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...yard free relay—Harvard had a chance to overtake the Tigers but failed to make the final push. With three divers in the finals, the Crimson could only muster a 4-5-6 finish, leaving the squad 14.5 points behind Princeton going into the last relay. Harvard needed a relay victory and a Tigers collapse, and when Princeton came into the wall third ahead of the Crimson in fourth, Harvard’s title dreams were shot...
Although Harvard’s 200-yard free relay got off to a relatively slow start with a fifth place finish, freshman Emily Wilson—swimming in her first Ivy League Championship finals heat—got Harvard back on track. Wilson finished second in the 500-yard free with a time of 4:52.49, qualifying her for B-level nationals. Fellow freshman Laurin Weisenthal (4:56.25) and Kelly Blondin (4:59.08) finished ninth and 11th, respectively, followed by a 14th place finish by sophomore Michelle Bright...
With the lead in hand, the Crimson continued its aggressive performance in the 50-yard freestyle. Ward—who qualified for B-level nationals and tied the varsity record of 23.42 in the first leg of the 200-yard freesyle relay in the morning preliminaries—finished second in the evening finals with 23:57. Sophomore Erin Mulkey took seventh place with a time...
...tied the record leading off the relay in the morning so that was a relief,” Ward said. “I was really happy to get second in the 50, I wasn’t expecting that...
...most exciting event of the meet was the closing 400-yard medley relay, which fittingly pitted a duel between Harvard and Princeton. After junior Molly Brethauer and DeBenedetto finished their backstroke and breastroke legs, Harvard was ahead of most of the field but still far behind Princeton. But junior Allison Bates stormed back in the fly and left it up to Ward to close out the race. Princeton’s Fraumann barely edged Ward at the finish, giving the Tigers the victory with a time of 3:46.32 just ahead of the Crimson?...