"I was pleasantly surprised; I didn't know I was going to go that fast," Cole said. "I never had a high school swim team, and it's been pretty exciting here. We've been working hard and looking forward to it...I don't know if [the meet] could have gone much better."

It really couldn't have. The Crimson also swept the 200 free as sophomore Dan Shevchik clocked a winning time of 1:42.79, with co-captain Mike Groves and Waters placing second and third, respectively.

In fact, the only individual swim event in which the Crimson didn't secure at least both first and second was the 100 backstroke, where freshman Reid Evans from Columbia nudged in at a time of 52.46--good enough for second place but not good enough to catch Im, who finished 50.59.

The class of '04 stepped up again in the breaststroke as Grant and Lin powered to a one-two finish in the 100, touching at 58.14 and 58.44, respectively.

"The freshmen did great," said sophomore Mike Gentilucci. "All the breaststrokers swam really well."

But it was the upperclassmen who would dominate the next two events. Oren won the 200 butterfly in a personal-best unshaved time of 1:49.80, finishing just ahead of juniors Ryan Egan, Kyle Egan and sophomore Cory Walker. Fritsch took the 50 free in a respectable 21.30, just ahead of Drake and seniors Dan Barnes and Chris Park.

Harvard's only losses Friday night were in 1- and 3-meter diving competition, where senior Greg Walker had to settle for second to defending Eastern Champion Mark Fichera, a Columbia senior, in both events. Freshman Ricky Roy helped out, placing third on the 1-meter and fourth on the 3-meter. Sophomore Erik Patton added third-place points to Harvard's score on the 3-meter board as well.