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2008-09 Men's Swimming and Diving

David Guernsey

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Essex, Conn.
  • Highschool Choate Rosemary Hall

Biography

Senior 2008-09
Team captain ... Tabbed to All-Ivy League first team in200 medley relay (1:27.61) and to second team in 800 freestylerelay (6:30.96) and 400 medley relay (3:12.30) ... Named COOPStudent-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 2) ... Was third in 50 (21.22)and 100 freestyle (46.48) against Cornell and Dartmouth ... Tookfirst in 100 freestyle (46.93) and in 200 freestyle relay (1:24.49)in victory over Columbia ... Helped Harvard to secondplace in 200 freestyle relay (1:22.56), third in 400 medleyrelay (3:16.61), fourth in 800 freestyle relay (6:40.63) and fifthin 100 freestyle (45.53) ... Swam second in both 50 (21.58) and 100freestyle (47.07) at Arizona State ... Was second in 100 freestyle(47.32) and fourth in 200 freestyle (1:43.38) against Navy ... Wonthe 50 freestyle with a mark of 21.53 against Penn ... Was secondin 50 freestyle against Brown, touching the wall in 21.43; alsotook second in 400 IM (4:08.16) ... Won the 200 free (1:36.16), the200 medley relay (1:28.52) and 400 medley relay (3:14.18) at HYPmeet.

Junior 2007-08
Named to CollegeSwimming.com''s Division I Men''s Mid-MajorAll-America Honorable Mention Team ... Was 54th in the 50 free(23.19) at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials ... Member of winning200-yard, 400 and 800 freestyle relays becoming a three-timefirst-team All-Ivy performer at the EISL Championships, placedsecond in the 100 free ... Won the 200 individual medley in a dualwin over Penn (Feb. 9).

Sophomore 2006-07
Earned first-team All-Ivy League honors in 400 freestylerelay and second-team in 200 freestyle relay.

Freshman 2005-06
Part relay that finished second in 800 freestyle at EISLChampionships and was selected second-team All-Ivy for effort.

Background
Member of varsity swimming and water polo teams for four years atChoate Rosemary Hall.