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No. 20 Harvard Heads to Princeton for Ivy League Championships
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Release: 03/04/2009
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Bill Jones and the Crimson were 6-1 against Ivy teams in the regular
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Bill Jones and the Crimson were 6-1 against Ivy teams in the regular
season.
*The Particulars*
The Harvard men's swimming and diving team heads to Princeton. N.J., for
the 2009 Ivy League Championship. The meet will be held at Princeton's
DeNunzio Pool. The Crimson, ranked 20th in the Collegiate Swimming
Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) and the
CollegeSwimming.com
national polls, is seeking its second straight Ivy title.
This season, head coach Tim Murphy and his squad own an 8-1 record,
including a 6-1 mark against Ancient Eight opponents.
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available at the Ivy League blog for the championships.
*Scouting the Crimson*
Harvard began the 2008-09 campaign by sweeping Cornell and Dartmouth in
a tri-meet at Blodgett Pool Nov. 15. The Crimson outscored the Big
Green by a large margin, 253-47, while edging the Big Red, 158-142. The
team then doubled-up Columbia to close out the month of November.
Harvard claimed 13 of 16 events against the Lions.
In the first weekend of December, the Crimson traveled to Athens, Ga.,
for the George Invitational. Harvard earned a second-place finish
against some of the nation's best competition, as the team scored more
points than Denver, Clemson and West Virginia. Harvard then visited
Arizona State for the final dual meet before the New Year, as the team
captured six events en route to a 121-108 win.
In a battle of unbeaten teams at Blodgett Pool Jan. 3, the Crimson, 5-0
at the time, handed Navy its first loss of the season by defeating the
Midshipmen, 188-112. Harvard took 11 of the 16 events on the day.
Next, the Crimson extended its win streak to open the season to six
meets, as the squad cruised to a 213-85 win over Penn at home Jan. 10.
In its final dual meet of the year, Harvard won the first six events of
the day to defeat Brown, 169-119, at Blodgett. Harvard headed into the
annual HYP meet, held at Blodgett Pool Jan. 31-Feb. 1, with a 7-0 mark
and 5-0 record in the Ancient Eight. After the first day of
competition, the team held a 96-90 lead over Princeton and 129-57
advantage over Yale after claiming four events and recording seven NCAA
'B' qualifying times. However, on day two, the Tigers amassed 103
points to take a 193-160 decision over Harvard, giving the Crimson its
lone loss of the year. Harvard defeated Yale, 251-102, to complete the
regular season 8-1.
The Crimson then opened the postseason by taking second at the 2009 ECAC
Championships, hosted by Harvard at Blodgett Pool Feb. 27-March 1.
Harvard, looking for a three-peat, performed well, finishing second
after each day of competition.
Harvard has also succeeded outside of the pool this season, as the team
was recently honored with the CSCAA All-Academic team award. The
Crimson posted a cumulative 3.30 grade-point average, the third-best
mark in the country and first among Ivy League schools.
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*Last Season at Ivy League Championship*
The Crimson accumulated 1,564 points, well ahead of second-place
Princeton (1,208.5) to cap its perfect season by winning the 2008 Ivy
title. Harvard, ranked 22nd at the time, claimed three events on the
final day of competition and 13 overall en route to the championship.
Geoff Rathgeber '08 was honored with the Philip Moriarty Award as the
Most Outstanding Swimmer at the Ivy League Championship, as well as the
Harold Ulen Award for most career points. He picked up seven All-Ivy
first-team selections, including leading a group of 10 Crimson swimmers
that earned All-Ivy League distinction.
Rathgeber won the 200 IM, the 400 IM and the 200 breast as an individual
swimmer, and captured four relay races, including the 200 freestyle, 400
freestyle, 200 medley and the 400 medley. Rathgeber was a 21-time Ivy
League champion overall in his career.
Bill Jones
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was a five-time Ivy champion after winning the 100 fly, 200 medley
relay, 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay.
The junior was also a second-team selection after finishing second in
the 200 fly.
Pat Quinn
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'08 earned four All-Ivy first-team honors as a member of the 200
freestyle, 400 freestyle, 200 medley and 400 medley relay squads. Sam
Wollner
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'08 earned three first-team honors, after winning the 500 freestyle and
the 1000 freestyle as an individual. He was a member of the foursome
that claimed the 800 freestyle relay. He also placed second in the 1650
free for second-team honors.
David Guernsey
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was a member of the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800
freestyle relay champions, becoming a three-time All-Ivy pick. He took
second in the 100 freestyle, capturing second-team recognition. Eric
Lynch
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captured wins in the 1000 freestyle and the 1650 freestyle, and took
second in the 500 freestyle.
Jordan Diekema
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was a three-time All-Ivy swimmer, winning the 200 backstroke as well as
the 200 medley and 400 medley relay events. He also touched the wall
second in the 100 backstroke.
Justin Davidson
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took home the 100 breaststroke for All-Ivy first-team accolades. Mason
Brunnick
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who was part of the event-winning 800 free relay squad, and Will Heyburn
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a member of the 200 freestyle relay champions, rounded out the All-Ivy
first-team selections for the Crimson.
*Schedule of Events*
*Thursday, March 5*
Preliminaries at 11 a.m.
1. 200 Freestyle Relay
2. 500 Freestyle
3. 200 Individual Medley
4. 50 Freestyle
5. One-Meter Diving
Finals at 6 p.m.
1. 200 Freestyle Relay
2. 500 Freestyle
3. 200 Individual Medley
4. 50 Freestyle
5. One-Meter Diving
6. 400 Medley Relay
*Friday, March 6*
Preliminaries at 11 a.m.
1. 200 Medley Relay
2. 400 Individual Medley
3. 100 Butterfly
4. 200 Freestyle
5. 100 Breaststroke
6. 100 Backstroke
7. 1000 Freestyle
8. Three-Meter Diving
Finals at 6 p.m.
1. 200 Medley Relay
2. 1000 Freestyle
3. 400 Individual Medley
4. 100 Butterfly
5. 200 Freestyle
6. 100 Breaststroke
7. 100 Backstroke
8. 800 Free Relay
*Saturday, March 7*
Preliminaries at 11 a.m.
1. 1650 Freestyle
2. 200 Backstroke
3. 100 Freestyle
4. 200 Breaststroke
5. 200 Butterfly
Finals at 6 p.m.
1. 1650 Freestyle
2. 200 Backstroke
3. 100 Freestyle
4. 200 Breaststroke
5. 200 Butterfly
6. Three-Meter Diving
7. 400 Free Relay
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*Up Next*
The NCAA Zone Diving Championships will be held March 12-14 in Buffalo, N.Y.
--
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