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...dubious disqualification of the Crimson's Lars Reierson's eighth-place finish in the 400 yd individual medley which sent the Harvard camp searching angrily for answers and helped send the aquamen plummeting from the lead into third place after the second day of competition...
Apparently, the meet director saw an "obvious" discrepancy between the times in Reierson's two runs and disqualified the freshman for too little effort--swimming so poorly in his first run. Crimson Coach Joe Bernal did not see it that...
...think it was a shot at keeping the tournament out of Harvard's reach. He [Reierson] swam it legally. It's a cheap way to take points away from people...
What's the big deal about an eighth-place finish, you may further wonder. Well, as it stands. Princeton is on top with 283 points to Harvard's 262. Reierson's placement in the top 16 would have kept the aquamen ahead of Brown (265 points) and brought them to within 10 points of first place...
...Harvard, senior Mike Miao won the 200-yd, freestyle in 1:39.10 and was followed in third-place by Co-Captain Courtney Roberts's 1:40,45. Sophomore Peter Egan came in third in the 400-yd. IM and the 400-yd, medley relay of Dan Simkowitz. Reierson, Bill McCloskey, and Miao placed fifth to set up the showdown today and tonight...