*HMSD* *OPENS UP THE NEW YEAR WITH 2 STRONG WINS.
We opened up the year with two strong efforts vs. Rutgers and Navy.
The Crimson are back in action Jan. 26 against
Brown in Providence, R.I. Our last dual is HYP at Princeton Saturday and
Sunday Feb 3-4. Hope to see you there.*
*Harvard COOP Athletes of the Week (2006-2007)
*
January 8 - Junior swimmer Geoff Rathgeber (Kensington, Conn.) is the
Harvard COOP Athlete of the Week for January 8. Rathgeber won two
individual events each to lead Harvard to dual-meet wins on back-to-back
days against Rutgers and previously unbeaten Navy. He was a winner in
the 200 backstroke and the 200 individual medley in the 171-125 victory
against the Scarlet Knights and came back the next day with wins in the
100 backstroke and 400 IM in the 188-112 win against Navy. He also swam
a led on the first-place 200 medley relay against the Midshipmen, who
had entered Saturday's meet with an 11-0 record.
Harvard Knocks Navy From Ranks Of Unbeaten, 188-112
Alex Meyer was chosen as the Crimson's Ironman this season, swimming
every event in the meet against Navy
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Alex Meyer was chosen as the Crimson's Ironman this season, swimming
every event in the meet against Navy
*CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --* Juniors Sam Wollner
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Geoff Rathgeber
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and Pat Quinn
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won two individual events each as Harvard handed previously unbeaten
Navy its first loss of the 2006-07 season, 188-112, Saturday afternoon
at Blodgett Pool.
The Crimson won 13 of the 16 events against the Midshipmen, who brought
an 11-0 record into the meet. Harvard improved to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in
the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League, while Navy falls to 11-1
overall and 3-1 in the EISL.
Harvard wasted little time in setting the tone for the meet as the
Crimson took first and third in the opening 200-yard medley relay and
grabbed the top two places in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Wollner took the
1,650 in 15:44.34, just ahead of teammate Eric Lynch
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who was three-tenths of a second back. Sophomore David Guernsey
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followed by leading a 1-3 Harvard finish in the 200 freestyle as he
touched in 1:42.64. Rathgeber picked up his first win of the afternoon
by going 50.23 in the 100 backstroke. Seniors Brian Fiske
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and Joc Christiana
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widened Harvard's lead by taking the top two places in the 100
breaststroke, with Fiske grabbing the first-place points in 58.23.
Sophomores Dan Jones
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and Bill Jones
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followed by going 1-2 in the 200 butterfly as Dan clocked 1:52.43, just
ahead of his brother's 1:52.82. Quinn took both of the sprint freestyle
events as he won the 50 in 21.18 seconds before touching the wall in
46.31 seconds in the 100. Navy's only win in outside the diving well
came in the 200 backstroke as Kevin Murki clocked a 1:50.82 to edge
Harvard's second- and third-place finishers. The Crimson reeled off wins
in the five swimming events to run away with the win, however, as
freshman Simone Melillo
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took the 200 breaststroke (2:09.36) before Wollner and Lynch again went
1-2, this time in the 500 freestyle. Harvard iced it in the 100
butterfly as Bill Jones
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Dan Jones
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and senior Rich Goettke
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went 1-2-3, with Bill Jones
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touching in 49.90 seconds.Rathgeber added to his win total with a
3:59.87 showing in the 400 individual medley before the Crimson closed
the meet with a win in the 400 freestyle relay (3:07.25). The Midshipmen
picked up their other two event wins in diving as senior Kevin Teague
won on both the one- and three-meter boards. Harvard junior Lucas
Sanders
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took second in both events.
*The meet also saw Harvard continue one of its longstanding traditions
as freshman Alex Meyer
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was chosen by his teammates as the squad's Ironman for the meet. Meyer
swam in every heat of every race Saturday, taking part in 13 events and
racing a total of 5,350 yards - slightly more than three miles.*
Dan Jones on the 200 butterfly for the Crimson
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Dan Jones on the 200 butterfly for the Crimson
*PISCATAWAY, N.J. --* Senior Brian Fiske, junior Geoff Rathgeber and
sophomore Bill Jones won two individual events each at Harvard improved
to 4-1 on the 2006-07 season with a 171-125 win against Rutgers Friday
morning at the Werblin Recreation Center. Harvard scored the first-place
points in 11 of the 16 events and swam the meets final relay as a
non-scoring exhibition. Seven Harvard swimmers registered individual
victories, with Fiske, Rathgeber and Jones finishing as multiple-event
winners. Fiske led the way in the two breaststroke events as he won from
both 100 and 200 yards. He edged Rutgers' Eric Lane to take the 100 in
58.64 seconds before leading a 1-2 Crimson finish in the 200 in 2:10.39.
Rathgeber picked up his two wins in the 200 backstroke and the 200
individual medley as he cruised to comfortable margins of victory in
both races. He led a Harvard contingent that took four of the top five
places in the 200 back by touching in 1:52.28 and led the way in the IM
in 1:52.49.
Jones had key wins in the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly. He won the
freestyle in 46.91 before leading a 1-2 Crimson finish in the fly with a
50.23-second swim.
Freshman Alex Meyer took a comfortable win in the 1,000 freestyle,
winning in 9:34.68. Senior Jason Degnan-Rojeski won going away in the
100 backstroke, defeating the closest opponent by 1.68 seconds in 51.38.
Sophomore Dan Jones, meanwhile, also joined the victory parade as he led
a 1-2 Harvard showing in the 200 butterfly (1:53.65). Sophomore David
Guernsey took the 50 freestyle in 21.53.