Junior Danielle Lee, who represented Harvard at NCAAs last year, put up a plethora of top-20 finishes including a third and fourth place finish in 100- and 200-yard back events, respectively. She achieved NCAA ‘B’ cuts in both these races, and her performance in the 200-yard back also marked Lee’s second Crimson record.
These races proved eventful for Lee’s teammates as well. In the 100-yard back, junior Kendall Crawford and freshman Kristina Li both achieved NCAA ‘B’ times. Harvard also entered a meet-high of five swimmers in the finals of the 200-yard back.
Co-captain Stephanie Ferrell also put up two NCAA ‘B’ cuts, finishing 12th in the 100-yard breaststroke and 10th in the 200-yard breast.
“Getting an NCAA ‘B’ cut is a really great way to track how we’re doing,” Ferrell said. “It’s a great accomplishment and it does place us up there on a national level.”
Enoch also continued to put up high-caliber times, slating a seventh place finish and NCAA ‘B’ cut in the 400-yard IM. Enoch also closed Friday’s proceedings with a fourth place finish in the 800-yard free relay, alongside teammates Lee, sophomore Victoria Chan and junior Sherry Liu.
With three days of back to back competition and each swimmer racing in multiple individual and relay events every day, the Crimson had to come together to overcome fatigue and compete at its highest level.
“We stay focused [at the end of a meet] really by turning to each other,” Ferrell said. “I think that’s one of the things that our team does so well. We use each other as motivation. We kept the energy up and really lifted each other up.”