Bruins Prove Too Much for Aquawomen Crimson Can't Keep Up With Ivy Champs

Undefeated Brown last night trounced the Harvard women's swimming team, 91-50, at Smith Swim Center in Providence, R.I.

Despite several strong individual performances, the Crimson was unable to cope with Brown's superior depth. "Brown has a very strong team," said senior Co-Captain Anita Rival "We just wanted to give them a good meet, but it didn't turn out as close as we had hoped."

The defeat drops Harvard's record to 3-2, while Brown remains undefeated with five wins.

The few highlights for the Crimson included Jennifer Goldberg's first-place finish in the one-meter dive with 258.6 points and Shannon Byrd's victory in the three-meter event with 278.6 points.

Freshman Molly Clark won both the 100 and 200-yd breaststroke with times of 1:09.03 and 2:30.00, respectively.

Monica Lee, another freshman, was chosen by her teammates as the Crimson's best performer in the meet, finishing third in the 200 yd breaststroke with a personal best of 2:10.02.

"It's the fastest I've ever been so early in the season," said Lee.

She was less pleased with the squad's performance, however, "The team is really tired right now," she said. "Something was missing, we were all really nervous."

The team has gone through a rigorous training schedule in preparation for the season, but fatigue proved to be a factor against Brown.

"All of us are fired right now from heavy weight sets training," said Lee. "With a little rest, we should be able to perform much better at the Easterns."

Brown, meanwhile, chalks up its 27th consecutive victory over the last three seasons. The Bruins have won the Ivy League the last two years and, with wins over Dartmouth and now. Harvard, appear to be in a good position to repeat.

"I think it was unrealistic for us to expect to win," said Rival, "but the score doesn't reflect how well we swam. All of the races were close, they just touched us out on most of them."

"They were ready for us," added Lee.