Harvard, host Boston University, Boston College, and Northeastern University participated in another Beantown championship event last night. It wasn't the Beanpot, of course, but the Greater Boston Swimming Championships. Luckily, the aquamen fared much better than Coach Bill Cleary's men, holding off a strong B.U. charge to defend their title, in the last year of the Championship.
Outdueling the Beanpot squads and Tufts University did not require an Herculean effort. If it had, the Crimson may not have been up to the task, still suffering from a highly emotional Princeton victory last Saturday.
Nevertheless, Harvard garnered first place in enough events to assure itself of the city laurels. Notable performances included Peter Egan's exciting come-from-behind triumph in the 100-yd, butterfly and Matt Davis's.08 second win over B.U.'s Dan Hughes in the 200-yd, individual medley. Senior Karl Illig shattered the pool records in both the one meter and three-meter diving events.
The results of the day's swimming are as follows:
100-yd. Butterfly:
1.Peter Egan, H, 52.14 seconds
2.Sean Nottage, BU, 52.26 seconds
3.Jim Kornish, H, 52.42 seconds
400-yd. Freestyle Relay:
1.BU, 3:08.23 minutes
2.Harvard, 3:08.24 minutes
3.Tufts, 3:22.64 minutes
200-yd. Breaststroke:
1.Lars Rlerson, H, 2:10.63 minutes
2.Art Murphy, H, 2:14.60 minutes
3.Kevin Vantine, BU, 2:15.51 minutes
50-yd Freestyle:
1.Jim Wong, Tufts, 21:61 seconds
2.Brad Howe, BU, 21.64 seconds
3.Bob Tyler, H, 21.67 seconds
200-yd. Backstroke:
1.Bren Howe, BU, 1:54.41 minutes
2.Courtney Roberts, H, 1:56.69 minutes
3.Dan Simkowitz, H, 1:57.53 minutes
500-yd. Freestyle:
1.Dan Hughes, BU, 4:37.66 minutes
2.Bill Cleveland, H, 4:43.50 minutes
3.Bill McCloskey, H, 4:44.17 minutes
100-yd. Freestyle:
1.Brad Howe, BU, 46.85 seconds
2.Craig Mallery, BU, 47.47 seconds
3.Jim Wong, Tufts, 48.13 seconds
200-yd. Butterfly:
1.Dan Hughes, BU, 1:56.54 minutes
2.Gonzalo Sanchez, BU, 1:57.05 minutes
3.James O'Rourke, H, 1:58.62 minutes
100-yd. Breaststroke:
1.Kevin Vantine, BU, 1:00.38 minutes
2.Bob Hrabchak, H, 1:01.22 minutes
3.Clay Miller, H, 1:01.24 minutes
100-yd. Backstroke:
1.Bren Howe, BU, 53.69 seconds
2.Lars Rlerson, H, 54.83 seconds
3.Jim Kornish, H, 55.02 seconds
200-yd. Freestyle:
1.Brad Howe, BU, 1:43.08 minutes
2.Courtney Roberts, H, 1:43.01 minutes
3.Craig Mallery, BU, 1:45.72 minutes
200-yd. Individual Medley:
1.Matt Davis, H, 1:58.23 minutes
2.Dan Hughes, BU, 1:58.91 minutes
400-yd. Medley Relay:
1.Harvard, 3:31.10 minutes
2.BU, 3:40.50 minutes
3.Tufts, 3:46.85 minutes
One-Meter Diving:
1.Karl Illig, H, 470.60 Points
2.Ted Lukes, BU, 459.10 points
3.Geoff Geis, BC, 428.40 points
Three-Meter Diving:
1.Karl Illig, H, 538.30 points
2.Ted Luckes, BU, 507.50 points
3.David Biespiel, BU, 473.20 points
Final Standings:
1.Harvard 487 Points
2.BU 451 Points
3.Tufts 219 Points
4.Northeastern 145 Points
5.BC 127 Points
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