Harvard also finished third in the 400-yard medley relay. McIntee had the fastest freestyle split in the finals of the relay, swimming his 100-yard leg in 45 seconds flat.

Though the Crimson had no individual victories other than Schindewolf’s Saturday win, it did have a number of close calls. For no one was this more true than for sophomore Nicholas DuCille.

In the 50-yard freestyle finals on Friday, DuCille lost to Navy freshman Robbie Parker by six one-hundredths of a second.

Yesterday, DuCille was again out-touched, this time by Bucknell University sophomore Eric Sokolosky in the 100-yard freestyle. DuCille finished the race in 45.60, losing by .02 seconds.

DuCille was not without his successes—he was also the freestyle anchor in the second-place 200 medley relay, where he had a 20.16-second split, the fastest in the finals. He led off in the winning effort in the 400-yard freestyle relay as well.

“[DuCille’s] continuing to work on [his] turns, trying to make those more efficient, but we’re just proud of the steps he’s taken to move forward,” Tyrell said.

Still, with the Ivy League Championships next weekend and with a relatively young team, Harvard looks at this as preparation.

“Our swims this weekend are really going to be motivational for our Ivy team, [and] hopefully they can do better than we did [in the ECAC tournament] at Ivies next weekend,” Cutter said.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

CORRECTION: March 2, 2010

An original version of the Mar. 1 sports article "Harvard Men Take Second at ECACs" incorrectly referenced "Bryant University sophomore Eric Sokolosky." In fact, Sokolosky is a swimmer for Bucknell University.