Modified from Press Release courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
Kevin Tyrrell, the Ulen-Brooks Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Swimming and Diving, has announced that eight swimmers and divers will join the Crimson for the 2014-15 season; Jack Boyd, Kent Haeffner, Ed Kim, Shane McNamara, Koya Osada, David Pfeifer, Robert Ross and Steven Tan.
The eight-member Class of 2018, which represents six States, will come in to continue the high expectations which the Crimson set with the Ivy League Dual Meet and Championship titles last season.
Jack Boyd: Freestyle • Buffalo, N.Y. • Canisius High School • Sweet Home Aquatics
200 Free: 1:36.19
500 Free: 4:22.54
100 Free: 45.43
Kent Haeffner: Freestyle • Boca Raton, Fla. • Pine Crest School • Pine Crest Swimming
1650 Free: 15:24.93
500 Free: 4:25.75
1000 Free: 9:20.28
Ed Kim: Freestyle • Sammamish, Wash. • Eastlake High School • Bellevue Club Swim Team
50 Free: 20.11
100 Free: 43.90
200 Free: 1:36.75
Shane McNamara: Breaststroke • Tappan, N.Y. • Don Bosco Prep • Empire Swimming
100 Breast: 53.78
200 Breast: 1:56.95
400 IM: 3:53.55
Koya Osada: IM/Butterfly • Chapel Hill, N.C. • East Chapel Hill High School • Duke Aquatics
400 IM: 3:50.64
200 IM: 1:48.52
200 Fly: 1:47.86
David Pfeifer: Diving • Merrimack, N.H. • Bishop Guertin High School • Charles River Diving
Bobby Ross: Diving • New Canaan, CT • New Canaan High School • Whirlwind Diving
Steven Tan: Butterfly • Aurora, Ill. • Illinois Math and Science Academy • Delta Aquatics
100 Fly: 48.13
100 Free: 44.77
50 Free: 20.42
That is a great looking class. With this class you have great free relays, and also the breast and fly legs looking great for the medley relay. Quality over quantity and a very good group for the Crimson.