MIT INVITATIONAL

A little closer to home, a group of Harvard swimmers and divers earned second place at the MIT Invitational with 676.5 points. Though the number was a far cry from the Engineer’s winning total of 1208.5, it was impressive, given that the Crimson was only fielding about half of its team.

To start things off, the trio of senior Paige Newell and sophomores Connie Hsu and Daniela Suarez-Rebling outpaced the seven-school field in the 500 free event for the first of three Crimson podium sweeps of the invitational.

And in an impressive display of the Crimson’s depth in the one-meter and three-meter diving events, Harvard took the top five positions of both, with underclassmen leading the way.

Freshman Brittany Wang took first in the 1-meter with a 301.35 score, less than four points ahead of teammate Elina Leiviska, who returned the favor by beating her fellow freshman by a 35 point margin in the 3-meter event with a score of 343.15. The Crimson divers finished with a 176-point total in just two events.

“It was awesome and really great for us [to sweep both events] and to see the team be together,“ Leiviska said. “We all did well so we can all be proud of our teammates.”