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Settling into his backstroke niche, Cromwell quickly transformed top-three performances in both distances from pleasant surprises into standard fare—highlighted by his win in the 100-yard event at H-Y-P and third place finishes at the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL) Championships. But even as a rising star, Cromwell languished in the second tier of Harvard swimmers, a cut above the rest but just below former captain Dan Shevchik ’03 and John Cole ’04-’05, who consistently brought home multiple event wins at each meet, dominating...
...punch that had eluded him one season before. If they’d hoped to stop him, his opponents had missed their chance. With his earlier disillusionment squared away, Cromwell mastered the waters and tamed his challengers, rattling off 10 consecutive backstroke victories against rivals from the EISL, Notre Dame and North Carolina, punctuated by a pair of crucial wins at H-Y-P. With Princeton and Harvard slugging it out on the final day and the Tigers mounting a push that threatened to send the Crimson packing empty handed, Cromwell took to the waters in the 200-yard event...
...realization was only beginning to set in for Cromwell, who until that point had turned a blind eye to both his rising prominence within the team and the dominant shadow which he cast over the waters of the EISL...
...that his newfound recognition undermined his talent. Cromwell again routed all comers at the EISL Championships, taking the 100-yard backstroke and butterfly events, before setting a new meet record in the 200-yard backstroke to extend the streak to 12, besting Shevchik’s former mark by 0.28 seconds to complete his ascension in defeat. Cromwell’s season wasn’t quite over, but the streak soon would be, as Cromwell knew, heading into the NCAA Championships. But that didn’t stop him from going out with a bang. Missing the consolation finals...
Defending Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL) champions—and winners of seven of the last eight championships—the Crimson found themselves playing second fiddle to Princeton this year...