Freshman Chuck Katis touches in first in the 100-yard breaststroke for his second of three victories on Thursday afternoon.

In one of its most dominating performances so far this season, the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team handled Brown from start to finish, earning a 206-80 victory on Thursday afternoon at Blodgett Pool.

Once the Crimson (4-0) jumped into the pool for the first time in the new year, it never looked back, earning its third consecutive Ivy victory in wire-to-wire fashion. Harvard won 14 out of 16 of the events on the day, including the first nine.

“I think it went well for us,” sophomore Willy Brophy said. “We’re in a strange spot in training because, though we just came off our training trip, we already have some big meets coming up. But I think the team pulled together, and we came out of the meet just fine.”

Freshman Mike Gaudiani agreed with Brophy’s sentiments, emphasizing the importance of the team’s training trip in Puerto Rico to its current successes.

“We definitely worked very hard at the training trip,” Gaudiani said. “Coming off of that that, swimming so well at a meet like this definitely signals that we are in pretty good shape and is a pretty good indicator as well for how well we are doing thus far in the season.”

The afternoon began with the 200-yard medley relay in which the Crimson “A” team, composed of sophomore Jack Pretto, freshmen Chuck Katis and Griffin Schumacher, and junior Greg Roop, took first place at 1:32.24. The Harvard “B” team finished second, coming in at 1:35.05.

The next race, the 1000-yard freestyle, featured a win by freshman Reed Snyder at a time of 9:41.51. It was the first collegiate victory for the rookie in the 1000-free.

Classmate Gaudiani continued the rookie winning streak when he cruised into first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:42.15.

“I think I did pretty well,” Gaudiani said. “I was swimming in some of my off events, but I managed to put up some pretty good times for this point of the season, so I was pretty happy with that aspect of my races today.”

By the end of the first nine events, two more freshmen came out on top: Katis and Kyle McIntee. The former gained his second win of the night in the 100-yard breaststroke, whereas the latter won in the 200-yard butterfly, coming in with times of 56.38 and 1:51.52, respectively.

Not to be outshone, the Crimson sophomores also added two more victories, all before the Bears (0-4) managed to nab a first-place finish. In the 50-yard freestyle, Chris Satterthwaite won with a meet-best 21.16. But Satterthwaite’s win was a close one, as classmates Oliver Lee and Brophy were within three hundredths of a second.

The next sophomore win came from Brophy, who clocked in at 46.54 in the 100-yard freestyle.

“I got up and just raced, not worrying about times or any of that.” Brophy said. “I just wanted to get some good racing in and have fun with it. I usually swim better when I’m just trying to have fun instead of concentrating on times, and I think I definitely showed that.”

Rounding out Crimson victories in the first nine events, senior Rob Newell won the 100-yard backstroke in 51.40 seconds, and junior Michael Stanton came out on top in the 30-meter dive with 364.06 points. In that event, the top four highest scorers were all wearing Harvard colors.

It was only then that Brown clinched a race win. In the 200-yard backstroke, Bears freshman Alex Pascal grabbed first with a time of 1:57.60.