In its final tune-up meet before league competition really heats up, the Harvard men’s swimming team looked like a fine-tuned machine.

The Crimson blew away Brown 158-70 to deal the Bears their tenth consecutive dual-meet loss to Harvard in as many years. Now the Crimson will look ahead to the Harvard-Princeton-Yale meet in New Haven, Conn. this weekend.

“In effect it was a tuneup, but it was definitely the stiffest competition we’ve had in the league this year,” junior Dan Shevchik said.

Last season, Princeton shaved before the H-Y-P meet and beat Harvard, 197-156. But Harvard has beaten the Tigers where it really counts—in the Eastern Championships—each of the last six years.

The question remains whether Princeton will repeat its strategy from last season.

“That’s the $60,000 question,” Shevchik said. “We’re not sure what to expect.”

“I don’t know for sure, but I bet Princeton and Yale would shave,” sophomore John Cole said. “I don’t know what [Princeton’s] philosophy is. They have a good dual meet record, but if we’re both shaven, we’re probably going to beat them.”

Shevchik said the team has surpassed the level it was at at this same point last season.

“We had some really good swims,” Shevchik said. “We had a stronger meet than last year. Personally my times were slightly slower, but it’s nothing to worry about.”

As usual, Shevchik and sophomore Cole were the top point-scorers for Harvard against the Bears.

Shevchik won the 200 indivudal medley, the 200 backstroke and placed third in the 200 breaststroke.

Cole won the 200 freestyle, the 500 freestyle, and placed second in the 200 butterfly.

“I felt I swam pretty well,” Cole said. “It was just a regular dual meet and our last meet was in early January, so I just wanted to get into a good meet.”

Freshman Alexander Siroky, who won the 200 breaststroke in a personal best time, and sophomore Tom Crahan, who joined classmate Enrique Roy as a qualifier for the NCAA Zone diving meet, were also standout performers.