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Several swimmers stood out in yesterday's meet. The Iron Man from last week's meet against Brown--freshman Will Oren--again proved himself to be worthy of the title by his performances in the 200 Butterfly. Oren was just touched out by a Pittsburgh swimmer and came in a close second with a time of 1:51.94, missing first place by only two-tenths of a second. HARVARD 172 PITTSBURGH...
Despite the many accomplishments of the team, much of the focus of this meet was really on freshman Will Oren. As part of a Harvard swimming tradition, every year the team elects a freshman to be the Iron Man. This title is awarded to the individual who adds the most to the team both in and out of the water...
This year, the team voted for Oren to be the Iron Man and all eyes were on him for much of the meet. Despite the fact that his main events are Freestyle and Butterfly, Oren did incredibly well in every event and rarely fell far behind the rest of the pack...
Even when the meet was over and the team completed the tradition by carrying Oren along the pool deck on a stretcher and dumping him back into the water on the other side of the pool, the Iron Man of this year had the strength left to smile and wave to his fans...
Freshman Will Oren had a standout meet, as well. He broke his personal record with a 1:51.84 in the 200-meter butterfly--good for second place. Oren shaved a full five seconds off his time Saturday against Army and Columbia...