Put it this way: Brown hasn't beaten Harvard since 1992 and even then it was only by six points.

The margin was not as slim last weekend--the Harvard men's swimming and diving team (4-0, 4-0 Ivy) handed Brown a 181-119 defeat on Saturday. Although the competition started off slowly, the Crimson went on to capture eight out of nine events in the second half, securing yet another win for its undefeated season.

The victory should give the team momentum for this weekend as the Crimson heads to New Jersey for the highly-anticipated Harvard-Yale-Princeton competition. The Princeton Tigers also go into the meet undefeated and have never lost an Ivy dual meet in their home pool.

"I think the meet will set the team up nicely for HYP," said sophomore Dan Shevchik, who captured both the 100 and 200 backstrokes last Saturday. "Not necessarily because of how we swam--we had some good races and some bad races--but because Brown jumped out to a lead on us early." (The Bears secured the 1000 freestyle, the 200 free, and the 50 free before the end of the first half.)

Shevchik continued, "We weren't really challenged in our first 2 meets [a tri-meet against Columbia and Army, and then at Navy earlier this month], and I think it was good for our freshmen to realize that not all meets are going to go exactly according to plan. It was also a good indicator of what we have done well and what we need to sharpen up both for HYP and for Easterns."

The meet started out well enough as the team of senior Michael Im (currently ranked first in the country in the 200 backstroke in collegiate polls), freshman Rassan Grant, sophomore Leif Drake, and senior Jamey Waters won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:33.39. Brown, however, took both second and third, closing the gap.

The Bears then went on to win the 1000 freestyle as junior Mike Peters beat out Harvard sophomore Andrew McConnell to touch at 9:25.29. Brown also took third in the event.

Teammates and spectators alike roared as Brown won its second event back-to-back--sophomore Bear Jeff Miskis won the 200 free with a time of 1:42.13. He just nearly touched out Harvard freshman James Lawler, who finished second, touching at 1:42.81. After the 200 free, Brown was ahead 28-27, and fans were ecstatic.