J.V. Aquamen Win Nine Events In 92-69 Capsize of Andover

Harvard's sub-varsity swim team dominated nine of 11 events yesterday en route to its 92-69 dunking of Andover.

The Crimson drew its first blood in the 200-yd. medley relay as Erich Seder, Frank Lexa, Carlos Dobal and Bob Sacks splashed to a 1:47.8 first place.

Harvard's Craig Siegal swam next, recording a 1:52.5 win in the 200-yd. freestyle. Teammate Lorren Elkins garnered a second place finish.

Kent Ashwood won the 200-yd. individual medley in 2:07. But Andover countered, winning its first race of the meet, the 50-yd. freestyle competition.

Andover then picked up her last event of the day, winning the one meter dive by default.

The rest of the day belonged to Harvard. In the 100-yd. butterfly, Dobal captured his second win of the day in 1:00.1.

Dick Greer beat teammate Ashwood to the wall in the 100-yd. freestyle and scored a 49.6 win for the Crimson.

Next, Harvard's Siegal and Elkins had their second confrontation of the day. This time it was in the 500-yd. freestyle, and Siegal won in 5:02.8 with Elkins again finishing second. Seder swam next and registered a 59.6 first place in the 100-yd. backstroke.

Frank Lexa cruised to a 1:05.8 win in the 100-yd. breaststroke, with teammate Steve Taswell touching second.

The 400 medley team of Sacks, Seder, Greer and Ashwood rounded out the meet, winning with a time of 3:29.9.

The Andover win evened the J.V. record at 1-1. Earlier this season the Aquamen succumbed to a 108-59 beating at the hands of Exeter.

Assistant coach Steve Berizzi explained that the success of the J.V. squad in any one meet depends primarily on which members are selected to swim, rather than on the strength of the opposition.

The assistant coach went on to explain that the swimming squad is not formally divided between varsity and J.V. "The whole team works out together," he said. "We find that the better the swimmers we have in workouts, the better the entire team trains."

Berizzi explained that due to this training procedure, the J.V. squad is always subject to change. The coaches can create a stronger team by grabbing a couple extra upper-level swimmers.

Overall, the assistant coach credits the team's training procedure not only with improving workouts, but also with achieving "improved team unity, which would be impossible" with separate J.V. and varsity teams.