M. Swimming Dunks Brown, 158-70

In its final tune-up meet before league competition really heats up, the Harvard men’s swimming team looked like a fine-tuned machine.

The Crimson blew away Brown 158-70 to deal the Bears their tenth consecutive dual-meet loss to Harvard in as many years. Now the Crimson will look ahead to the Harvard-Princeton-Yale meet in New Haven, Conn. this weekend.

“In effect it was a tuneup, but it was definitely the stiffest competition we’ve had in the league this year,” junior Dan Shevchik said.

Last season, Princeton shaved before the H-Y-P meet and beat Harvard, 197-156. But Harvard has beaten the Tigers where it really counts—in the Eastern Championships—each of the last six years.

The question remains whether Princeton will repeat its strategy from last season.

“That’s the $60,000 question,” Shevchik said. “We’re not sure what to expect.”

“I don’t know for sure, but I bet Princeton and Yale would shave,” sophomore John Cole said. “I don’t know what [Princeton’s] philosophy is. They have a good dual meet record, but if we’re both shaven, we’re probably going to beat them.”

Shevchik said the team has surpassed the level it was at at this same point last season.

“We had some really good swims,” Shevchik said. “We had a stronger meet than last year. Personally my times were slightly slower, but it’s nothing to worry about.”

As usual, Shevchik and sophomore Cole were the top point-scorers for Harvard against the Bears.

Shevchik won the 200 indivudal medley, the 200 backstroke and placed third in the 200 breaststroke.

Cole won the 200 freestyle, the 500 freestyle, and placed second in the 200 butterfly.

“I felt I swam pretty well,” Cole said. “It was just a regular dual meet and our last meet was in early January, so I just wanted to get into a good meet.”

Freshman Alexander Siroky, who won the 200 breaststroke in a personal best time, and sophomore Tom Crahan, who joined classmate Enrique Roy as a qualifier for the NCAA Zone diving meet, were also standout performers.

Harvard Men 158, BROWN 70

(all distances in yards)

200 Medley Relay: 1. Harvard A 1:32:22 (Kyle Egan, Mike Gentilucci, Leif Drake, Nick Langan), 2. Harvard B 1:33.39 (Scott Metcalf, Rassan Grant, Ryan Smith, Brad Burns)

1650 Freestyle: 1. Michael Peters (B) 15:51.70, 2. William Van Der Touw 16:01.34, 3. Michael Sabala 16:34.29

200 Freestyle: 1. John Cole 1:39.90, 3. James Lawlor 1:42.14, 4. Cory Walker 1:42.37

50 Freestyle: 1. Kevin McCann (B) 21.20, 2. Brad Burns 21.35, 3. Andrew Krna 21.35, 4. Kemi George 21.62

200 IM: 1. Dan Shevchik 1:53.09. 2. Rick Dewey 1:55.02, 3. Ryan Smith 1:55.45

One-Meter Diving: 1. Enrique Roy 323.10, 2. Tom Crahan 284.85, 3. Erik Frost 284.40

200 Butterfly: 1. Ryan Smith 1:52.36, 2. John Cole 1:52.84, 3. Kyle Egan 1:53.70

100 Freestyle: 1. Kevin McCann (B) 45.96, 2. Nick Langan 46.60, 4. Jan Cieslikiewicz 47.00, 5. Brad Burns 47.12

200 Backstroke: 1. Dan Shevchik 1:48.97, 4. Scott Metcalf 1:52.74, 5. Cameron Moccari 1:54.50

500 Freestyle: 1. John Cole 4:26.80, 3. Andrew McConnell 4:36.51, 4. John Persinger 4:43.73

Three-Meter Diving: 1. Enrique Roy 326.77, 2. Tom Crahan 293.85, 3. Erik Frost 244.80

200 Breaststroke: 1. Alexander Siroky 2:06.70, 2. Rassan Grant 2:08.96, 3. Dan Shevchik 2:09.46

800 Freestyle Relay: 1. Brown A (Aron Gyuris, Max Allen, Andrew Sharpin, Carlton Cronin) 7:05.17