Women's Swimming
Alexandra the Great
Co-captain Alexandra Clarke capped a stellar career with All-American honors at the NCAA women’s swimming championships this past weekend. The distance swimmer took 16th in the 1,650-yard freestyle—the last spot to earn the All-American distinction—with a time of 16:10.25.
Clarke Named All-American at NCAA Championships
Co-captain Alexandra Clarke accomplished a feat that hasn’t been achieved by a female Harvard swimmer in nearly four years: she secured All-American status.
BRIEF: Harvard Represented At NCAA Zone A Championships
The tournament, held at Rutgers University in New Jersey, featured 89 top divers from 24 schools, and the Crimson didn’t back down from rigorous competition.
Harvard Falls Just Short at Ivies
Despite the Crimson’s efforts to match the Tigers stroke for stroke, a repeat performance of last year simply wasn’t in the cards for Harvard. Princeton ultimately stymied the Crimson’s quest for victory, prevailing with 1465 points and thus nabbing its 17th Ivy League championship in school history.
Top Pick
Junior Katherine Pickard racked up five top-three finishes at the Ivy League Championships this weekend, highlighted by a second-place swim in the 400-yard IM. Harvard finished a close second to Princeton.
BRIEF: Women’s swimming takes 10 of 11 races in exhibition competition
The Crimson excelled in the friendly, relay-based matchup, not only posting wins in 10 of 11 events but also gaining valuable experience for the championship tournament it will host on Feb. 25-27.
Harvard Handles Yale, Falls to Princeton
The Crimson (6-1, 6-1 Ivy) defeated Yale (6-3, 4-2), 180-120, but suffered a loss against conference rival Princeton (6-0, 6-0), 196-102 at DeNunzio Pool in Princeton, N.J.
General Mills
Junior Kate Mills had another strong showing at Saturday’s HYP tri-meet, notching three top-three individual finishes. Mills touched the wall in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:58.76, good for an NCAA “B” cut.
Undefeated Ivy Trio Set To Square Off
Having already taken down five Ancient Eight opponents this season, the Crimson women’s swimming team will try to leave its final two Ivy opponents in its wake this weekend.
SWAN DIVE
Harvard takes on Princeton and Yale this weekend. Together, the three teams are a combined 13-0 in the Ivy League, making Friday’s highly-anticipated HYP meet a de facto race for first place in the Ancient Eight.
Harvard Stays Undefeated, Routs Brown
The Crimson (5-0, 5-0 Ivy) swept the Bears (2-5, 1-3 Ivy) Saturday to take a 177-66 victory in a meet where many of its swimmers were competing in events outside their specialty.
Lewis and Clarke
Co-captain Alexandra Clarke made a splash in her final dual meet at Blodgett Pool, winning the 1000-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly in an easy 177-66 victory for the Harvard women’s swimming and diving squad. The Crimson won every event on Saturday and heads into next weekend’s Harvard-Yale-Princeton tri-meet with a wave of momentum.
