"The EISL championship has been the focal points of our entire season," Peterson said. "Now that we've accomplished our goal we're looking forward to making a name for Harvard in the NCAAs"
No Walk in the Park
Although Harvard rolled to an easy victory on the final day of the competition, this meet was not without excitement.
The Crimson's 200-yard freestyle relay team which was predicted to finish in the top five, was disqualified for a false-start. Since it was only the second event of the meet, this put the Crimson into an immediate deficit.
"There was a moment there when we all felt pretty scared about being 30 points down, but we realized that this type of thing happens all the time, and we were able to get refocused," Senior Co-Captain Chris Kovacs said.
Happy Ending for Seniors
Harvard was obviously undaunted by the disqualification as it went on to take first, fourth, seventh, eighth, and eleventh in the following event, the 500-yard freestyle.
"After we did so well in the 500 free, we knew were right back in the competition," Kovacs said.
Other outstanding performances were put in by sophomore Craig Narveson who took first in both the one meter and the three meter diving competition, thereby winning the meet's high point award, sophomore Sean Gouldson who took second in both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke, and freshman Tim Carver who took third in both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke.
The victory represented the ultimate dream for the team's seniors, who had fallen to Princeton in the EISL Championship for the past three years.
"We were very confident going into the meet," senior Don Kidd said. "We knew we had a better shot of winning than any other year. Once we realized we'd done it, the excitement level was unbelievable. All of our
Final Standings (Top Ten Only) Harvard 694 Princeton 662 Yale 484 Columbia 342 Cornell 262 Navy 217 Brown 181 Penn 180 LaSalle 168 Dartmouth 166