"We wanted to treat Columbia and Army with the utmost respect," Oren said. "We didn't know what to expect, so we went into the meet acting as if we were going to lose so that we would put an all-out effort into every event."

That effort was apparent as Waters and senior Adam Shaw came back after diving to go one-two in the 100 free while Im turned in a 1:49.04 in the 200 backstroke to beat out teammates Shevchik and Walker.

In the 500 free, the men swept first through third again as event-winner Cole achieved an NCAA B qualifying standard with a time of 4:27.57, ten seconds ahead of Oren and freshman James Lawler. Cole is likely to be considered for the NCAA championships in both the mile and 500 free based on his times.

The Crimson rounded out the evening with a one-two-three finish in the 100 butterfly and a one-two finish in the 400 individual medley, in which Shevchik took first in 4:02.41 and was followed close behind by senior Donald Blanchard, who went 4:07.45. Kyle Egan fell just short of setting the school 100 fly record, finishing with a time of 48.91.

The 800 free relay of Oren, Lawler and sophomores Jan Cieslikiewicz and Rick Dewey reaped the 14th first-place finish for Harvard with a time of 6:52.06.

Yet another standout swimmer for the Crimson last weekend was Gentilucci, who overpowered Grant and Army's Dan Downs to finish first in the 200 breaststroke in 2:05.61.

Like Cole, Gentilucci expressed surprise at his performance. "I expected to go fast," Gentilucci said, "but not that fast. After seeing the swims we had Friday night, I'm really excited for what we can do at Texas."

The Crimson head to top-ranked Texas for its next meet, an invitational beginning Dec. 1.