In fact, Todor has dominated the breaststroke events so far this season

and Murphy and McDougall have double teamed the competition with powerful sprint freestyle, butterfly and backstroke performances.

And, as always, the divers have chimed in with their usual excellence.

Juniors Ali Shipley and Camila McLean have combined to win every diving event so far this season.

With this new attitude, strong showings from a variety of Crimson swimmers and divers, and some huge wins over perennial Ivy powerhouses, like Brown, Harvard has set its sights high for the season.

"Our main goals are to go undefeated and to win Ivies," Machorek said."But we also want to get more people to the NCAA Championships so we can establish a national presence. The next big challenge is going to be our dual meet against Princeton but that won't happen until February."

The break before Princeton, its next Ivy meet, will not be a vacation for Harvard, however. Next week it will travel to the University of Virginia for an invitational against several top-25 teams and will then head off to glorious Southern California for a grueling training trip over winter recess.