COLLEGE STATION, Texas. -- Senior Bill
Jones and junior Alex
Meyer
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