The Crimson entered the second day in a comfortable fourth place, but remained in that position for the duration of the competition.
Harvard’s highest finish on Saturday was a second-place time by Cromwell in the 100-yard backstroke. Rathgeber finished five places back in seventh. But Rathgeber went on to bring home more points for the Crimson, as he finished fifth in the 400-yard IM, followed by Wollner who took eighth.
“Wollner is also very impressive,” Hastrup said. “He’s not big but he has a lot of heart and fights it out.”
Cromwell also went on to grab more points in the 200-yard freestyle, and he then finished seventh in the 100-yard butterfly. Sophomore Joc Christian also helped his team by placing eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Sanders and Rybalko continued to put up solid diving scores, taking seventh and 11th, respectively, in the three-meter diving event on Saturday.
The Harvard relays only continued to improve on the second day of competition with a fourth-place finish in the in the 800-yard free relay by the Crimson ‘A’ team. That squad also took home a ninth-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay.
DAY 3
Even though the Crimson was still not able to advance on the last day of competition, it had a big first-place finish from Cole in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Wollner went on to place ninth in the event as well.
“We had a bunch of really stand out performances,” Hastrup said. “The best performance by far, though, was John Cole and his 1,650.”
Cromwell was able to bring out another huge finish by taking the third spot in the 200-yard backstroke. But after that, the team slipped and placed much lower in the rankings in all other events, with Moccari managing to place seventh in the 200-yard butterfly and bringing in some more points for Harvard.
The Crimson only managed to provide C-Final competitors for the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard breaststroke. The only other big finish of the night was in the 400-yard freestyle relay, when the Harvard ‘A’ squad claimed a seventh-place finish.
Overall the Crimson swam well in a meet that contained so many nationally ranked teams and competitors, but Harvard hopes to improve its times and step up their its level of competition for future meets.
“Being satisfied at this point in the season is kind of a dangerous thing,” Cromwell said. “We are excited for the rest of the season and to get back on top of the Ivies and back in the national spotlight.”