The team capped off the exciting season at the Ivy League Championships, breaking through with a major victory in its home pool as the Crimson claimed its first Ivy League title since 2008.
Harvard jumped into the lead from the start, finishing the first day with a 105-point lead over Princeton. The Tigers managed to cut the deficit to 82 over the next two days, but the Crimson never relinquished the top spot on its way to spoiling Princeton’s five-year conference title-winning streak.
Junior Mike Mosca was named Diver of the Meet as he swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter events for the second year in a row.
Freshmen Jack Manchester and Eric Ronda continued their strong rookie campaigns. Manchester claimed pool records in the 200 backstroke and as a member of the 400 freestyle relay, while Ronda took second in both the 100 and 200 back events.
Satterthwaite capped off a strong Harvard career with two individual wins and four relay wins. The co-captain was a consistent swimmer all year long, and will leave a hole for the team to fill next season.
“We graduated an outstanding senior class, particularly sprint freestylers and sprint backstrokers,” Tyrrell said. “We need our underclassmen to take control of those roles. It will be key for us.”
Following the Ivy League Championship, five swimmers and one diver competed at the NCAA Championships. Junior Mike Mosca was the lone diver for the Crimson, while Eric Ronda represented the swimmers individually and senior Danny Crigler, junior Griffin Schumacher, sophomore Jacob Luna, and Manchester competed in four relay events.
The Crimson had a strong showing against national competition, with a pair of top-30 finishes.
According to Tyrrell, beyond all the technical swimming improvements made this year, the most important adjustment was the team coming together as one cohesive unit.
“We really came together as a team,” Tyrrell said. “I think we believed in each other more than we did before, and I think we had a lot of fun as a team throughout the year. That translated into a championship.”
—Staff writer Theresa C. Hebert can be reached at thebert@college.harvard.edu.