Jan. 5, 2008
Final Stats | Photo Gallery 
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Harvard posted victories in 10 of the 16 contested events to record a 176-124 victory over the Navy men's swimming and diving team, Saturday afternoon in Lejeune Hall. The Crimson improved to 4-0 on the season with the win, with each victory coming against Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League opponents, while the Midshipmen suffered their first loss of the season (11-1) and fell to 2-1 on the year against EISL schools.
Harvard was ranked first in the most recent CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Ranking, with Navy ranked sixth in the same national poll.
"I asked our guys to race with a lot heart today, and I feel they met that goal," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts. "Harvard came out on top today, but I was very pleased with our efforts and our times across the board."
Navy's Jon Galinski (Jr., Phoenix, Md.) picked up a pair of victories on the day by sweeping the two diving events. He tallied a score of 324.45 to win the one-meter event by 22 points, then accrued 351.00 points to win the three meter by 21 points.
The results marked the first time in his career that Galinski had won both boards during a dual meet.
Adam Meyer (So., Bethesda, Md.) set a Navy metric pool record in winning the 400 individual medley. His time of 4:24.29 won him the event by nearly two seconds and broke the previous school record time of 4:36.01 set by Andrew Thorn three years ago.
Earlier in the meet, Meyer won the 200 fly with a time of 2:03.27.
In addition to his two victories, Meyer also placed second in the 200 breaststroke by 1.36 seconds.
Alex Oldenkamp (Jr., Coppell, Texas) followed Meyer's 200 fly victory by winning the 50 free in a time of 22.97. Immediately after the ensuing break in the meet, teammate Aaron Aiken (Fr., Ocala, Fla.) posted a time of 51.39 to win the 100 freestyle race.
Some of the additional strong efforts by the Mids included Christopher Jenkins (Sr., Chicago, Ill.) being edged by eight-tenths of a second in the 200 freestyle, Billy Vey (Jr., Huntersville, N.C.) finishing one-half of a second behind the winner in the 200 backstroke, and Navy's meet-closing 200 freestyle relay team placing second to Harvard by less than two-tenths of a second.
Navy will look to start a new winning streak next week when the Midshipmen play host to Cornell and Yale in a 12 Noon meet in Lejeune Hall.
