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Northeastern did not possess the depth needed to challenge the Crimson. In the first running event of the day, the 400-meter relay, Harvard was forced to run by itself because Northeastern did not have a team--a foreshadowing of the absolute domination that would take place...
Unfortunately, mishaps of execution cost the Harvard men's team the meet. One big mistake occured in the 400-meter relay. Derrick Horner got the Crimson off to a great start in the first leg, but from that point on, bad handoffs handicapped Harvard until it ran out of the final exchange zone and was disqualified from the race...
...Crimson closed out the running events with one of the most exciting races of the day, the 4x400-meter relay. Ian Steaman and Eric Rahe both ran excellent legs to lead the Crimson to a victory. Rahe, the anchor leg, was forced to come from behind to steal first place...
...only other individual first team honoree was All-America Sheila Findley for the 100 backstroke. The Crimson had first team foursomes in three relay events--the 200 and 800 freestyle and the 400 medley...
Second team namings included: Duncan (500 freestyle), Kelley (200 butterfly), Findley (200 backstroke), senior Mia Costello (100, 200 breaststroke), junior Nicole Engh (200, 400 individual medley), junior Jill Hutchinson (200 freestyle) and the 400 freestyle relay team...