> opened the swimming with a second-place finish in the 1650 freestyle, earning 17 team points. Gray finished the race in 15:53.45, while freshman teammate Jamie Mannion <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1292456> was ninth with a time of 16:25.54. Mannion took eighth in the next event, the 200 back, touching the wall in 2:00.15 in the 'A' final. Senior Edward Jou placed 11th with a mark of 1:54.75. In the 200 butterfly, sophomore Robert Lynch <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=653937> captured the event, finishing in 1:50.37. Junior Tim Parent <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649076> finished a close third (1:52.27), while sophomore Rick McKellar <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=653939> (1:52.19), freshman Evan Schindewolf <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1292459> (1:54.95) and sophomore Jeremy Hoon <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=660893> placed ninth, 10th and 13th, respectively. Lynch's first-first place finish clinched the victory for the Crimson. Sophomore Simone Melillo <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=653940> took second with a time of 2:03.71 in the 200 breaststroke, while freshman Mike Polino <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1292457> placed 14th (2:11.47). In the 100 free, freshman Eric Taylor <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1292461> and sophomore Tyler Holland <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=653934> placed 5-6 with Taylor finishing in 46.96. Holland, meanwhile, finished right behind Taylor in 47.07. Finally in the 400 free relay, the Harvard foursome of McKellar, Taylor, Holland and Gray finished fifth with a collective time of 3:09.48 *Harvard's Conference Team (9-0, 8-0 EISL, 7-0 Ivy League) will compete March 6-8 as the Crimson will serve as hosts of the 2008 EISL Championship at Blodgett Pool. You can follow the competition on the Harvard Athletic Website: /gocrimson.com /*