NEW YORK – Harvard Men's Swimming and Diving remained perfect on the season after defeating Columbia on the road, 180.50-119.50. With the victory, the Crimson improved to 4-0 (3-0 Ivy League). The Lions, meanwhile, dropped to 1-3 (1-3 Ivy).

How It Happened

• The Crimson opened the swimming portion of the meet with a narrow victory in the 200 medley relay. Adriano Arioti, Joshua Chen, Maro Miknic and Sonny Wang completed the race in 1:26.83, just ahead of Columbia's A-team, which posted a time of 1:26.94.
• The first-year duo of William Mulgrew and Pablo Martinez then went 1-2 in the 1,000 free to help build Harvard's lead. Mulgrew registered a winning time of 8:56.36, with Martinez touching the pad less than a second later (8:57.15).
• The Lions won the 200 free, but it was all Harvard after that as it won the next nine events. Arioti got the Crimson back on track with a win in the 100 back (47.31) and was followed by sophomore classmate Chen, who emerged victorious in the 100 breast (53.99).
• A pair of juniors went back-to-back as David Schmitt captured the 200 fly in 1:44.06, and Wang claimed the 50 free in 19.70. After a break in the action saw Raphael Tourette win the 1-meter diving competition (336.75), Wang was back at it with a win in the 100 free (43.90).
• Arioti and Chen duplicated their winning performances from earlier in the night, this time securing wins in the 200 back and 200 breast, respectively. Arioti won his race in 1:42.93 and Chen was victorious with a time of 1:58.20.
• In the 500 free, Harvard took the top four positions and was led by Martinez's 4:23.38. Ognjen Pilipovic was the runner-up (4:25.18) and was followed by Mulgrew (4:30.84) and Anders Aistars (4:33.08).
• Miknic won the 100 fly in 46.50, marking the Crimson's final individual win of the night before it secured the decision in the 200 free relay. Wang, Marre Gattnar, Evan Croley and Miknic combined to post a winning time of 1:18.88.

Up Next

Harvard will return to the pool at the Minnesota Invitational, which is slated for Dec. 3-6.