Cole, meanwhile, traded his usual distance events for a faster pace this time around--the No.1-ranked 1000 freestyler in the country would also take second in the 100-yard free later in the meet.
"Everyone swam off-events, and we still went one-two in almost every event," Roy said.
In fact, the only race in the first half that did not go to the Crimson was the 100-yard backstroke, where freshman Kemi George's time of 52.37 was good enough for second place.
Lin's second win of the evening came in his best individual event, the 100 breaststroke--the freshman clocked 58.86, half a body length before Cornell freshman John Dyste squeezed in a second-place finish.
Ryan Egan then claimed the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:50.71, also a new pool record. Cole and sophomore Rick Dewey took second and third in the event, respectively.
In the absence of senior sprinters Jamey Waters, Dan Barnes and Adam Shaw, it was up to sophomore Jan Cieslikiewicz to represent the Harvard freestyle sprinters. Cieslikiewicz won the 50-yard freestyle in 21.91 while sophomore Nate Towery finished third in 22.25.
Following Roy's first-place finish on the one-meter board (with a total score of 268.50), the Crimson were primed for an even more impressive second half.
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