contribute the points for our team. We knew Virginia was going to put up a challenge and as the underdogs our team was able to step up. We have set ourselves up well for our Eastern Championships and NCAAs in

March."

The Crimson's divers weren't about to be left out of the action, either.

Harvard sent three divers to the meet, and all three turned in solid performances. Sophomore Erik Frost, freshman Erik Patton and freshman Adam Grant scored on both the one-meter and three-meter boards, holding up well against non-Ivy competition.

Patton placed second in the three-meter and third in the one-meter events.

Riding the swell of last month's dual-meet victory over defending Ivy

champ Brown, the Harvard women's swimming and diving team continued to surge onto the national scene with a strong showing at the Cavalier Invitational.

With No. 10 Virginia's perennial All-American relays shaved for the

meet, Harvard relied mostly on solid individual performances to remain

close to Virginia in the point race. Harvard tallied 830 points to finish solidly behind UVA, which finished with 1026 points.

Harvard sailed by Villanova, West Virginia and Central Connecticut, which accumulated 565, 479 and 199 points respectively.

Senior Alexis Todor took on a starring role for the Crimson this weekend, finishing second in the 200 breaststroke and third in the 100 breaststroke. In both events, Todor posted season and college career personal best times, which put her within reach of a coveted NCAA berth later in the season.

"Since our team wasn't rested, we didn't expect to swim as well as we

did," Todor said. "It was tough swimming against shaved swimmers, but we just went out there to race. I think we surprised ourselves with some

great performances."