Brandishing a rare one-through-five sweep inthe 500 free Thursday night, these men continuedtheir domination in Martin's wake, taking three ofthe top eight spots in the 1000-yard freestyleFriday night and sweeping first through third inthe 1650-yard freestyle on Saturday night.

Obviously, without the incredible performancesof its seniors, the Crimson couldn't have executedsuch a spectacular triumph. Having never lost anEISL title in their four years at Harvard, seniorsAlex Kurmakov, Jon Samuel, Sirringhaus, Wriede andJames Zenyuh carried the team to its finalvictory.

Kurmakov, the second-fastest freestyle sprinterin Harvard history, scored in seven events,including first places in three of Harvard'srelays and an impressive tie for first place inthe 100-yard freestyle, where he posted a time of44.79.

"It's definitely going to be tough without themnext year. The team will miss them a lot," saidsophomore Jamey Waters. "But we are confident thatwe can continue to dominate with the strength ofour underclassmen."

Waters is just one of a number of underclassmenwho has proved he has what it takes to fill thevoid these unbelievable seniors will leave.Swimming on three of the Crimson's four championrelay squads, Waters also scored in threeindividual finals.

Another underclassman, freshman MatthewWrenshall, who swam every race at the Navy meetJan. 9, proved once again why he is known as theIron Man. He mounted the awards platform a totalof six times and secured four first place finishesin his first Easterns appearance.

"I was very happy with how I swam, and Idefinitely exceeded my own expectations for themeet," Wrenshall said. "Everyone swam well andthat really helped."

The only Harvard diver to score in the topeight, sophomore Greg Walker claimed third placefor Harvard in the three-meter diving Saturdaynight and sixth place in the one-meter platformdiving on Thursday.

While the swimmers were hoarding the hardware,the Crimson's coaching staff got in on the actionas well. Harvard Coach Keith Miller tied forDiving Coach of the Year, and first-year Harvardcoach Tim Murphy was named Swimming Coach of theYear.

"I think [Murphy] did an awesome job getting usready for the meet and getting us ready throughoutthe year," Wriede said. "He is going to keep theHarvard tradition going as far as winning Easternsand he may be the coach to break Harvard into theTop 10 teams of the country at NCAAs."

In the last event the crowd was on its feet asthe 400-yard freestyle relay teams took theirmarks. With an unbelievable Harvard leadestablished on the scoreboard, the meet winner hadalready been decided. But the Crimson refused tocoast. Carried by the chants of the crowd and itsteammates, the Crimson dominated from the outsetand left the rest of the competition flailingbehind.

Princeton, despite its catchy team t-shirts,was a distant second. The Tigers came into themeet sporting shirts that read "A lion amongstladies is a very fearful thing indeed." But in theend, it was the Crimson that had the last roar