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While it is factually correct, the tone is negative and does not give due credit to the very strong performance of the divers. Despite one missed dive in the 3-meter contest, it was virtually impossible for us to take the lead without a very poor performance by Princeton—something beyond our control...
...while it states that we “could only muster a 4-5-6 finish,” it should be noted that this was the best 3-meter finals finish that Harvard has ever had at the Ivy League Championships. Harvard outscored every other diving squad at the meet this year, 22 points ahead of Yale, 36 points ahead of Princeton and 48 points ahead of Columbia...
...dominant tandem of senior Enrique Roy and sophomore Danil Rybalko swept the top-two places on the one-meter boards to chop off another 38 points...
...penultimate event of the competition, the three-meter dive, freshman Annika Giesbrecht, junior Anne Osmun and senior Renee Paradise all made the final eight with high hopes for strong finishes to close the gap on Princeton going into the last event. Osmun was in position to nail down the number-one spot for Harvard but posted her worse dive of the day in her last attempt, dropping her down the leader-board. Osmun finished fourth with 450.90 points, Giesbrecht followed in fifth with 446.60 points, with Paradise in sixth with 442.80 points...
Even with the disappointing three-meter performance, the Crimson divers proved very valuable all weekend as Giesbrecht notched the victory in the one-meter diving and all the Harvard divers scored...