Harvard Sweeps Penn

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, November 4. HARVARD wound up with a pair of victories over Penn on Saturday. The men won 189-101, while the women topped Penn 198-100.

For the men, junior Geoff Rathgeber was the top scorer for Harvard as he won three individual events and swam a the opening leg on the winning 200-yard medley relay. Sophomore Bill Jones won two events, as did sophomore Tom Hehir, who took both diving competitions.

Harvard opened the meet by taking the top two places in the 200 medley relay, and the Crimson followed by taking first, second and third in the 1,000 freestyle, with freshman Mason Brunnick touching the wall first in his collegiate debut (9:41.58).

Jones turned in a 1:42.39 performance in winning the 200 freestyle, and senior Jason Degnan-Rojeski led a 1-2 Crimson finish in the 100 backstroke by swimming 52.83 in that event.

Rathgeber took his first individual win of the day in the 100 breaststroke as he easily outpaced the field in 56.50 seconds.

Sophomore Dan Jones won the 200 butterfly in 1:51.15 before junior Pat Quinn made it seven straight for Harvard by taking the 50 freestyle in 21.36.

Hehir took his first win in one-meter diving as he totalled 263.32 points before sophomore David Guernsey led a 1-2 Crimson finish in the 100 freestyle (47.36).

Rathgeber made it 10 straight event wins for the Crimson as he won the 200 backstroke by nearly six seconds, touching the wall in 1:50.89.

Penn got its first event win from Yuchi Zhang in the 200 breaststroke, but Harvard came right back by taking the top two places in the 500 free, with junior Sam Wollner clocking 4:37.29.

Bill Jones edged his brother for a 1-2 Harvard finish in the 100 butterfly, with Bill touching in 50.03 seconds and Dan turning in a 50.09. Hehir completed his sweep of the diving events by scoring 270.30 on the three-meter board.

Rathgeber completed his hat trick with his best performance of the afternoon as he won the 400 individual medley by more than 17 seconds. Rathgeber turned in a time of 3:57.44, while Penn's second-place finisher touched in 4:15.19.

The Quakers won their second event of the day in the final 200 freestyle relay. Harvard's entries swan that event as exhibition heats with the dual meet victory assured.

In the women's meet, freshman Alexandra Clarke and junior Samantha Papadakis posted two individual wins to lead the Crimson (1-0, 1-0 Ivy League) to its 21st straight dual-meet victory. Amanda Slaight and Bridget O'Connor took home one relay win and one individual win.

Harvard took seven of the first eight events, culminating in Papadakis's win in the one-meter diving, which gave Harvard a 109-41 lead. Papadakis, who had 268.20 points in the one-meter, would later make it a sweep of the dives with 262.73 points from three meters. Classmate Alison Pipitone took second in both dives, and freshman Caitlin High placed third in the one-meter.

The day started with a Crimson win in the 200-yard medley relay, with Lindsay Hart, Jaclyn Pangilinan, O'Connor and Slaight finishing in a winning time of 1:46.24. O'Connor later added a win in the 100 butterfly in 57.06 seconds, and Slaight went on to take the 50 freestyle in 24.27.

Harvard placed first and second in four of the first five individual events. Freshman Kay Foley started her Harvard career with a 10:16.61 win in the 1,000 free, while Laurin Weisenthal finished second. Clarke followed with her first win in the next event, the 200 free. She touched the wall in 1:52.06, with senior Emily Wilson coming in second. Wilson later finished second in the 100 free.

After junior Lindsay Hart registered her first of two second-place finishes in the 100 back, Meaghan Colling (1:05.94), LeeAnn Chang and Jaclyn Pangilinan finished 1-2-3 in the 100 breaststroke. Noelle Bassi (2:02.20), freshman Sophie Morgan and O'Connor then notched a sweep of their own in the 200 butterfly.

Chang and Colling traded places for the 200 breaststroke, with Change winning in 2:20.32 and Colling placing second, one spot ahead of rookie Tiffany Bui.

Clarke added her second win in the 500 free, touching in 4:56.22, and senior Jessica Davidson posted Harvard's last win, claiming the 200 individual medley in 2:10.15.

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