The Crimson’s overriding concern must be to win the relay events, as those are worth the most points. The meet’s final outcome can swing in the direction of a team that is able to win the majority of them.
“We’re not planning anything specific [to improve],” Shevchik said. “Everybody in the relays is going to have to swim their fastest.”
At last year’s EISL Championship, the Tigers won four out of five relays, with Harvard placing second each time. Additionally, this year’s H-Y-P was decided on a relay, the final event of the meet.
If the Crimson allow the meet to hang in the balance until the final event again, though, the EISL title likely won’t return to Cambridge.
“We’re just going to have to be tougher than Princeton,” senior Mike Gentilucci said earlier this season. “The meet will be won in the morning.”
—Staff writer Timothy J. McGinn can be reached at mcginn@fas.harvard.edu.