Courtesy: DSPics.com Dan Jones swam fifth in the 200 butterfly.

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The No. 20 Harvard men's swimming and diving team placed first in one event and swam 10 NCAA 'B' qualifying times Saturday to finish second at the 2009 Ivy League Championships, hosted at Princeton's DeNunzio Pool.  The Crimson accumulated a total of 1,311.5 points on the weekend and broke seven meet records over the course of the three-day meet. 

Princeton won the championships with a score of 1,663.5, while Cornell was third with 1,095.  Yale (1,033.5), Columbia (862.5) and Penn (808.5) finished fourth through sixth, followed by Brown (616.5) and Dartmouth (426).

The Crimson, which entered the third and final day of competition in second place, got an immediate lift in the first race of the day, as Alex Meyer established a new pool record, placing first in the 1650 freestyle.  Meyer clocked in with a 'B' time of 15:01.18, garnering his second All-Ivy first-team honors of the weekend and earning his Harvard 32 points.  Blake Lewkowitz grabbed fourth in the event, as he finished in 15:06.91, also a 'B' cut.  Eric Lynch came in seventh with Harvard's third 'B' time of the event, while Tommy Gray was 10th in 15:32.91.

Brothers Bill and Dan Jones clocked in with 'B' cuts during the preliminaries of the 200 butterfly, as Bill came in at 1:45.79, just slightly ahead of his twin, as Dan grabbed the wall in 1:46.43.  In the finals, Bill finished third in 1:43.24, breaking the previous meet record of 1:44.36.  Dan, meanwhile, took fifth as he swam his second NCAA 'B' on the day, cruising to the finish line in 1:45.67. 

David Guernsey led Harvard's charge in the 100 freestyle, as he placed third with a mark of 43.58, another Crimson 'B' cut.  Guernsey also recorded a 'B' time in the preliminaries, as he swam the event in a slightly slower pace at 43.73.  Teammate Will Heyburn had the eighth-best time of the event, as he finished in 45.14.

Harvard also recorded a 'B' cut in the final event of the weekend, the 400 free relay.  The Crimson quartet comprised of Heyburn Guernsey, Bill Jones, and Douwe Yntema had a collective time of 2:57.88, good for fourth place and 52 points.   

In the three-meter diving event, Zac Ranta scored 278.60 points for fifth place, earning 25 team points for the Crimson.  Drew Davis placed 16th as he collected 174.45 points.

In the finals of the 200 backstroke, Jordan Diekema captured seventh, as he touched the wall in 1:49.52.  Diekema had swam the fastest mark during the preliminary round, as he recorded a 'B' cut of 1:44.33.  Justin Davidson was Harvard's lone swimmer in the 'A' final of the 200 breaststroke, as the sophomore captured eighth in 2:01.66. 

Up next, Ranta will travel to Buffalo, N.Y. for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships, scheduled for March 12-14.  Ranta will compete on both boards.