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ATHLETE of the WEEK

By Matt Howitt

Freshman Greg Wriede is making an impact on a Harvard sports team that might be heading for a championship.

No, he's not Alain, Roy or Chuckie Hughes, the two freshmen who, carried Harvard men's hockey to the NCAA Championship in 1989.

Greg Wriede is a member of the men's swimming team. While he has neither a gaudy goals against average, and nor an NHL contract, the freshman has compiled, some impressive statistics in three dual-meets and two tournaments this season.

At pivotal meets against Princeton and Yale last weekend, Wriede shined. He won three individual events: the 200-yard backstroke, the 200-yard Individual Medley (IM) and the 200-yard butterfly. His time in the 400-meter against Army on November 19 will most likely land him at NCAA's in late March. To top it all off, the freshman hasn't loss's actual -meet race yeti.

Harvard's swimmers are a close bunch and teammates wrote us this week that Greg. Wriede should list our pick for the Crimson Athlete of the Week. With Wriede's statistics against average and championship hopes, It couldn't agree more.

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