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...would again fall to Aemisegger, placing second in the 1650-yard freestyle. And yet, Clarke would get another NCAA qualifying berth, and for the fourth time, a Crimson record.Even though Clarke already boasts a prolific career at Harvard that includes the 2008 Sharon Beckman Award for the Most Outstanding Swimmer, beating out Princeton for the first Crimson Ivy title in four years was the icing on the cake. And yet, contrary to what many think, Clarke’s success did not come easily. After having four knee surgeries and then injuring her shoulder at the end of her sophomore...
...NCAA Championships.“The [800-yard freestyle relay] was an absolutely phenomenal race,” Pickard said. “It came down to like a tenth of a second.”Mills also made history in the 200-yard freestyle, becoming the first Crimson swimmer to win the event since 1992. Behind Mills, Zagroba came in third while sophomore Laura Murray placed fourth. Harvard came up with another big win in the 1,000-yard freestyle, sweeping the top three places. Clarke led the pack, destroying her own school record by more than six seconds...
...owns five individual school records.“We have strengths across the board and no particular weakness,” co-captain Kelly Mooney said. “From sprints to middle distance to distance, we have very strong competitors. I am looking forward to the distance swimmers starting us off strong.”What makes the Harvard squad so unique is that there is no kink in the chain. The team has been consistently strong in all of its meets throughout the entire season. At the Harvard-Yale-Princeton double-dual meet, the Crimson demonstrated its enormous...
...remained neck and neck for the entire weekend. Harvard led Princeton 96-90 at the end of Saturday’s competition at Blodgett pool, with both teams swapping the lead throughout the course of Sunday. “The effort was definitely there,” junior distance swimmer Alex Meyer said. “We stayed positive the whole way through, but we’ve just got to work on some skills over the next month.” Meyer claimed two of Harvard’s seven first-place finishes, winning the 500-yard...
...recorded back-to-back dominating victories in the first half of the meet. Leddy won the 100-yard backstroke in 58.53, and Pratt followed up by taking first in the 100-yard breaststroke. Her time of 1:06.99 was nearly three seconds ahead of Brown’s top swimmer.“[The freshmen] are a great force,” Mills said. “They’re really upbeat and they’re great to practice with.” Freshman Helen Pitchik also won a race of her own, touching the wall...