[HMSD] Men's Swimming

<http://www.gocrimson.com/HomePage.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000> Men's Swimming Ranked No. 1 in CollegeSwimming.com Division I Mid-Major Poll bullet _Complete CollegeSwimming.com Division I Mid-Major Poll_ <http://collegeswimming.com/core/team_rankings/division/2/?SPSID=41030&SPID=3654&DB_OEM_ID=9000> David Guernsey placed second in 400-yard freestyle relay at the Georgia Invitational. View larger <javascript:ViewPhoto('435054','300','400','400','435054');> David Guernsey placed second in 400-yard freestyle relay at the Georgia Invitational. *CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - *The Harvard men's swimming and diving team sit atop the latest CollegeSwimming.com Division I "mid-major" power rankings, ranking Harvard the top team in the country. The Crimson leads the CollegeSwimming.com poll with 194.22 points. Princeton is ranked second with 188.00. Missouri State is third (184.69), followed by Navy (183.48), who Harvard faces on Jan. 5, and Wright State (179.64). Harvard is 3-0 in the Ivy League this season, having earned victories over Cornell, 161-139, Dartmouth, 226-72, and Columbia, 195-105. The team also placed fourth at the Georgia Invitational, as Pat Quinn <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649077>, Geoff Rathgeber <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649078>, Bill Jones <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649061> and David Guernsey <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649058> claimed second place in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:00.25. Harvard was also second in the 800 free relay as Sam Wollner <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649086>, Mason Brunnick <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=653561>, Jones and Guernsey finished in 6:38.58. Rathgeber earned ECAC Men's Swimmer of the Week on Dec. 5, as he won the 200-yard individual medley and the 400-yard individual medley with times of 1:46.73 and 3:52.87, respectively, at the Georgia Invitational. He also finished first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 55.40 seconds. The CollegeSwimming.com mid-major Division I poll is designed to support and promote institutions that do not benefit from large football and basketball television agreements. Institutions from the following conferences are eligible to participate: America East, Atlantic 10, Big West, Colonial Athletic Association, Horizon League, EISL, Metro Atlantic, Mid-America, Mid-Continent, Missouri Valley, North Eastern, Patriot League and Sun Belt. Additional schools may participate provided they certify that their school awards seven or fewer men's swimming scholarships. Harvard returns to action at Annapolis on Saturday, Jan. 5 at noon, when the team visits Navy. The Crimson's next home contest at Blodgett Pool is against Brown on Jan. 24.