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Harvard Places Three on
CollegeSwimming.com Men's Mid-Major All-America
Team
Courtesy: Harvard Athletic Communications
Release: 04/21/2008
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*CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - *Juniors Bill Jones
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and Eric Lynch
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and senior Geoff Rathgeber
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of the Harvard men's swimming and diving team were named to the
CollegeSwimming.com Division I Men's Mid-Major All-America Team, the
website announced Monday.
The trio was joined by six others from Harvard who earned All-America
honorable mention status, including sophomore Mason Brunnick
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freshman Jordan Diekema
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junior David Guernsey
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junior Dan Jones
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senior Pat Quinn
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and senior Sam Wollner
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was a five-time Ivy champion this season after winning the 100 fly, 200
medley relay, 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle
relay. At the team's award banquet in April, Jones was presented with
the Reid Jorgensen Trophy as the team's most improved junior. Jones
qualified for the NCAA championships, placing 23rd in the 100 butterfly
(47.35) and 25th in the 200 butterfly (1:46.12) preliminaries.
Lynch won the 1000 freestyle and the 1650 freestyle at the EISL
Championship. The junior went on to place 18th at the NCAA championships
in the finals of the 1650 freestyle event with a time of 15:11.36. He
also competed in the 500 freestyle event, touching the wall in 4:24.03
for 35th. Lynch and Guernsey will serve as Harvard's team captains in
2008-09.
Rathgeber was honored earlier this season 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. Rathgeber picked up
seven All-Ivy first-team selections, leading a group of 10 Crimson
swimmers that earned All-Ivy League distinction. At nationals, he earned
All-America status in the 200 IM (1:45.61) and All-America honorable
mention in the 400 IM (3:47.65). Rathgeber was named to the
CollegeSwimming.com All-America Team for the second time.
Quinn earned four All-Ivy first-team honors this year as a member of the
200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 200 medley and 400 medley relay squads. He
also broke a 15-year old Harvard record in the 100 freestyle en route to
earning a spot on the
CollegeSwimming.com All-America honorable mention
squad.
Wollner took home the Eugene B. Wyman Trophy as Harvard's top scorer in
dual meets. Wollner was a three-time All-Ivy League first-team selection
this season after winning the 500 freestyle, 1000 freestyle and 800
freestyle relay.
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helped Harvard win the annual HYP meet with a second-place finish in the
200 butterfly (1:47.73) and was on the 400 medley relay squad that also
came in second (3:22.56). After swimming with the 200 medley relay team
that took third (1:32.65), Jones finished fourth in the 100 butterfly,
grabbing the wall in 49.38.
Brunnick was part of the event-winning 800 free relay squad at the EISL
Championship, while Diekema was a three-time All-Ivy swimmer, winning
the 200 backstroke, as well as the 200 medley and 400 medley relay events.
Guernsey was a member of the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay
and 800 freestyle relay champions, becoming a three-time All-Ivy pick.
Harvard capped a perfect season with the EISL and ECAC titles. The
Crimson placed 31st at nationals and was 9-0 overall in 2007-08 in dual
meets, including an 8-0 mark in the EISL and 7-0 in the Ivy League.