Good things come to those who wait. But great things come to those with a mission.

And so it is with Harvard's dedicated and talented wrestling team. Not a team to just sit back and wait for things to happen, the Crimson has set a standard of excellence which it continually strives to surpass.

As an example of the excellence it has achieved, the Harvard wrestlers can call themselves Ivy Champions for the first time in school history. Building on the success of recent years, this historic championship reflects the passion of a program that has come to be both respected and feared by its conference and the nation.

Since its February 3 loss to Penn, the Crimson squad has gone on to win seven consecutive meets by a combined score 241-45, including an impressive 24 pins. The highlight of this streak was a commanding 28-13 win over Cornell--the first Crimson victory over the Big Red in seventeen years.

Harvard then sealed a share of the Ivy title with a win over Brown in its final weekend at home. Harvard shares the title with both Penn and Cornell, by virtue of the results of the dual meet season--Harvard beat Cornell, Cornell beat Penn, but Penn beat Harvard.

"I am extremely proud of what our wrestlers have accomplished," said Head Coach Jay Weiss. "It was a terrific team effort, and it epitomizes the tremendous work ethic that these guys share."

With a tough tournament schedule earlier in the season, in which the Crimson was a formidable foe against some of the best teams in the nation (including Iowa State, Oklahoma, and Nebraska), Harvard entered the dual meet season ready for action.

"I think that competing in Dallas at the Lone Star Duals against top notch competition made everyone realize that we were more than capable of beating the top teams in our conference," said co-captain Matt Picarsic.