"I have been swimming well in practice and was really excited, so I knew now was the time to do it," said Todor, who also registered two victories against Cornell and Dartmouth.
These victories may have been impressive, but Brown still had some big guns left. The 200-butterfly has always been one of the Bears' strongest events, but freshman Lovisa Gustafsson stunned the Bears with her winning time of 2:03.63, a new Harvard record.
"Lovisa's 200-fly was incredible," senior Ana Cenanovic said. "We were all really pumped for this meet, but her breaking the school record unshaved put us over the top. After seeing that performance we knew we were on fire and couldn't lose."
Harvard indeed would do more than hold on to a victory after building a comfortable lead with these wins--it would demolish Brown.
The Crimson divers were a major contribution to the havoc wreaked on the Bears. Juniors Ali Shipley and Camila McLean swept both boards, continuing the Crimson blitzkrieg with an aerial assault of their own.
"We went into this meet knowing Brown's divers weren't that strong," McLean said. "We knew we should do well against them and it was great to help out the team."
Brown tried to mount a comeback with wins by sophomore Chuck Dawn in the 100-freestyle and Cowan in the 200-backstroke, but Harvard would have none of it.
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