“The Brown meet was a little rougher than we expected,” Brunnick said. “The second half of the meet we were able to get our act together, but the first half we were losing close races.”

Brunnick himself claimed Harvard’s first victory of the contest in the 1000-yard freestyle. The senior finished with a time of 9:32.37, followed by freshman Greg Roop at 9:38.36.

The Bears bested the Crimson in the next six events, but Harvard stayed strong and fought back in the 100-yard freestyle. Tan won the event for his team with a 46.49 finish, while Heyburn took second in 46.63.

Meyer and junior Blake Lewkowitz led the charge in the 500-yard freestyle, claiming first and second place, respectively. Meyer posted a 4:36.63 finish, while Lewkowitz touched the wall in 4:43.25.

Wurzbacher won the 100-yard breaststroke in a close race with Brown’s Conor Carlucci, beating out the Brown swimmer with a time of 57.33.

But Harvard secured its victory through its divers, who captured both of the contest’s diving events. Ranta and Stanton brought home the top two places in the three-meter dive with scores of 331.88 and 313.28, respectively. Stanton took the one-meter event as well, keeping the divers’ record perfect for the weekend’s dual meets.

The Crimson will face its toughest competition of the season next weekend in the two-day Harvard-Yale-Princeton (HYP) meet, held in the Tigers’ home pool.

“It’s going to be really interesting and a great challenge,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy said. “We need to be prepared to swim better than we have all year.”

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