As expected, Harvard men's swimming and diving team won its sixth straight Eastern Intercollegiate Swim League championship last weekend.
The men also set 5 school records, 10 pool records and 6 meet records. They automatically qualified 3 swimmers and one relay for NCAAs at the end of this month. They qualified 13 other swims for NCAA consideration and won 13 out of 21 events, including 4 out of 5 relays.
"The meet was incredible," said freshman John Cole. "The team gave 110% from the first race Thursday morning to the last relay Saturday night."
Going into the competition, the Crimson knew it would take a team effort to defend its EISL title. Little did the team know it had nothing to fear--the performances every class turned in over the course of the three-day meet could be termed nothing short of spectacular.
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