Junior Zac Ranta and freshman Michael Stanton rounded out the Georgia Invitational for Harvard. Ranta placed fourth in the 1-meter diving event with 288.65 points, and Stanton took home fifth in platform diving with 250.65 points.

The Crimson was pleased with its ability to compete against some of the best swimming and diving teams in the nation.

“There’s a lot of better swimming out there, so it’s good to get out of the Ivy League once in a while,” said Meyer.

The Georgia Invitational is Harvard’s penultimate non-Ivy League competition, with a dual meet with the cross-town rival Boston University scheduled for January.

In addition to the advantages of facing high-caliber national contenders this week, the Harvard swimmers and divers are now better able to gauge areas for needed work before the Crimson’s next competition.

“There’s definitely a lot of areas we could improve in,” said Roop. “[The Georgia Invitational] gave us a good idea of what we need to do to improve for the rest of the season and get ready for the Ivy League championship.”

Harvard will attempt to use what it learned this past weekend in Georgia to defend its current undefeated Ivy League record when it returns after a month-long break to go head-to-head with the Quakers of Penn.

—Staff writer Alexandra J. Mihalek can be reached at amihalek@fas.harvard.edu.