[HMSD] Jones, Meyer Compete at NCAA Championships

<http://www.gocrimson.com/HomePage.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000> Jones, Meyer Compete at NCAA Championships Courtesy: Harvard Athletic Communications Release: 03/29/2009 Bill Jones finished 28th in the 100 butterfly. View larger <javascript:ViewPhoto('434927','300','400','400','434927');> Courtesy: DSPics.com Bill Jones finished 28th in the 100 butterfly. *COLLEGE STATION, Texas. -- *Senior Bill Jones <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=649061> and junior Alex Meyer <http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=827391> represented Harvard at the 2009 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend at Texas A&M's Student Rec Center Natatorium. Jones, making his second straight appearance at the NCAA Championships, improved his time at the NCAA meet in the 100 butterfly, as he touched the wall in 47.11. He placed 28th place of 47 student-athletes in the preliminaries of the event. Last year at the NCAA Championships, Jones, who hails from Fremont, Mich., swam the race in 47.35. Meyer, a native of Ithaca, N.Y., posted the Crimson's highest finish of the meet in the 1,650 freestyle, as he placed 25th with a time of 15:06.58. Meyer, competing in his first NCAA meet, also finished 44th in the 500 freestyle, as he cruised to a mark of 4:24.38. -- Timothy D. Murphy Head Coach of Men's Swimming Harvard University 65 North Harvard St. Boston, MA 02163 office 617-495-2268 fax 617-507-0772