Swimmers to Face UConn in IAB; first Time Ever

The Harvard varsity swimmers will be looking to rebound from their disappointing loss to Princeton Saturday when they meet non-league UConn at the IAB tonight.

It will mark the first time the two teams have ever met in competition. Coming from a better league, the Crimson should be the stronger team. UConn will have to provide swimmers for both the 3-meter dive and 1000-yard freestyle--events which the team regularly never competes in.

At Full Strength

The Harvard swimmers will be racing at full strength. Although it was not reflected by the score, the team had its best performance of the season against Princeton. All five of the Crimson's first-place finishers last Saturday swam their fastest times this year.

The closest events in today's meet will be the backstroke and the individual medley. Both events are UConn's power area. Harvard should have an easy win in the 3-meter dive, but UConn divers are at least equal to Harvard on the 2-meter board.

Steve Krause, Dave Powlison, and Toby Gerhart could give the Crimson sweeps in the 1000- and 500-yards freestyles to counter UConn strength in the backstroke and medley. Krause took both freestyle events against Princeton. Ranked eighth in the nation in the 1000-yard freestyle, he is one of the best swimmers in Harvard history.

The team is also hoping for victories from Mike Cahalan in the 50-yard free and John Munk in the butterfly. Despite a leg injury Munk swam his fastest time against Princeton and just missed defeating Tiger Olympic swimmer Ross Wales.

Cornell Saturday

Harvard will resume league competition Saturday when it hosts Cornell. The team needs a victory if it is too end the season with a winning record. The Tiger loss evened the team's record at 2-22 and considerably reduced chances for a better than 500 season. The Crimson swimmers still have to meet league power Yale and Dartmouth.