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M. Swimming Blows Army, Columbia Out of Water

Harvard's dominance continued with first-through-third sweeps of the 200 fly and the 500 free. In the 200 fly, the Lions faced twin trouble with sophomores Kyle and Ryan Egan, who took the first two places respectively, only .3 seconds apart. Junior Will Oren finished third.

Junior Dan Barnes helped Martin and Wrenshall in the 500, another pounding of Army and Columbia swimmers.

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"In a couple events, Columbia surprised us with some great swims," junior Mike Im said. "But we always rebounded with even stronger performances."

Im was a standout swimmer himself, showing the team's determination with his in-season best times in both the 100 backstroke on a lead-off swim for the medley relay and the 200 backstroke, which he won in 1:50.96. The Crimson's Shevchick, freshman Corey Walker and junior Dan Bazylewicz proved the tremendous depth of the team by taking second, third, and fourth in the event.

"We were glad to contribute to the team's momentum. The team's performance today gets us excited for some fast swimming at Virginia," Im said.

Both the Harvard men's and women's teams will travel to the Virginia Invitational next weekend for some non-Ivy competition. Some of the Crimson will be shaving and resting for the meet.

"We are going to be feeding off of the confidence from this meet to pick up some best times in Virginia," Martin said.

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