It seems like the Navy isn't quite as good in the water as we might like it to be.

The Harvard men's swimming team continued its winning ways on Saturday afternoon, as the Crimson soundly defeated the Midshipmen 199-100 at Blodgett Pool. NAVY  100 HARVARD  199

In cruising past Navy, Harvard took first place in 11 of the 16 events at the meet--sweeping the top two places in four of them.

Captain Greg Wriede and junior Tim Martin led the way for the Crimson, each finishing first in two events.

"It was a really good meet for us as a team," Wriede said. "A couple of our guys had some really good swims, and we also had the `ironman,' which really brings the team together."

In the "ironman," one freshman from the team is designated to swim in every single event. The lucky swimmer this Saturday was Matt Wrenshall, and the team rallied behind him in his grueling day.

Aside from the "ironman," the Crimson had a good day in the pool, as Navy did not pose much of a challenge.

Wriede won the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:50.89, nearly a full second of sophomore teammate Michael Im, who placed third to complete a Harvard sweep of the top three places in the event.

Wriede also won the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:02.83. Sophomore Mike Groves and junior Brian Cadman finished in second and third place, respectively, giving the Crimson another sweep.

Martin, meanwhile, had little trouble dominating the rest of the field in the 1650-meter freestyle. His time of 15:27.08 was a full 53 seconds better than Navy's Tim Ray, who finished second. Freshman Ben Hanley finished just behind Ray in third for the Crimson.

Martin coasted in 500-meter freestyle as well, easily outpacing the field. He won the event with a time of 4:31.10, a full four seconds better than senior teammate Denis Sirringhaus. Sophomore Will Oren rounded out the top three for yet another Crimson sweep.

In the 50-meter freestyle senior Alex Kurmakov placed first with a time of 21.30 seconds, while junior Ben Rosen came in third for Harvard.

Co-captain John Samuel finished first in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 47.12 seconds, just one-hundredth of a second ahead of sophomore teammate Matt Fritsch.

In the 200-meter freestyle, sophomore Jamey Waters triumphed with a time of 1:41.38, while Kurmakov came in third.

Sophomore Dan Bazylewicz won the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 52.71 seconds, and freshman Charles Cromwell finished second.