Word: shevchik
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...think the meet will set the team up nicely for HYP," said sophomore Dan Shevchik, who captured both the 100 and 200 backstrokes last Saturday. "Not necessarily because of how we swam--we had some good races and some bad races--but because Brown jumped out to a lead on us early." (The Bears secured the 1000 freestyle, the 200 free, and the 50 free before the end of the first half...
...Shevchik continued, "We weren't really challenged in our first 2 meets [a tri-meet against Columbia and Army, and then at Navy earlier this month], and I think it was good for our freshmen to realize that not all meets are going to go exactly according to plan. It was also a good indicator of what we have done well and what we need to sharpen up both for HYP and for Easterns...
...Shevchik won the 100 backstroke in fifty-one seconds flat while freshman Kemi George took third. Grant and sophomore Michael Gentilucci took first and second place in the 100 breaststroke. Both swimmers came from behind in the last 25 yards of the race to beat out Brown junior Greg Bilton...
...Harvard's dominance in those events weren't enough, the Crimson rounded out the meet by finishing first in the 100 butterfly (Drake, 51.40) and the 400 IM (Oren, 4:02.43). Harvard ended the day with a first-place finish in the 800 free relay, the team of Walker, Shevchik, sophomore Ryan Parmenter, and Lawler clocking 6:49.42. The team of freshman Kevin Budris, sophomore Jan Cieslikiewicz, Im, and McConnell took third...
...Shevchik also placed highly in the Olympic Trials this summer, making it to the finals in one event, but placing well short of a berth in Sydney. He was the bronze medalist at the 2000 Pan American games...