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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard's men's swimming and diving team continued its outstanding summer as three Crimson student-athletes joined one of the program's most decorated alums to register some impressive performances at the 2007 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships.
The highlight from Harvard's point of view was the performance of David Cromwell '06 in the 100-meter backstroke. Cromwell took second in that event, finishing behind Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps in a time of 53.82 seconds. That time ranks as the fifth-fastest mark ever by an American swimmer. Cromwell also took third in the 200 backstroke as he touched the wall in 1:57.43, strengthening his bid for a spot on the U.S. team that will compete in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Rising senior Geoff Rathgeber - fresh off a fifth-place finish in the 200 individual medley at the Pan American Games - earned a fourth-place finish in that event as he clocked 2:02.42, qualifying for the Olympic Trials.
Rising sophomore Alex Meyer, meanwhile, placed 15th in the 1,500 freestyle and hit an Olympic Trial cut with a 15:42.93 swim. Rising senior Sam Wollner also qualified for the Olympic Trials with a solid 1:52.82 performance in the 200 freestyle.
Rising junior David Guernsey
competed in the 50 and 100 freestyles, while rising sophomores Mason
Brunnick and Rick McKellar were also in action at the national
championships.
******* Complete results
100 Back 2nd Cromwell, David 53.82 OLYM
r:+0.65 26.29 53.82 (27.53)
200 Back 3rd Cromwell, David 1:57.43 OLYM
r:+0.66 27.44 57.06 (29.62)
1:27.14 (30.08) 1:57.43 (30.29)
200IM 4th Rathgeber, Geoff 2:02.42 OLYM
r:+0.67 26.47 57.75 (31.28)
100 Breast 26th Rathgeber, Geoff 1:04.12 OLYM
30.17 1:04.12 (33.95)
100 Back 48th Rathgeber, Geoff 58.45
28.62 58.45 (29.83)
50 Free 67th Guernsey, David 23.88
100 Free 80th Guernsey, David 52.14
25.02 52.14 (27.12)
Time Trial Wollner, Sam 200 Free 1:52.82 OLYM
r:+0.70 26.42 54.80 (28.38) 1:23.56 (28.76) 1:52.82 (29.26)
800Free 22nd Wollner, Sam 9:06.36Y 8:17.09 NATS
r:+0.66 27.92 57.91 (29.99)
1:28.88 (30.97) 2:00.27 (31.39)
2:31.71 (31.44) 3:03.30 (31.59)
3:34.91 (31.61) 4:06.95 (32.04)
4:38.71 (31.76) 5:10.80 (32.09)
5:42.66 (31.86) 6:14.70 (32.04)
6:46.29 (31.59) 7:17.88 (31.59)
7:48.32 (30.44) 8:17.09 (28.77)
1500Free 27th Wollner, Sam 15:50.89 OLYM
r:+0.71 28.55 59.29 (30.74)
1:30.66 (31.37) 2:02.13 (31.47)
2:33.95 (31.82) 3:05.65 (31.70)
3:37.46 (31.81) 4:09.69 (32.23)
4:41.53 (31.84) 5:13.12 (31.59)
5:45.00 (31.88) 6:16.97 (31.97)
6:48.67 (31.70) 7:20.64 (31.97)
7:52.73 (32.09) 8:24.59 (31.86)
8:56.56 (31.97) 9:28.38 (31.82)
10:00.73 (32.35) 10:32.77 (32.04)
11:04.85 (32.08) 11:37.05 (32.20)
12:09.20 (32.15) 12:41.58 (32.38)
13:13.91 (32.33) 13:46.32 (32.41)
14:18.27 (31.95) 14:50.09 (31.82)
15:21.44 (31.35) 15:50.89 (29.45)
400Free 37th Wollner, Sam 3:59.73
28.47 58.89 (30.42)
1:29.63 (30.74) 2:00.48 (30.85)
2:30.36 (29.88) 3:00.42 (30.06)
3:30.17 (29.75) 3:59.73 (29.56)
400IM 46th Wollner, Sam 4:35.42
29.19 1:01.22 (32.03)
1:37.45 (36.23) 2:11.86 (34.41)
2:52.75 (40.89) 3:33.86 (41.11)
4:05.79 (31.93) 4:35.42 (29.63)
200Fly 76th McKellar, Rick 2:06.05
27.71 59.22 (31.51)
1:31.96 (32.74) 2:06.05 (34.09)
1500Free 15th Meyer, Alex 15:42.93 OLYM
r:+0.72 29.17 1:00.62 (31.45)
1:32.34 (31.72) 2:03.88 (31.54)
2:35.37 (31.49) 3:06.93 (31.56)
3:38.32 (31.39) 4:09.83 (31.51)
4:41.49 (31.66) 5:13.09 (31.60)
5:44.36 (31.27) 6:16.02 (31.66)
6:47.33 (31.31) 7:18.81 (31.48)
7:50.37 (31.56) 8:21.81 (31.44)
8:53.35 (31.54) 9:25.21 (31.86)
9:56.78 (31.57) 10:28.58 (31.80)
11:00.16 (31.58) 11:31.92 (31.76)
12:03.54 (31.62) 12:35.75 (32.21)
13:07.21 (31.46) 13:38.77 (31.56)
14:10.18 (31.41) 14:41.98 (31.80)
15:12.95 (30.97) 15:42.93 (29.98)
800Free 31st Meyer, Alex 8:21.32 NATS
r:+0.72 29.14 1:00.34 (31.20)
1:32.42 (32.08) 2:04.56 (32.14)
2:36.53 (31.97) 3:08.74 (32.21)
3:40.49 (31.75) 4:12.12 (31.63)
4:43.17 (31.05) 5:14.34 (31.17)
5:45.91 (31.57) 6:17.08 (31.17)
6:48.28 (31.20) 7:19.82 (31.54)
7:49.91 (30.09) 8:21.32 (31.41)
400Free Time Trial Brunnick, Mason 4:00.38 NATS
r:+0.79 27.89 57.55 (29.66) 1:27.38 (29.83) 1:57.47 (30.09)
2:27.79 (30.32) 2:58.42 (30.63) 3:29.69 (31.27) 4:00.38 (30